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... Malcolm says a King should have. Then he goes on to say that he has none of these qualities, but this is all part of the trickery he is playing on Macduff. Malcolm knows that Macduff is truthful to him because Malcolm says that he would not have one tyrant, Macbeth, replaced with another, Malcolm, which shows that Macduff is loyal to Scotland, therefore Malcolm, the rightful King, and not Macbeth. "Fit to govern! No, not to live! O nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant" (Act IV, iii, 103-105) This is the quotation with which Macduff proves to Malcolm his loyalty to him and not Macbeth. Our first encounter with a King in Macbeth is Duncan. The scene is that of a battlefield and the King is directed towards the Captain who is asked to give a report of the victory. The Captain does so and tells the King of the bravery and valour ...