The First Witch<span> calls </span>Banquo<span>, "Lesser than </span>Macbeth<span> and greater," and The Third </span>Witch<span> makes the the third </span>prediction<span>: Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. </span>Macbeth<span> learns very quickly that he has been named Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan, who had ordered the present Thane of Cawdor to be executed for treason.</span>
