Both Uses of "pretense" in "Macbeth"

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Both Uses

pretense
in
Macbeth
(Edited)

Fears and scruples shake us:
In the great hand of God I stand; and thence,
Against the undivulged pretense I fight
Of treasonous malice.
p. 71.7 *
Fears and scruples shake us:
In the great hand of God I stand; and thence,
Against the undivulged pretense I fight
Of treasonous malice.
p. 76.1 *

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(1) (pretense)
a false appearance or action to help one pretend

This is sometimes seen in the expression "false pretense" or "false pretenses" which is just emphasizing that behavior or actions do not reflect the true situation.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)