Read these lines from Macbeth:

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day:

Now spurs the lated traveller apace,

To gain the timely inn; and near approaches

The subject of our watch.


Which of the following is true of the words lated traveller as used here?



Lated is likely a Shakespearian version of belated.


Lated is meant to suggest the travelers are important.


Lated, like knighted, is something bestowed.


Lated suggests the travelers themselves are not at fault.