Macbeth: “Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? But yet I’ll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate*[...]” (p.63, L.82)
*take a bond of fate: get a guarantee from fate (i.e., he will kill Macduff and thus will compel fate to keep its word)
He assures his fate by his free will (to kill Macduff).
Third apparition: “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.” (p.64, L.92)
The apparitions told Macbeth his future, in other words his fate. However, Macbeth’s fate will be changed by his actions (free will).
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