LADY MACBETH. LADY MACDUFF. Gentlewoman attending Lady Macbeth. HECATE, and Witches. Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, Messengers. The Ghost of Banquo, and other Apparitions. and SCENE, in the end of the fourth Act, in England; through the rest of the Play, in Scotland. ACT I. SCENE I. An open Place. Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches. 1 Witch. When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? 2 Witch. When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle 's lost and won. Alarum within. Enter King DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state. Who, like a good and hardy soldier, fought 'Gainst my captivity. — Hail, brave friend! As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald (Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him) from the western isles Like valour's minion, carv'd out his passage, Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, Dun. O, valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! No sooner justice had, with valour arm'd, Dun. Dismay'd not this Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo? Sold. Yes; As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion. I cannot tell. But I am faint, my gashes cry for help. Dun. So well thy words become thee, as thy wounds: They smack of honour both. - Go, get him surgeons. 3 [Exit Soldier, attended. Enter RossE and ANGUS. Who comes here? The worthy thane of Rosse. Mal. Len. What a haste looks through his eyes! So should he look, that seems to speak things strange. Rosse. God save the king! Dun. Whence cam'st thou, worthy thane? Rossc. From Fife, great king; Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky 357 Norway himself, with terrible numbers, The thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict; Point against point, rebellious arm 'gainst arm, Dun. Rosse. That now Great happiness! Sweno, the Norways' king, craves composition; Nor would we deign him burial of his men, Ten thousand dollars to our general use. Dun. No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest. Dun. What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won. SCENE III. A Heath. [Exeunt. Thunder. 1 Witch. Enter the three Witches. Where hast thou been, sister? 2 Witch. Killing swine. 3 Witch. Sister, where thou? 1 Witch. A sailor's wife had chesnuts in her lap, And mounch'd, and mounch'd, and mounch'd: "Give me," quoth I: "Aroint thee, witch!" the rump-fed ronyon cries. Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master o' the Tiger: But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do. 2 Witch. I'll give thee a wind. 1 Witch. Thou art kind. |