The Tragedy of Macbeth

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The Tragedy of=20 Macbeth, Act=20 V

William=20 Shakespeare

Scene 1. Dunsinane. In the = castle.

&= nbsp; =20 Enter a DOCTOR of physic and a waiting GENTLEWOMAN.

Doctor.     I have two nights watched with = you,=20 but can=20 perceive
         &= nbsp;   =20 no truth in your report. When was it she last=20 walked?
Gentlewoman.     Since his = majesty=20 went into the field, I=20 have
          = ; =20 seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon=20 her,
5          = unlock her=20 closet, take forth paper, fold it, write=20 upon=92t,
         =   =20 read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all=20 this
          = ; =20 while in a most fast=20 sleep.
Doctor.         = A great=20 perturbation in nature, to receive at once=20 the
          = =20 benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching! In=20 this
10         = slumb=92ry=20 agitation, besides her walking and other actual=20 per-
          = ; =20 formances, what, at any time, have you heard her=20 say?
Gentlewoman.       &n= bsp;    =20 That, sir, which I will not report after=20 her.
Doctor.         = You may=20 to me, and =92tis most meet you=20 should.
Gentlewoman.       = ; =20 Neither to you nor anyone, having no=20 witness
15         to = confirm=20 my speech.

[Enter LADY MACBETH, with a taper.]

            Lo = you,=20 here she comes! This is her very guise, and,=20 upon
          = ; =20 my life, fast asleep! Observe her; stand=20 close.
Doctor.         = How=20 came she by that light?
Gentlewoman.     = Why, it=20 stood by her. She has light by=20 her
20         = continually.=20 =92Tis her=20 command.
Doctor.       &nb= sp;=20 You see, her eyes are=20 open.
Gentlewoman.      &nb= sp;     =20 Ay, but their sense are=20 shut.
Doctor.       &n= bsp;=20 What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs=20 her
          = =20 hands.
25=20 Gentlewoman.         =    =20 It is an accustomed action with her, to=20 seem
          = ; =20 thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this=20 a
          &n= bsp;=20 quarter of an hour.
Lady=20 Macbeth.          &= nbsp; =20 Yet here=92s a=20 spot.
Doctor.       &n= bsp;=20 Hark! she speaks. I will set down what comes=20 from
30         her, to = satisfy=20 my remembrance the more strongly.
Lady=20 Macbeth.           = ; =20 Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One: two:=20 why,
          = ; =20 then =92tis time to do=92t. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie! A=20 sol-
           = ; dier,=20 and afeard? What need we fear who knows it,=20 when
          = ; =20 none can call our pow=92r to accompt? Yet who would=20 have
35         thought = the old=20 man to have had so much blood in=20 him?
Doctor.       &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;    =20 Do you mark that?
Lady=20 Macbeth.          &= nbsp; =20 The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is=20 she
          = =20 now? What, will these hands ne=92er be clean? No more=20 o=92
          = ; =20 that, my lord, no more o=92 that! You mar all with this = starting.
40=20 Doctor.          = ;  =20 Go to, go to! You have known what you should=20 not.
Gentlewoman.       = She has=20 spoke what she should not, I am=20 sure
          = ; =20 of that. Heaven knows what she has known.
Lady=20 Macbeth.         Here=92s = the smell of=20 the blood still. All the=20 per-
           = ; fumes=20 of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!
45=20 Doctor.          &n= bsp;     =20 What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely=20 charged.
Gentlewoman.       = =20 I would not have such a heart in my bosom=20 for
           = the=20 dignity of the whole=20 body.
Doctor.        =         =20 Well, well, well=97=97
Gentlewoman.     = Pray God=20 it be, sir.
50=20 Doctor.           = =20 This disease is beyond my practice. Yet I have=20 known
         &nbs= p; =20 those which have walked in their sleep who have died=20 holily
         &nb= sp; =20 in their beds.
Lady=20 Macbeth.           = ; =20 Wash your hands; put on your=20 nightgown;
         = ;  =20 look not so pale! I tell you yet again, Banquo=92s buried.=20 He
55         cannot = come out=20 on =92s=20 grave.
Doctor.       &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;    =20 Even so?
Lady=20 Macbeth.           = ; =20 To bed, to bed! There=92s knocking at the=20 gate.
         &nbs= p; =20 Come, come, come, come, give me your hand! What=92s=20 done
          = ; =20 cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed!

[Exit LADY MACBETH.]

60=20 Doctor.          = ;      =20 Will she go now to=20 bed?
Gentlewoman.      &nbs= p;     =20 Directly.
Doctor.
     =       =20 Foul whisp=92rings are abroad. Unnatural=20 deeds
         &nbs= p; =20 Do breed unnatural troubles. Infected=20 minds
         &nbs= p; =20 To their deaf pillows will discharge their=20 secrets.
65         = More needs=20 she the divine than the=20 physician.
         = ;  =20 God, God forgive us all! Look after=20 her;
          = ; =20 Remove from her the means of all=20 annoyance,
         = ;  =20 And still keep eyes upon her. So good=20 night.
         &nb= sp; =20 My mind she has mated and amazed my=20 sight:
         &nb= sp; =20 I think, but dare not speak.
70=20 Gentlewoman.         =    =20 Good night, good = doctor.

[Exeunt.]

Scene 2. The country near = Dunsinane.

Drum=20 and colors. Enter MENTEITH, CAITHNESS, ANGUS,
LENNOX, = SOLDIERS.

Menteith.
        &n= bsp;  =20 The English pow=92r is near, led on by=20 Malcolm,
         &= nbsp; =20 His uncle Siward and the good=20 Macduff.
         &= nbsp; =20 Revenges burn in them; for their dear=20 causes
         &nb= sp; =20 Would to the bleeding and the grim=20 alarm
          &nbs= p;=20 Excite the mortified man.
5=20 Angus.          =   =20 Near Birnam=20 Wood
          = ; =20 Shall we well meet them; that way are they=20 coming.
Caithness.
     = ;      =20 Who knows if Donalbain be with his=20 brother?
Lennox.
     &= nbsp;     =20 For certain, sir, he is not. I have a=20 file
           = ; Of=20 all the gentry: there is Siward=92s=20 son,
10        And many = unrough=20 youths that even=20 now
          = =20 Protest their first of=20 manhood.
Menteith.      &nb= sp;     =20 What does the=20 tyrant?
Caithness.
      = ;     =20 Great Dunsinane he strongly=20 fortifies.
         = ;  =20 Some say he=92s mad; others, that lesser hate=20 him,
          = ; =20 Do call it valiant fury: but, for=20 certain,
15         He = cannot=20 buckle his distempered=20 cause
         &nbs= p; =20 Within the belt of=20 rule.
Angus.        &nb= sp;   =20 Now does he=20 feel
           = ; His=20 secret murders sticking on his=20 hands;
         &nb= sp; =20 Now minutely revolts upbraid his=20 faith-breach.
        &n= bsp;  =20 Those he commands move only in=20 command,
20         = Nothing in=20 love. Now does he feel his=20 title
         &nbs= p; =20 Hang loose about him, like a giant=92s=20 robe
          = ; =20 Upon a dwarfish=20 thief.
Mentieth.       = ;     =20 Who then shall=20 blame
         &nbs= p; =20 His pestered senses to recoil and=20 start,
         &nb= sp; =20 When all that is within him does=20 condemn
         &n= bsp; =20 Itself for being there?
25=20 Caithness.         Well, = march we=20 on,
          = =20 To give obedience where =92tis truly=20 owed.
         &nbs= p; =20 Meet we the med=92cine of the sickly=20 weal,
          &nbs= p; And=20 with him pour we, in our country=92s=20 purge,
         &nb= sp; =20 Each drop of=20 us.
Lennox.        &n= bsp;       =20 Or so much as it=20 needs
30         To dew = the=20 sovereign flower and drown the=20 weeds.
         &nb= sp; =20 Make we our march towards Birnam.

[Exeunt, marching.]

Scene 3. Dunsinane. In the=20 castle.

&nbs= p; =20 Enter MACBETH, DOCTOR, and ATTENDANTS.

Macbeth.
        &nb= sp;  =20 Bring me no more reports; let them fly=20 all!
          = ; =20 Till Birnam Wood remove to=20 Dunsinane
         =   =20 I cannot taint with fear. What=92s the boy=20 Malcolm?
         &= nbsp; =20 Was he not born of woman? The spirits that=20 know
5         All = mortal=20 consequences have pronounced me=20 thus:
         &nbs= p; =20 =93Fear not, Macbeth; no man that=92s born of=20 woman
         &nbs= p; =20 Shall e=92er have power upon thee.=94 Then fly, false=20 thanes,
         &n= bsp; =20 And mingle with the English=20 epicures.
         =   =20 The mind I sway by and the heart I=20 bear
10         Shall = never sag=20 with doubt nor shake with fear.

[Enter SERVANT.]

            = The devil=20 damn thee black, thou cream-faced=20 loon!
          &nbs= p;=20 Where got=92st thou that goose=20 look?
Servant.
       &nb= sp;   =20 There is ten=20 thousand=97=97
Macbeth.      &nbs= p;     =20 Geese,=20 villain?
Servant.       &nbs= p;        =20 Soldiers,=20 sir.
Macbeth.
       &nbs= p;   =20 Go prick thy face and over-red thy=20 fear,
15         Thou=20 lily-livered boy. What soldiers,=20 patch?
          &nb= sp;=20 Death of thy soul! Those linen cheeks of=20 thine
         &nbs= p; =20 Are counselors to fear. What soldiers,=20 whey-face?
Servant.
     &nbs= p;     =20 The English force, so please=20 you.
Macbeth.
     &nbs= p;     =20 Take thy face=20 hence.           &= nbsp;    =20 [Exit=20 SERVANT.]
        &n= bsp;  =20 Seyton!=97I am sick at=20 heart,
20         When = I=20 behold=97Seyton, I say!=97This=20 push
           = ; Will=20 cheer me ever, or disseat me=20 now.
          = ; =20 I have lived long enough. My way of=20 life
          = ; =20 Is fall=92n into the sear, the yellow=20 leaf,
         &nbs= p; =20 And that which should accompany old=20 age,
25         As = honor, love,=20 obedience, troops of=20 friends,
         &= nbsp; =20 I must not look to have; but, in their=20 stead,
         &nb= sp; =20 Curses not loud but deep, mouth-honor,=20 breath,
         &n= bsp; =20 Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare=20 not.
          = ; =20 Seyton!

[Enter SEYTON.]

Seyton.
       &nbs= p;   =20 What=92s your gracious pleasure?
30=20 Macbeth.          &n= bsp; =20 What news=20 more?
Seyton.
     &nbs= p;     =20 All is confirmed, my lord, which was=20 reported.
Macbeth.
     = ;      =20 I=92ll fight, till from my bones my flesh be=20 hacked.
         &n= bsp; =20 Give me my=20 armor.
Seyton.        = ;    =20 =92Tis not needed=20 yet.
Macbeth.
       = ;    =20 I=92ll put it = on.
35         Send=20 out moe horses, skirr the country=20 round.
         &nb= sp; =20 Hang those that talk of fear. Give me mine=20 armor.
         &nb= sp; =20 How does your patient,=20 doctor?
Doctor.       =      =20 Not so sick, my=20 lord,
         &nbs= p; =20 As she is troubled with thick-coming=20 fancies
         &n= bsp; =20 That keep her from her=20 rest.
Macbeth.       &= nbsp;    =20 Cure her of = that.
40        =20 Canst thou not minister to a mind=20 diseased,
         =   =20 Pluck from the memory a rooted=20 sorrow,
         &n= bsp; =20 Raze out the written troubles of the=20 brain,
         &nb= sp; =20 And with some sweet oblivious=20 antidote
         &= nbsp; =20 Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous=20 stuff
         &nbs= p; =20 Which weighs upon the heart?
45=20 Doctor.          = ;  =20 Therein the=20 patient
         &n= bsp; =20 Must minister to=20 himself.
Macbeth.
     =       =20 Throw physic to the dogs, I=92ll none of=20 it.
          = =20 Come, put mine armor on. Give me my=20 staff.
         &nb= sp; =20 Seyton, send out.=97Doctor, the thanes fly from=20 me.=97
50         Come, = sir,=20 dispatch. If thou couldst, doctor,=20 cast
          = ; =20 The water of my land, find her=20 disease
         &n= bsp; =20 And purge it to a sound and pristine=20 health,
         &n= bsp; =20 I would applaud thee to the very=20 echo,
         &nbs= p; =20 That should applaud again.=97Pull=92t off, I=20 say.=97
55         What = rhubarb,=20 senna, or what purgative=20 drug,
         &nbs= p; =20 Would scour these English hence? Hear=92st thou of=20 them?
Doctor.
     &nbs= p;     =20 Ay, my good lord; your royal=20 preparation
        &nbs= p;  =20 Makes us hear=20 something.
Macbeth.       =      =20 Bring it after=20 me.
          = =20 I will not be afraid of death and=20 bane
60         Till Birnam = Forest=20 come to Dunsinane.
Doctor=20 (aside).
        =    =20 Were I from Dunsinane away and=20 clear,
         &nb= sp; =20 Profit again should hardly draw me=20 here.           &n= bsp;=20 [Exeunt.]

Scene 4. = Country=20 near Birnam=20 Wood.

         =           =20 Drum and colors. Enter MALCOLM, SIWARD,=20 MACDUFF,
         &= nbsp;         =20 Siward=92s son YOUNG SIWARD, MENTEITH,=20 CAITHNESS,
         = ;          =20 ANGUS, and SOLDIERS, marching.

Malcolm.
        &nb= sp;  =20 Cousins, I hope the days are near at=20 hand
          = ; =20 That chambers will be=20 safe.
Menteith.       &nbs= p;    =20 We doubt it=20 nothing.
Siward.
       &= nbsp;   =20 What wood is this before=20 us?
Menteith.        =     =20 The Wood of=20 Birnam.
Malcolm.
      &= nbsp;    =20 Let every soldier hew him down a=20 bough
5         And = bear=92t=20 before him. Thereby shall we=20 shadow
         &nb= sp; =20 The numbers of our host, and make=20 discovery
          = =20 Err in report of=20 us.
Soldiers.       &n= bsp;    =20 It shall be=20 done.
Siward.
     &nbs= p;     =20 We learn no other but the confident=20 tyrant
         &nb= sp; =20 Keeps still in Dunsinane, and will=20 endure
          &nb= sp; Our=20 setting down before=92t.
10=20 Malcolm.          &n= bsp; =20 =92Tis his main=20 hope,
         &nbs= p; =20 For where there is advantage to be=20 given
          &nbs= p; Both=20 more and less have given him the=20 revolt,
         &n= bsp; =20 And none serve with him but constrain=E8d=20 things
         &nb= sp; =20 Whose hearts are absent=20 too.
Macduff.        =         =20 Let our just=20 censures
15         = Attend the=20 true event, and put we=20 on
          &= nbsp;=20 Industrious=20 soldiership.
Siward.       &= nbsp;    =20 The time=20 approaches,
        &nbs= p;  =20 That will with due decision make us=20 know
          = ; =20 What we shall say we have and what we=20 owe.
           = ;=20 Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes=20 relate,
20         But = certain=20 issue strokes must=20 arbitrate:
          = ; =20 Towards which advance the=20 war.           &nb= sp;    =20 [Exeunt, marching.]

Scene 5. Dunsinane. Within the castle.

&= nbsp; =20 Enter MACBETH, SEYTON, and SOLDIERS, with drum=20 and
= =20 colors.

Macbeth.
        &nb= sp;  =20 Hang out our banners on the outward=20 walls.
         &nb= sp; =20 The cry is still =93They come!=94 Our castle=92s=20 strength
         &= nbsp; =20 Will laugh a siege to scorn. Here let them=20 lie
          = =20 Till famine and the ague eat them=20 up.
5         Were they = not=20 forced with those that should be=20 ours,
         &nbs= p; =20 We might have met them dareful, beard to=20 beard,
         &nb= sp; =20 And beat them backward home.

[A cry within of women.]

            = What is=20 that=20 noise?
Seyton.
     &nb= sp;     =20 It is the cry of women, my good=20 lord.           &n= bsp;=20 [Exit.]
Macbeth.
    =        =20 I have almost forgot the taste of=20 fears:
10         The = time has=20 been, my senses would have=20 cooled
         &nb= sp; =20 To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of=20 hair
          = ; =20 Would at a dismal treatise rouse and=20 stir
          = ; =20 As life were in=92t. I have supped full with=20 horrors.
         &= nbsp; =20 Direness, familiar to my slaughterous=20 thoughts,
         =   =20 Cannot once start me.

[Enter SEYTON.]

15         Wherefore was that = cry?
Seyton.
      = ;     =20 The queen, my lord, is=20 dead.
Macbeth.
     &nb= sp;     =20 She should have died=20 hereafter;
         = ;  =20 There would have been a time for such a=20 word.
          &nbs= p;=20 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and=20 tomorrow
20         = Creeps in=20 this petty pace from day to=20 day,
          = ; =20 To the last syllable of recorded=20 time;
         &nbs= p; =20 And all our yesterdays have lighted=20 fools
         &nbs= p; =20 The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief=20 candle!
         &n= bsp; =20 Life=92s but a walking shadow, a poor=20 player
25         That = struts=20 and frets his hour upon the=20 stage
         &nbs= p; =20 And then is heard no more. It is a=20 tale
          = ; =20 Told by an idiot, full of sound and=20 fury,
         &nbs= p; =20 Signifying nothing.

[Enter a MESSENGER.]

            = Thou=20 com=92st to use thy tongue; thy story=20 quickly!
Messenger.
30    &n= bsp;   =20 Gracious my=20 lord,
         &nbs= p; =20 I should report that which I say I=20 saw,
          = ; =20 But know not how to=20 do=92t.
Macbeth.       &nb= sp;    =20 Well, say,=20 sir.
Messenger.
     &n= bsp;     =20 As I did stand my watch upon the=20 hill,
         &nbs= p; =20 I looked toward Birnam, and anon,=20 methought,
         = ;  =20 The wood began to move.
35=20 Macbeth.           = ; =20 Liar and=20 slave!
Messenger.
     =       =20 Let me endure your wrath, if=92t be not=20 so.
          = =20 Within this three mile may you see it=20 coming;
         &n= bsp; =20 I say a moving=20 grove.
Macbeth.       &nbs= p;    =20 If thou speak=92st=20 false,
         &nb= sp; =20 Upon the next tree shalt thou hang=20 alive,
40         Till = famine=20 cling thee. If thy speech be=20 sooth,
         &nb= sp; =20 I care not if thou dost for me as=20 much.
         &nbs= p; =20 I pull in resolution, and=20 begin
         &nbs= p; =20 To doubt th=92 equivocation of the=20 fiend
         &nbs= p; =20 That lies like truth: =93Fear not, till Birnam=20 Wood
45         Do come = to=20 Dunsinane!=94 And now a=20 wood
          = ; =20 Comes toward Dunsinane. Arm, arm, and=20 out!
          = ; =20 If this which he avouches does=20 appear,
         &n= bsp; =20 There is nor flying hence nor tarrying=20 here.
         &nbs= p; =20 I =92gin to be aweary of the=20 sun,
50         And = wish th=92=20 estate o=92 th=92 world were now=20 undone.
         &n= bsp; =20 Ring the alarum bell! Blow wind, come=20 wrack!
         &nb= sp; =20 At least we=92ll die with harness on our=20 back.           &n= bsp;=20 [Exeunt.]

Scene 6. Dunsinane. Before the=20 castle.

&= nbsp; =20 Drum and colors. Enter MALCOLM, SIWARD, MACDUFF, and=20 their
= =20 ARMY, with boughs.

Malcolm.
        &nb= sp;  =20 Now near enough. Your leavy screens throw=20 down,
         &nbs= p; =20 And show like those you are. You, worthy=20 uncle,
         &nb= sp; =20 Shall, with my cousin, your right noble=20 son,
          = ; =20 Lead our first battle. Worthy Macduff and=20 we
5         Shall take = upon =92s=20 what else remains to=20 do,
          = =20 According to our=20 order.
Siward.        &= nbsp;   =20 Fare you=20 well.
          &nbs= p; Do=20 we but find the tyrant=92s power=20 tonight,
         &= nbsp; =20 Let us be beaten, if we cannot=20 fight.
Macduff.
      &n= bsp;    =20 Make all our trumpets speak; give them all=20 breath,
10         = Those=20 clamorous harbingers of blood and death.

[Exeunt. Alarums continued.]

Scene=20 7. Another part of the field.

&= nbsp; =20 Enter MACBETH.

Macbeth.
        &nb= sp;  =20 They have tied me to a stake; I cannot=20 fly,
          = ; =20 But bearlike I must fight the course. What=92s=20 he
          &= nbsp;=20 That was not born of woman? Such a=20 one
          = =20 Am I to fear, or none.

[Enter YOUNG SIWARD.]

Young=20 Siward.
        &nbs= p;  =20 What is thy name?
5=20 Macbeth.         &= nbsp;  =20 Thou=92lt be afraid to hear it.
Young=20 Siward.
        &nbs= p;  =20 No; though thou call=92st thyself a hotter=20 name
          = ; =20 Than any is in=20 hell.
Macbeth.        = ;    =20 My name=92s Macbeth.
Young=20 Siward.
        &nbs= p;  =20 The devil himself could not pronounce a=20 title
         &nbs= p; =20 More hateful to mine=20 ear.
Macbeth.        =     =20 No, nor more fearful.
Young=20 Siward.
10         = Thou=20 liest, abhorr=E8d tyrant; with my=20 sword
         &nbs= p; =20 I=92ll prove the lie thou speak=92st.

[Fight, and YOUNG SIWARD=20 slain.]

Macbeth.     &nbs= p;      =20 Thou wast born of=20 woman.
         &nb= sp; =20 But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to=20 scorn,
         &nb= sp; =20 Brandished by man that=92s of a woman=20 born.           &n= bsp;=20 [Exit.]

[Alarums. Enter MACDUFF.]

Macduff.
       &nb= sp;   =20 That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy=20 face!
15         If = thou be=92st=20 slain and with no stroke of=20 mine,
         &nbs= p; =20 My wife and children=92s ghosts will haunt me=20 still.
         &nb= sp; =20 I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose=20 arms
          = ; =20 Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou,=20 Macbeth,
         &= nbsp; =20 Or else my sword, with an unbattered=20 edge,
20         I = sheathe=20 again undeeded. There thou shouldst=20 be;
          = =20 By this great clatter, one of greatest=20 note
          = ; =20 Seems bruited. Let me find him,=20 Fortune!
         &= nbsp; =20 And more I beg=20 not.           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;            = =20 [Exit. Alarums.]

[Enter MALCOLM and SIWARD.]

Siward.
        &nbs= p;  =20 This way, my lord. The castle=92s gently=20 rend=92red:
25         = The=20 tyrant=92s people on both sides do=20 fight;
         &nb= sp; =20 The noble thanes do bravely in the=20 war;
          = ; =20 The day almost itself professes=20 yours,
         &nb= sp; =20 And little is to=20 do.
Malcolm.       &nb= sp;    =20 We have met with=20 foes
          = ; =20 That strike beside=20 us.
Siward.         = ;       =20 Enter, sir, the castle.

[Exeunt. Alarum.]

Scene 8. = Another part of the field.

&= nbsp; =20 Enter MACBETH.

Macbeth.
       &nb= sp;   =20 Why should I play the Roman fool, and=20 die
          = =20 On mine own sword? Whiles I see lives, the=20 gashes
         &nb= sp; =20 Do better upon them.

[Enter MACDUFF.]

Macduff.         &= nbsp;  =20 Turn, hell-hound,=20 turn!
Macbeth.
       &nb= sp;   =20 Of all men else I have avoided=20 thee.
5          = But get=20 thee back! My soul is too much=20 charged
          &n= bsp;=20 With blood of thine=20 already.
Macduff.       &n= bsp;    =20 I have no=20 words:
         &nb= sp; =20 My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier=20 villain
         &n= bsp; =20 Than terms can give thee=20 out!           &nb= sp;        =20 [Fight.=20 Alarum.]
Macbeth.      =       =20 Thou losest=20 labor:
          &nb= sp; As=20 easy mayst thou the intrenchant=20 air
10         With thy = keen=20 sword impress as make me=20 bleed:
         &nb= sp; =20 Let fall thy blade on vulnerable=20 crests;
          &n= bsp; I=20 bear a charm=E8d life, which must not=20 yield
         &nbs= p; =20 To one of woman=20 born.
Macduff.       &= nbsp;    =20 Despair thy=20 charm,
         &nb= sp; =20 And let the angel whom thou still hast=20 served
15         Tell = thee,=20 Macduff was from his mother=92s=20 womb
          = ; =20 Untimely=20 ripped.
Macbeth.
      &= nbsp;    =20 Accurs=E8d be that tongue that tells me=20 so,
          = =20 For it hath cowed my better part of=20 man!
           = ; And=20 be these juggling fiends no more=20 believed,
20         = That=20 palter with us in a double=20 sense;
         &nb= sp; =20 That keep the word of promise to our=20 ear,
          = ; =20 And break it to our hope. I=92ll not fight with=20 thee.
Macduff.
      &nb= sp;    =20 Then yield thee,=20 coward,
         &n= bsp; =20 And live to be the show and gaze o=92 th=92=20 time:
25         = We=92ll have=20 thee, as our rarer monsters=20 are,
          = ; =20 Painted upon a pole, and=20 underwrit,
         = ;  =20 =93Here may you see the=20 tyrant.=94
Macbeth.      &n= bsp;         =20 I will not=20 yield,
          &nb= sp; To=20 kiss the ground before young Malcolm=92s=20 feet,
         &nbs= p; =20 And to be baited with the rabble=92s=20 curse.
30         = Though Birnam=20 Wood be come to=20 Dunsinane,
         = ;  =20 And thou opposed, being of no woman=20 born,
         &nbs= p; =20 Yet I will try the last. Before my=20 body
          = ; =20 I throw my warlike shield. Lay on,=20 Macduff;
         &= nbsp; =20 And damned be him that first cries =93Hold, enough!=94

[Exeunt, fighting. Alarums.]

[Reenter fighting, and MACBETH slain. Exit=20 MACDUFF,
with MACBETH. Retreat and flourish. Enter, = with=20 drum
and colors, MALCOLM, SIWARD, ROSS, THANES, and=20 SOLDIERS.]

Malcolm.
35       &= nbsp; I=20 would the friends we miss were safe=20 arrived.
Siward.
      &= nbsp;    =20 Some must go off; and yet, by these I=20 see,
          = ; =20 So great a day as this is cheaply=20 bought.
Malcolm.
      &= nbsp;    =20 Macduff is missing, and your noble=20 son.
Ross.
      &= nbsp;    =20 Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier=92s=20 debt:
40         He = only lived=20 but till he was a=20 man;
          = ; =20 The which no sooner had his prowess=20 confirmed
         =   =20 In the unshrinking station where he=20 fought,
         &n= bsp; =20 But like a man he=20 died.
Siward.       &n= bsp;    =20 Then he is=20 dead?
Ross.
       =     =20 Ay, and brought off the field. Your cause of=20 sorrow
45         Must = not be=20 measured by his worth, for=20 then
          = ; =20 It hath no=20 end.
Siward.       &nb= sp;    =20 Had he his hurts=20 before?
Ross.
     &nbs= p;     =20 Ay, on the=20 front.
Siward.       &= nbsp;    =20 Why then, God=92s soldier be=20 he!
          = =20 Had I as many sons as I have=20 hairs,
         &nb= sp; =20 I would not wish them to a fairer=20 death:
         &nb= sp; =20 And so his knell is knolled.
50=20 Malcolm.          &n= bsp; =20 He=92s worth more=20 sorrow,
         &n= bsp; =20 And that I=92ll spend for=20 him.
Siward.       &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;=20 He=92s worth no=20 more:
         &nbs= p; =20 They say he parted well and paid his=20 score:
         &nb= sp; =20 And so God be with him! Here comes newer comfort.

[Enter MACDUFF, with Macbeth=92s head.]

Macduff.
       &nb= sp;   =20 Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where=20 stands
55         Th=92 = usurper=92s=20 curs=E8d head. The time is=20 free.
         &nbs= p; =20 I see thee compassed with thy kingdom=92s=20 pearl,
         &nb= sp; =20 That speak my salutation in their=20 minds,
         &nb= sp; =20 Whose voices I desire aloud with=20 mine:
         &nbs= p; =20 Hail, King of=20 Scotland!
All.        = ;    =20 Hail, King of Scotland!

[Flourish.]

Malcolm.
60       &= nbsp;=20 We shall not spend a large expense of=20 time
          = ; =20 Before we reckon with your several=20 loves,
          &nb= sp; And=20 make us even with you. My thanes and=20 kinsmen,
         &= nbsp; =20 Henceforth be earls, the first that ever=20 Scotland
         &= nbsp; =20 In such an honor named. What=92s more to=20 do,
65         Which = would be=20 planted newly with the=20 time=97
         &n= bsp; =20 As calling home our exiled friends=20 abroad
         &nb= sp; =20 That fled the snares of watchful=20 tyranny,
         &= nbsp; =20 Producing forth the cruel=20 ministers
         =   =20 Of this dead butcher and his fiendlike=20 queen,
70         Who, = as =92tis=20 thought, by self and violent=20 hands
          &nbs= p; Took=20 off her life=97this, and what needful=20 else
          = ; =20 That calls upon us, by the grace of=20 Grace
         &nbs= p; =20 We will perform in measure, time, and=20 place:
         &nb= sp; =20 So thanks to all at once and to each=20 one,
75         Whom we = invite=20 to see us crowned at Scone.

[Flourish. Exeunt omnes.]

End of = the=20 play

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