English forces: Young Siward, his son. Seyton, an officer attending on Macbeth. Son to Macduff. An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor. A Soldier. A Porter. An old man. Lady Macbeth. Lady Macduff. Gentlewoman attending on lady Macbeth. Hecate, and three Witches. Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers. The Ghost of Banquo, and several other Appari tions. Scene, in the end of the fourth act, lies in Eng land; through the rest of the play, in Scotland; and, chiefly, at Macbeth's castle. WHEN shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? 2 Witch. When the hurly burly's1 done, When the battle's lost and won. 3 Witch. That will be ere set of sun. 1 Witch. Where the place? 2 Witch. Upon the heatl 3 Witch. There to meet with Macbeth. 1 Witch. I come, Graymalkin! All. Paddock calls:-Anon. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Witches vanish. SCENE II-A Camp near Fores. Alarum within. Enter King Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Lenox, with attendants, meeting a bleeding Soldier: Dun. What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state. Mal. This is the sergeant, Who, like a good and hardy soldier, fought (1) Tumult. 'Gainst my captivity:- -Hail, brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil, As thou aiast leave it. Sold. Doubtfully it stood; 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, till he fac'd the slave; And ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements. Dun. O, valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! Sold. As whence the sun 'gins his reflection Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break; So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come, Discomforts swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark No sooner justice had, with valour arm'd, Compell'd these skipping Kernes to trust their heels But the Norweyan lord, surveying vantage, With furbish'd arms, and new supplies of men, Began a fresh assault. Dun. Dismay'd not this Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo? Sold. Yes; As sparrows, eagles; or the hare, the lion. (1) i. e. Supplied with light and heavy-armed troops. (2) Cause. (4) Truth. (3) The opposite to comfo As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks; Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe: Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, 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 sur[Exit Soldier, attended. geons. Enter Rosse. Who comes here? Mal. The worthy thane of Rosse. Len. What a haste looks through his eyes! So should he look, That seems to speak things strange. Rosse. God save the king From Fife, great king, Dun. Whence cam'st thou, worthy thane? Where the Norweyan banners flout2 the sky, Norway himself, with terrible numbers, Assisted by that most disloyal traitor The thane of Cawdor, 'gan 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, (1) Make another Golgotha as memorable as the first. (2) Mock. (3) Shakspeare means Mars. (4) Defended by armour of proof. VOL. III. Ꮓ |