SIWARD, earl of Northumberland, general of the 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 Apparitions. SCENE, in the end of the fourth act, lies in England; through the rest of the play, in Scotland; and, chiefly, at Macbeth's castle. 1 Witch. When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 1 2 Witch. When the hurlyburly's 1 done; When the battle 's lost and won. 3 Witch. That will be ere the set of sun. 1 Witch. Where the place? 2 Witch. Upon the heath : 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. Tumult. [Witches vanish. SCENE II. A camp near Fores. Alarum within, Enter 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 Sol. Doubtful 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,1 The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him) from the western isles In addition to that. 2. e. is supplied with light and heavy-armed infantry. 3 Cause. Like Valor's minion, Carved out his passage, till he faced 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! Sol. As whence the sun 'gins his reflexion Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break; So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come, Discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark : No sooner justice had, with valor 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, Dun. Dismay'd not this Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo? Sol. Yes; As sparrows, eagles; or the hare, the lion. Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe: Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, I cannot tell :—— Truth. But I am faint; my gashes cry for help. Dun. So well thy words become thee as thy wounds; They smack of honor both.-Go, get him surgeons. [Exit Soldier, attended. Enter ROSSE. Who comes here? Mal. The worthy thane of Rosse. Len. What a haste looks through his eyes! So Where the Norweyan banners flout1 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. 1 Mock, defy. Great happiness! 2 Macbeth. 3 Defended by armour of proof. |