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Thunder. Enter the three WITCHES | eunhdTr. Teh rhtee SHEWICT enrte. |
FIRST WITCH Where hast thou been, sister? | SITRF TCIHW eWehr veah you eebn, reisst? |
SECOND WITCH Killing swine. | CEODSN HICTW Klligni pgis. |
THIRD WITCH Sister, where thou? | THRID CTIHW dnA oyu, sestri? |
FIRST WITCH A sailors wife had chestnuts in her lap, quoth I. Aroint thee, witch! the rump-fed runnion cries. Her husbands to Aleppo gone, master o th Tiger; But in a sieve Ill thither sail, And like a rat without a tail, 10 Ill do, Ill do, and Ill do. | ITSRF CWITH A iosrals wfie had snutehcts in hre alp dan cdnmehu wyaa at hetm. ivGe me eno, I idsa. teG away orfm me, thiwc! het atf wmnoa irced. eHr hbasudn has iasedl off to eplAop as seatmr of a ipsh caedll het Tiger. lIl ails heret in a kihtnce inarsert, rtun felsym ntio a leliasst tar, and do githns to him |
SECOND WITCH Ill give thee a wind. | OEDCNS CWTHI lIl evig oyu emso widn to lisa erthe. |
FIRST WITCH Thou rt kind. | ITSFR CWHIT How ecni of uoy! |
THIRD WITCH And I another. | DTHIR HWTIC nAd I illw igev uoy esmo mroe. |
FIRST WITCH I myself have all the other, 15 And the very ports they blow, All the quarters that they know I th shipmans card. Ill drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day 20 Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sevnnights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. | SRTFI CITHW I layader ehva rnoltoc of lal teh oerht idnsw, nloga itwh hte rpsot omrf chihw hyte owlb nda yever drcenitoi on eht rlossai apmsosc in whhic yteh nca go. llI ardni the elif otu of ihm. He wton atchc a iwkn of lseep, eireth at ntgih or ndigur the ayd. He lwil ivel as a srdcue anm. Fro eyitgh-eon eekws he wlil asewt waya in ayogn. |
Though his bark cannot be lost, 25 Yet it shall be tempest-tossed. Look what I have. | ouAhtghl I atnc eamk shi phsi diaperaps, I cna lltsi emak his roujyen lembsriea. okLo ahwt I ehva eher. |
SECOND WITCH Show me, show me. | ESDNCO THICW Sowh me, oswh me. |
FIRST WITCH Here I have a pilots thumb, Wrecked as homeward he did come. | RSIFT IWHCT eHre I aevh teh thubm of a olipt ohw asw drdenow liehw nigyrt to erntur ohme. |
Drum within | A drum ussond efaofsgt. |
THIRD WITCH 30 A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come. | RHDIT TWICH A umrd, a dmur! bthMcea hsa eomc. |
ALL (dancing together in a circle) The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about, 35 Thrice to thine and thrice to mine And thrice again, to make up nine. Peace! The charms wound up. | LLA (idngcna egorhett in a iecrcl) We rdiwe serstsi, nhda in hdna, ftswi eestalvrr oevr eht eas adn nadl, denac nudroa dan dnuoar kiel so. rTehe tesim to usyro, dan teerh stime to mnei, and ehter sitem naiga, to dad up to enin. hougnE! eTh mharc is dryea. |
Enter MACBETH and BANQUO | HCTMBEA and NQOUBA nrtee. |
MACBETH So foul and fair a day I have not seen. | AETBMCH (to BANQUO) I hvea reven nsee a dya that wsa so ogod dan bda at eth seam etmi. |
BANQUO How far is t called to Forres?What are these 40 So withered and so wild in their attire, That look not like th inhabitants o th Earth, And yet are on t?Live you? Or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying 45 Upon her skinny lips. You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. | BUANQO woH raf is it updpsseo to be to sForer? (he ssee eth WITCHES) haWt rea etesh crutraees? ryeThe so ridehwte-kionlgo dna aiczryl ddreses. yheT dont kolo leik hyte onlgeb on hsti aptlne, utb I see thme nsaditgn eerh on trhaE. (to het WITCHES) eAr uyo lvaei? Can uoy eswarn oeinqtsus? ouY emse to sntenudadr me, buacsee aceh of ouy has tpu a mgeouers rgefni to rhe snykin ilps. oYu olok klei omenw, tub uoyr rsadeb keep me ofmr iebigvlen that uyo yelalr aer. |
MACBETH Speak, if you can: what are you? | TEHCMAB kpSea, if uoy cna. Wtah idkn of ruercstae rea you? |
FIRST WITCH All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! | FRSTI TIHCW lAl lhai, teabhcM! lHai to uyo, enaht of limGsa! |
SECOND WITCH 50 All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! | DEOSCN THCIW lAl ahil, Mbhtcae! lHia to you, etanh of Cowdra! |
THIRD WITCH All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! | DRTIH CWHTI All hial, eatMchb, eth turfue gink! |
BANQUO Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? (to the WITCHES) I th name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed 55 Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not. If you can look into the seeds of time 60 And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favors nor your hate. | BAUNOQ My drae abcMeth, why do yuo olko so rstetdal nad irafad of hetes ecni ntsgih yreeht ginysa? (to hte WITCHES) Tell me hysetnlo, rea uyo slnuoisli, or rea ouy elyarl ahtw ouy eems to be? Yuoev geeerdt my elnbo neirdf iwth oronhs nda talk of a freutu so urgloiso atht yeuvo amde mih ceesplsseh. tuB uyo dnto asy iahnngty to me. If uyo can ees the urtufe adn sya owh ingsht lilw urtn uot, llte me. I ntdo wtan uoyr sfvroa and Im ont firada of royu rteadh. |
FIRST WITCH Hail! | TIRSF TWHCI iaHl! |
SECOND WITCH Hail! | DSNOEC TCIHW Hila! |
THIRD WITCH 65 Hail! | DHRIT ITCHW laiH! |
FIRST WITCH Lesser than Macbeth and greater. | TISFR IWHCT oYu aer eresls hnat eMhatbc utb laso gerreat. |
SECOND WITCH Not so happy, yet much happier. | DCSOEN WITCH oYu aer nto as phpay as hbacMte, yet hucm paihper. |
THIRD WITCH Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo! | RIHTD CWIHT rouY seatnnseddc ilwl be gsink, eenv tuhohg yuo illw tno be eno. So all hlai, tebhacM dna nuaBoq! |
FIRST WITCH 70 Banquo and Macbeth, all hail! | FTSRI HWCTI nqouBa nda ecMthab, lla ilha! |
MACBETH Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. By Sinels death I know I am thane of Glamis. But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman, and to be king 75 Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence, or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you. | ABMEHTC Wait! oYu lnyo tlod me trap of wath I nawt to nwok. yaSt nda ltle me orme. I aadlyre owkn I am eth tenha of iamlGs cbuseae I ietnreihd eht tiipsoon hwen my arheft, lenSi, edid. uBt owh nac uyo lalc me eht nhtae of aCrwdo? Teh athne of dorCaw is aevli, nad hes a hcri nad rpowulfe amn. ndA rof me to be the king is epolclmyte blpssieomi, sutj as tis liimbposes rfo me to be nhtae of Cdawro. lelT me hrewe uoy aderlen sethe tesanrg itngsh, dna wyh uoy ptos us at tish teelaods alecp iwht stih opecthpir eetrggin? Skaep, I mndomac uyo. |
WITCHES vanish | eTh ECWSTIH nvashi. |
BANQUO 80 The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them. Whither are they vanished? | BAUNOQ The ahert ash buslbbe, sujt ikle eth atwre, and sehte rrucaeets tsum haev moec rmof a bbubel in the etrah. heeWr did ehty aiappdsre to? |
MACBETH Into the air, and what seemed corporal Melted, as breath into the wind. Would they had stayed. | CEABTHM noIt htni air. eThir esbodi teldme eikl haretb in the wdni. I ihsw yhet dha yeatds! |
BANQUO Were such things here as we do speak about? 85 Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner? | UNOBQA eWre hsete sitnhg weer ntiglka buota lleary here? Or ear we btho on surgd? |
MACBETH Your children shall be kings. | EMHABCT Your hrncelid lliw be ngsik. |
BANQUO You shall be king. | BOANUQ oYu ilwl be het gnki. |
MACBETH And thane of Cawdor too: went it not so? | HETAMBC dnA taneh of rCdwao oot. ntIs htat twha htey asdi? |
BANQUO To the selfsame tune and words. Whos here? | UQNOBA Thsat ctyaexl hwat tyhe dsai. sohW itsh? |
Enter ROSS and ANGUS | OSSR adn GNASU eetrn. |
ROSS 90 The king hath happily received, Macbeth, The news of thy success, and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebels fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his. Silenced with that, 95 In viewing oer the rest o the selfsame day, He finds thee in the stout Norweyan ranks, Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make, Strange images of death. As thick as tale Can post with post, and every one did bear 100 Thy praises in his kingdoms great defense, And poured them down before him. | SRSO The kign saw payph to hera of oyur scesucs, atchebM. rveehneW he hsear eht rytso of royu xitplseo in eht thgif angtisa eht leebrs, he oesbcem so zeaamd it amske mhi shecpeless. He aws oals chdoeks to rneal atht on hte amse yda ouy uftogh eht esrelb ouy sloa tghofu iantgsa eht yram of rwyaoN, dna tath oyu wnetre eth atles bit darafi of dehta, eevn as you kledli erneoyve unoard uoy. Meesserng ertaf eressemgn ivddeerel nwes of ryuo vareyrb to teh gnik tiwh sarpei ofr ohw you deeenddf ish uyontrc. |
ANGUS We are sent To give thee from our royal master thanks, Only to herald thee into his sight, Not pay thee. | SAGNU The gkin estn us to igve oyu hsi ahknts and to irngb uyo to hmi. urYo aler drwrae wnot cmoe mrfo us. |
ROSS 105 And, for an earnest of a greater honor, He bade me, from him, call thee thane of Cawdor: In which addition, hail, most worthy thane, For it is thine. | SROS Adn to geiv uoy a eastt of wahts in sreto orf ouy, he lodt me to lcla oyu eth tenah of rwaCod. So ailh, atneh of wdoaCr! hTta itelt lnogebs to uoy nwo. |
BANQUO What, can the devil speak true? | QNBAUO (skhcode) naC hte ievdl llte the turth? |
MACBETH The thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me 110 In borrowed robes? | MTCAEBH hTe tnaeh of dowarC is slitl evial. hWy ear ouy ggnvii me sih iltte? |
ANGUS Who was the thane lives yet, But under heavy judgment bears that life Which he deserves to lose. Whether he was combined With those of Norway, or did line the rebel With hidden help and vantage, or that with both 115 He labored in his countrys wrack, I know not; But treasons capital, confessed and proved, Have overthrown him. | USAGN heT nma ohw was the htean of Crdwao is istll aelvi, tbu ehs bene dtenecsne to atedh, dan he eesvesrd to ide. I tdno nkow trwhehe he ufogth on Nyasorw ides, or if he yectslre idade the erbesl, or if he tfuhgo hwit bhto of rou imseene. tBu shi noestra, ichhw has eebn ornepv, dan to chhiw hse fenssdeoc, aesmn hes ifdshine. |
MACBETH (aside)Glamis, and thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind. (to ROSS and ANGUS) Thanks for your pains. When those that gave the thane of Cawdor to me Promised no less to them? | MHTECAB (to ihsmlef) stI jtus klei tyeh naodiws Im het aneth of slmaiG dan eht tehan of aCrowd. dnA the tbes arpt of tawh hety pddrtecie is lislt to oemc. (to RSSO dna ANGUS) hnakT oyu rof the nswe. (gsiankep so ttah onyl BUQAON nac rhea) retnA uyo gieninnbg to eoph oryu erldhnci illw be gnsik? efrtA all, the cwhtsei ohw dsia I saw entha of wrodaC dimspore mhet ithognn essl. |
BANQUO That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. But tis strange. 125 And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray s In deepest consequence. (to ROSS and ANGUS) Cousins, a word, I pray you. | OUNABQ If uoy sttur wath hety ays, uyo gimht be on yoru awy to cgboiemn gikn, as wlle as aneht of wdoCra. tBu hist whoel hitng is sgtnear. Teh gnatse of evli eotnf etll us part of het ttuhr in erodr to edla us to rou siuttodrnce. yeTh rnea uro tutsr by glinelt us eht uthtr tabou litlte itnghs, ubt htne yeth raebyt us hnwe it lwil gaemda us the msto. (to SOSR and ANGUS) mGlnteeen, Id ekil to evah a odrw whti uyo, lseape. |
BANQUO , ROSS , and ANGUS move to one side | SSOR , GUNAS , dan NOUAQB mevo to oen iesd. |
MACBETH As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme. (to ROSS and ANGUS) I thank you, gentlemen. (aside) This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, 135 Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, 140 Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. | EATBCHM (to shlimef) So fra het tiwhcse eahv todl me two nisthg htta mace utre, so it meses iekl stih will eimctlaun in my eimgconb nigk. (to SRSO adn ANGUS) kahTn you, teennlgme. (to leihmfs) sTih lnrsuutrpeaa pmteitonta tndoes msee iekl it nac be a abd ihntg, ubt it ctan be odgo rtehie. If sti a dba ngtih, yhw saw I sdpeirmo a oiotomprn ahtt dutner tuo to be erut? owN Im eth nthae of Cdwaro, ujst leki htye sdia I udwol be. tBu if htis is a dogo gihnt, wyh do I idfn semfly tngiknih tuabo dnuriegrm iKng cDanun, a ohthtgu so rfiiynrhog ttah it kmsae my ahri tnasd on ned and my ahter dopun nidies my shcte? hTe esndgar atth autlyalc treehatn me eehr and nwo iftrheng me sels ahtn the lhbieorr sgihnt Im miiiggnan. |
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man That function is smothered in surmise, 145 And nothing is but what is not. | vEne hothug tsi jsut a nfsytaa so arf, eht eerm thgthuo of ntotimigmc erdurm ssekha me up so cuhm hatt I lhdyar okwn hwo I am naryoem. My liityab to atc is itsfled by my huhttgos dan pouncleastis, nda the oyln inhgts ttah ttrmae to me rae tnghsi htat nodt ellray xseit. |
BANQUO Look how our partners rapt. | QAUBNO kLoo at hbhctaeesM in a daez. |
MACBETH (aside) If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir. | CBTAMEH (to mfhslie) If ftea atnsw me to be kign, prhaesp tfae lwil utsj keam it apenhp nad I twon vhae to do ghnitayn. |
BANQUO New honors come upon him, 150 Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use. | NQAUOB (to SOSR adn ANGUS) tMcebah is otn dsue to his nwe itltse. rTyehe kile nwe heclsot: thye ondt fti niult uoy eakbr temh in rveo eimt. |
MACBETH (aside)Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. | BETMHAC (to lesfihm) One awy or hotaenr, tswah inggo to nphpae is oggni to panphe. |
BANQUO Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure. | OANQBU Godo aehtbMc, ewre dryae whne ouy rea. |
MACBETH 155 Give me your favor. My dull brain was wrought With things forgotten. Kind gentlemen, your pains Are registered where every day I turn The leaf to read them. Let us toward the king. (aside to BANQUO) Think upon what hath chanced, and, at more time, 160 The interim having weighed it, let us speak Our free hearts each to other. | MHEATBC I egb oury npodra; I swa ctsddeaitr. iKnd emngeltne, I tonw fortge eth ruobtel vyoeu katen for me ehvneerw I inkth of ihst yda. tseL go to eht igkn. (npaigkse so thta yonl QBNUAO anc erah) inkhT buaot twah epadephn adtoy, adn wenh vewe obth hda meti to rndoseic htisng, setl altk. |
BANQUO Very gladly. | AUQNOB osbytlluAe. |
MACBETH Till then, enough. (to ROSS and ANGUS) Come, friends. | MAHEBCT inUlt tneh, veew adsi onehug. (to RSSO dan ANGUS) tsLe go, my inesrfd. |
Exeunt | hyeT lal eixt. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
Thunder. Enter the three WITCHES | eunhdTr. Teh rhtee SHEWICT enrte. |
FIRST WITCH Where hast thou been, sister? | SITRF TCIHW eWehr veah you eebn, reisst? |
SECOND WITCH Killing swine. | CEODSN HICTW Klligni pgis. |
THIRD WITCH Sister, where thou? | THRID CTIHW dnA oyu, sestri? |
FIRST WITCH A sailors wife had chestnuts in her lap, quoth I. Aroint thee, witch! the rump-fed runnion cries. Her husbands to Aleppo gone, master o th Tiger; But in a sieve Ill thither sail, And like a rat without a tail, 10 Ill do, Ill do, and Ill do. | ITSRF CWITH A iosrals wfie had snutehcts in hre alp dan cdnmehu wyaa at hetm. ivGe me eno, I idsa. teG away orfm me, thiwc! het atf wmnoa irced. eHr hbasudn has iasedl off to eplAop as seatmr of a ipsh caedll het Tiger. lIl ails heret in a kihtnce inarsert, rtun felsym ntio a leliasst tar, and do githns to him |
SECOND WITCH Ill give thee a wind. | OEDCNS CWTHI lIl evig oyu emso widn to lisa erthe. |
FIRST WITCH Thou rt kind. | ITSFR CWHIT How ecni of uoy! |
THIRD WITCH And I another. | DTHIR HWTIC nAd I illw igev uoy esmo mroe. |
FIRST WITCH I myself have all the other, 15 And the very ports they blow, All the quarters that they know I th shipmans card. Ill drain him dry as hay. Sleep shall neither night nor day 20 Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary sevnnights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. | SRTFI CITHW I layader ehva rnoltoc of lal teh oerht idnsw, nloga itwh hte rpsot omrf chihw hyte owlb nda yever drcenitoi on eht rlossai apmsosc in whhic yteh nca go. llI ardni the elif otu of ihm. He wton atchc a iwkn of lseep, eireth at ntgih or ndigur the ayd. He lwil ivel as a srdcue anm. Fro eyitgh-eon eekws he wlil asewt waya in ayogn. |
Though his bark cannot be lost, 25 Yet it shall be tempest-tossed. Look what I have. | ouAhtghl I atnc eamk shi phsi diaperaps, I cna lltsi emak his roujyen lembsriea. okLo ahwt I ehva eher. |
SECOND WITCH Show me, show me. | ESDNCO THICW Sowh me, oswh me. |
FIRST WITCH Here I have a pilots thumb, Wrecked as homeward he did come. | RSIFT IWHCT eHre I aevh teh thubm of a olipt ohw asw drdenow liehw nigyrt to erntur ohme. |
Drum within | A drum ussond efaofsgt. |
THIRD WITCH 30 A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come. | RHDIT TWICH A umrd, a dmur! bthMcea hsa eomc. |
ALL (dancing together in a circle) The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about, 35 Thrice to thine and thrice to mine And thrice again, to make up nine. Peace! The charms wound up. | LLA (idngcna egorhett in a iecrcl) We rdiwe serstsi, nhda in hdna, ftswi eestalvrr oevr eht eas adn nadl, denac nudroa dan dnuoar kiel so. rTehe tesim to usyro, dan teerh stime to mnei, and ehter sitem naiga, to dad up to enin. hougnE! eTh mharc is dryea. |
Enter MACBETH and BANQUO | HCTMBEA and NQOUBA nrtee. |
MACBETH So foul and fair a day I have not seen. | AETBMCH (to BANQUO) I hvea reven nsee a dya that wsa so ogod dan bda at eth seam etmi. |
BANQUO How far is t called to Forres?What are these 40 So withered and so wild in their attire, That look not like th inhabitants o th Earth, And yet are on t?Live you? Or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying 45 Upon her skinny lips. You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. | BUANQO woH raf is it updpsseo to be to sForer? (he ssee eth WITCHES) haWt rea etesh crutraees? ryeThe so ridehwte-kionlgo dna aiczryl ddreses. yheT dont kolo leik hyte onlgeb on hsti aptlne, utb I see thme nsaditgn eerh on trhaE. (to het WITCHES) eAr uyo lvaei? Can uoy eswarn oeinqtsus? ouY emse to sntenudadr me, buacsee aceh of ouy has tpu a mgeouers rgefni to rhe snykin ilps. oYu olok klei omenw, tub uoyr rsadeb keep me ofmr iebigvlen that uyo yelalr aer. |
MACBETH Speak, if you can: what are you? | TEHCMAB kpSea, if uoy cna. Wtah idkn of ruercstae rea you? |
FIRST WITCH All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis! | FRSTI TIHCW lAl lhai, teabhcM! lHai to uyo, enaht of limGsa! |
SECOND WITCH 50 All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Cawdor! | DEOSCN THCIW lAl ahil, Mbhtcae! lHia to you, etanh of Cowdra! |
THIRD WITCH All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter! | DRTIH CWHTI All hial, eatMchb, eth turfue gink! |
BANQUO Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? (to the WITCHES) I th name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed 55 Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not. If you can look into the seeds of time 60 And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favors nor your hate. | BAUNOQ My drae abcMeth, why do yuo olko so rstetdal nad irafad of hetes ecni ntsgih yreeht ginysa? (to hte WITCHES) Tell me hysetnlo, rea uyo slnuoisli, or rea ouy elyarl ahtw ouy eems to be? Yuoev geeerdt my elnbo neirdf iwth oronhs nda talk of a freutu so urgloiso atht yeuvo amde mih ceesplsseh. tuB uyo dnto asy iahnngty to me. If uyo can ees the urtufe adn sya owh ingsht lilw urtn uot, llte me. I ntdo wtan uoyr sfvroa and Im ont firada of royu rteadh. |
FIRST WITCH Hail! | TIRSF TWHCI iaHl! |
SECOND WITCH Hail! | DSNOEC TCIHW Hila! |
THIRD WITCH 65 Hail! | DHRIT ITCHW laiH! |
FIRST WITCH Lesser than Macbeth and greater. | TISFR IWHCT oYu aer eresls hnat eMhatbc utb laso gerreat. |
SECOND WITCH Not so happy, yet much happier. | DCSOEN WITCH oYu aer nto as phpay as hbacMte, yet hucm paihper. |
THIRD WITCH Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo! | RIHTD CWIHT rouY seatnnseddc ilwl be gsink, eenv tuhohg yuo illw tno be eno. So all hlai, tebhacM dna nuaBoq! |
FIRST WITCH 70 Banquo and Macbeth, all hail! | FTSRI HWCTI nqouBa nda ecMthab, lla ilha! |
MACBETH Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. By Sinels death I know I am thane of Glamis. But how of Cawdor? The thane of Cawdor lives, A prosperous gentleman, and to be king 75 Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence, or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way With such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you. | ABMEHTC Wait! oYu lnyo tlod me trap of wath I nawt to nwok. yaSt nda ltle me orme. I aadlyre owkn I am eth tenha of iamlGs cbuseae I ietnreihd eht tiipsoon hwen my arheft, lenSi, edid. uBt owh nac uyo lalc me eht nhtae of aCrwdo? Teh athne of dorCaw is aevli, nad hes a hcri nad rpowulfe amn. ndA rof me to be the king is epolclmyte blpssieomi, sutj as tis liimbposes rfo me to be nhtae of Cdawro. lelT me hrewe uoy aderlen sethe tesanrg itngsh, dna wyh uoy ptos us at tish teelaods alecp iwht stih opecthpir eetrggin? Skaep, I mndomac uyo. |
WITCHES vanish | eTh ECWSTIH nvashi. |
BANQUO 80 The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them. Whither are they vanished? | BAUNOQ The ahert ash buslbbe, sujt ikle eth atwre, and sehte rrucaeets tsum haev moec rmof a bbubel in the etrah. heeWr did ehty aiappdsre to? |
MACBETH Into the air, and what seemed corporal Melted, as breath into the wind. Would they had stayed. | CEABTHM noIt htni air. eThir esbodi teldme eikl haretb in the wdni. I ihsw yhet dha yeatds! |
BANQUO Were such things here as we do speak about? 85 Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner? | UNOBQA eWre hsete sitnhg weer ntiglka buota lleary here? Or ear we btho on surgd? |
MACBETH Your children shall be kings. | EMHABCT Your hrncelid lliw be ngsik. |
BANQUO You shall be king. | BOANUQ oYu ilwl be het gnki. |
MACBETH And thane of Cawdor too: went it not so? | HETAMBC dnA taneh of rCdwao oot. ntIs htat twha htey asdi? |
BANQUO To the selfsame tune and words. Whos here? | UQNOBA Thsat ctyaexl hwat tyhe dsai. sohW itsh? |
Enter ROSS and ANGUS | OSSR adn GNASU eetrn. |
ROSS 90 The king hath happily received, Macbeth, The news of thy success, and when he reads Thy personal venture in the rebels fight, His wonders and his praises do contend Which should be thine or his. Silenced with that, 95 In viewing oer the rest o the selfsame day, He finds thee in the stout Norweyan ranks, Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make, Strange images of death. As thick as tale Can post with post, and every one did bear 100 Thy praises in his kingdoms great defense, And poured them down before him. | SRSO The kign saw payph to hera of oyur scesucs, atchebM. rveehneW he hsear eht rytso of royu xitplseo in eht thgif angtisa eht leebrs, he oesbcem so zeaamd it amske mhi shecpeless. He aws oals chdoeks to rneal atht on hte amse yda ouy uftogh eht esrelb ouy sloa tghofu iantgsa eht yram of rwyaoN, dna tath oyu wnetre eth atles bit darafi of dehta, eevn as you kledli erneoyve unoard uoy. Meesserng ertaf eressemgn ivddeerel nwes of ryuo vareyrb to teh gnik tiwh sarpei ofr ohw you deeenddf ish uyontrc. |
ANGUS We are sent To give thee from our royal master thanks, Only to herald thee into his sight, Not pay thee. | SAGNU The gkin estn us to igve oyu hsi ahknts and to irngb uyo to hmi. urYo aler drwrae wnot cmoe mrfo us. |
ROSS 105 And, for an earnest of a greater honor, He bade me, from him, call thee thane of Cawdor: In which addition, hail, most worthy thane, For it is thine. | SROS Adn to geiv uoy a eastt of wahts in sreto orf ouy, he lodt me to lcla oyu eth tenah of rwaCod. So ailh, atneh of wdoaCr! hTta itelt lnogebs to uoy nwo. |
BANQUO What, can the devil speak true? | QNBAUO (skhcode) naC hte ievdl llte the turth? |
MACBETH The thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me 110 In borrowed robes? | MTCAEBH hTe tnaeh of dowarC is slitl evial. hWy ear ouy ggnvii me sih iltte? |
ANGUS Who was the thane lives yet, But under heavy judgment bears that life Which he deserves to lose. Whether he was combined With those of Norway, or did line the rebel With hidden help and vantage, or that with both 115 He labored in his countrys wrack, I know not; But treasons capital, confessed and proved, Have overthrown him. | USAGN heT nma ohw was the htean of Crdwao is istll aelvi, tbu ehs bene dtenecsne to atedh, dan he eesvesrd to ide. I tdno nkow trwhehe he ufogth on Nyasorw ides, or if he yectslre idade the erbesl, or if he tfuhgo hwit bhto of rou imseene. tBu shi noestra, ichhw has eebn ornepv, dan to chhiw hse fenssdeoc, aesmn hes ifdshine. |
MACBETH (aside)Glamis, and thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind. (to ROSS and ANGUS) Thanks for your pains. When those that gave the thane of Cawdor to me Promised no less to them? | MHTECAB (to ihsmlef) stI jtus klei tyeh naodiws Im het aneth of slmaiG dan eht tehan of aCrowd. dnA the tbes arpt of tawh hety pddrtecie is lislt to oemc. (to RSSO dna ANGUS) hnakT oyu rof the nswe. (gsiankep so ttah onyl BUQAON nac rhea) retnA uyo gieninnbg to eoph oryu erldhnci illw be gnsik? efrtA all, the cwhtsei ohw dsia I saw entha of wrodaC dimspore mhet ithognn essl. |
BANQUO That, trusted home, Might yet enkindle you unto the crown, Besides the thane of Cawdor. But tis strange. 125 And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray s In deepest consequence. (to ROSS and ANGUS) Cousins, a word, I pray you. | OUNABQ If uoy sttur wath hety ays, uyo gimht be on yoru awy to cgboiemn gikn, as wlle as aneht of wdoCra. tBu hist whoel hitng is sgtnear. Teh gnatse of evli eotnf etll us part of het ttuhr in erodr to edla us to rou siuttodrnce. yeTh rnea uro tutsr by glinelt us eht uthtr tabou litlte itnghs, ubt htne yeth raebyt us hnwe it lwil gaemda us the msto. (to SOSR and ANGUS) mGlnteeen, Id ekil to evah a odrw whti uyo, lseape. |
BANQUO , ROSS , and ANGUS move to one side | SSOR , GUNAS , dan NOUAQB mevo to oen iesd. |
MACBETH As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme. (to ROSS and ANGUS) I thank you, gentlemen. (aside) This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, 135 Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, 140 Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. | EATBCHM (to shlimef) So fra het tiwhcse eahv todl me two nisthg htta mace utre, so it meses iekl stih will eimctlaun in my eimgconb nigk. (to SRSO adn ANGUS) kahTn you, teennlgme. (to leihmfs) sTih lnrsuutrpeaa pmteitonta tndoes msee iekl it nac be a abd ihntg, ubt it ctan be odgo rtehie. If sti a dba ngtih, yhw saw I sdpeirmo a oiotomprn ahtt dutner tuo to be erut? owN Im eth nthae of Cdwaro, ujst leki htye sdia I udwol be. tBu if htis is a dogo gihnt, wyh do I idfn semfly tngiknih tuabo dnuriegrm iKng cDanun, a ohthtgu so rfiiynrhog ttah it kmsae my ahri tnasd on ned and my ahter dopun nidies my shcte? hTe esndgar atth autlyalc treehatn me eehr and nwo iftrheng me sels ahtn the lhbieorr sgihnt Im miiiggnan. |
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man That function is smothered in surmise, 145 And nothing is but what is not. | vEne hothug tsi jsut a nfsytaa so arf, eht eerm thgthuo of ntotimigmc erdurm ssekha me up so cuhm hatt I lhdyar okwn hwo I am naryoem. My liityab to atc is itsfled by my huhttgos dan pouncleastis, nda the oyln inhgts ttah ttrmae to me rae tnghsi htat nodt ellray xseit. |
BANQUO Look how our partners rapt. | QAUBNO kLoo at hbhctaeesM in a daez. |
MACBETH (aside) If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir. | CBTAMEH (to mfhslie) If ftea atnsw me to be kign, prhaesp tfae lwil utsj keam it apenhp nad I twon vhae to do ghnitayn. |
BANQUO New honors come upon him, 150 Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use. | NQAUOB (to SOSR adn ANGUS) tMcebah is otn dsue to his nwe itltse. rTyehe kile nwe heclsot: thye ondt fti niult uoy eakbr temh in rveo eimt. |
MACBETH (aside)Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day. | BETMHAC (to lesfihm) One awy or hotaenr, tswah inggo to nphpae is oggni to panphe. |
BANQUO Worthy Macbeth, we stay upon your leisure. | OANQBU Godo aehtbMc, ewre dryae whne ouy rea. |
MACBETH 155 Give me your favor. My dull brain was wrought With things forgotten. Kind gentlemen, your pains Are registered where every day I turn The leaf to read them. Let us toward the king. (aside to BANQUO) Think upon what hath chanced, and, at more time, 160 The interim having weighed it, let us speak Our free hearts each to other. | MHEATBC I egb oury npodra; I swa ctsddeaitr. iKnd emngeltne, I tonw fortge eth ruobtel vyoeu katen for me ehvneerw I inkth of ihst yda. tseL go to eht igkn. (npaigkse so thta yonl QBNUAO anc erah) inkhT buaot twah epadephn adtoy, adn wenh vewe obth hda meti to rndoseic htisng, setl altk. |
BANQUO Very gladly. | AUQNOB osbytlluAe. |
MACBETH Till then, enough. (to ROSS and ANGUS) Come, friends. | MAHEBCT inUlt tneh, veew adsi onehug. (to RSSO dan ANGUS) tsLe go, my inesrfd. |
Exeunt | hyeT lal eixt. |
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