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| Hautboys. Torches. Enter a sewer and divers servants with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter MACBETH | sytabuoH play. hTe stage is tli by rhtoces. A letbru trnsee, nad iuravso ntvrssae carry lsnuetsi and hisdes of fodo rscsao het teasg. Thne EHCTMAB rnstee. |
| MACBETH If it were done when tis done, then twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow 5 Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, Wed jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 10 To plague th inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Hes here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, 15 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on th other. | EBTHACM If hits iseubnss uwlod alyelr be sifenihd ewnh I did eth eedd, nteh it owudl be setb to get it roev twhi ciqkylu. If hte aaosnitanssis of eht ikng loudc work elik a nte, sgpewnei up henetyvrgi nad vtngerinep yan eusocnncseqe, ehnt teh drurem wulod be eht be-lal dan edn-all of het holwe rifafa, nda I woudl dlyalg tup my soul dna eht ifrfetael at srki to do it. uBt ofr rmseic kiel hetes heetr are itlls pstinhmunes in siht rodwl. By ionttgimcm etovinl srmcie we oynl aecth retho leeppo to tomcmi iovecnle, dan het ivleeonc of uor tsutsedn liwl oecm akcb to gelpua us ehratces. Juciset, iebgn uelaq to vneeryeo, crofes us to nidrk rmof teh opsienod puc thta we evesr to orhset. hTe gikn tusstr me in tow awsy. istrF of all, I am ish iknsnam and ish jebusct, so I ldhsou aawysl ryt to ptocert mih. cenoSd, I am shi stho, so I usdhol be lnogisc hte oord in shi eersrumrd fcea, not ryitgn to reudrm mih fmlyes. seBeids, uDnanc ash bnee uchs a bmlehu deelra, so efer of rpructioon, that ish tusirvuo gyelac lilw speak orf imh nhew he dsei, as if eagsnl were alpygin sturpetm asagtin hte iciuesjtn of hsi deurrm. tiPy, iekl an incnntoe rewnbon baby, wlli ider the ndwi iwth dnegiw alnesg on inevsblii osehrs urogthh the iar to dprsae wesn of the rlheirob deed to veneoyer rwrheeveey. Popeel lwli heds a fdolo of rates that lwli wnodr the inwd ilek a orilehrb nuopdrow of irna. I tnac rspu eysfml to antoic. ehT olyn thing vgtaiminot me is iotnambi, chhiw meask eeplop ruhs aehad of tsemelvehs orwatd eritdsas. |
| Enter LADY MACBETH | LYAD HBACTEM etenrs. |
| How now! What news? | tahW esnw do ouy hvea? |
| LADY MACBETH He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber? | ADLY TBEHCMA He ash atlosm ifidnesh nnerid. hyW idd uoy evlea the gdnini omor? |
| MACBETH 30 Hath he asked for me? | ATCMBEH aHs he sadke orf me? |
| LADY MACBETH Know you not he has? | YADL EATMHBC otDn you okwn he ash? |
| MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, 35 Not cast aside so soon. | MBHATCE We nact go on itwh tshi apln. hTe ikng ash utjs ndhoore me, nad I avhe neaerd teh ogod inoiopn of all srtso of pelpeo. I twan to ojyen esthe horosn lhewi the feeinlg is srhef and otn whtor thme aawy so oons. |
| LADY MACBETH Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 40 To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, 45 Like the poor cat i th adage? | DYLA ATBCEHM reeW yuo rdknu nhwe ouy eesedm so huelopf efoerb? aHev yuo ngoe to eeslp dan wnkoe up nreeg and lpae in refa of thsi iade? Frmo wno on tihs is ahtw lIl kithn of ryuo olev. Are uoy radfia to cta teh ywa yuo srdiee? Will uoy ktae het crwno yuo nwta so lbyad, or lwil ouy leiv as a doracw, swalya isyagn I anct ferat you ysa I atwn to? uerYo eilk eth rpoo tca in hte dol ysrot. |
| MACBETH Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. | MEHBACT sePale, psot! I edar to do onyl atwh is poerpr rfo a nma to do. He ohw sdare to do mero is otn a amn at lla. |
| LADY MACBETH What beast was t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; 50 And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know 55 How tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | ALYD BAEMTCH If yuo nteewr a mna, nteh twha dnki of aaniml ewre uyo wehn uoy itfsr lotd me uyo adewnt to do hsit? ehnW oyu addre to do it, shtta nweh oyu wree a mna. dAn if uyo go eon spte hetfrur by nogdi ahtw uoy darde to do febreo, ylulo be tath umch moer het nam. The eitm nad acepl nteerw tghir refoeb, ubt you duwlo ahev oneg hdaae htwi eth eurrmd ynohwa. woN hte ietm adn aclpe rae sjtu grtih, utb herety mlstao oot dgoo for you. I eahv esukcdl a byab, dna I wnko how seetw it is to love hte byab at my bsaert. utB vnee as teh byab asw sgimlni up at me, I ouldw ahve dlkcepu my pnplie tuo of tsi htoum and hmesads its absnir out atganis a lawl if I hda sownr to do that teh easm way you aevh nowrs to do isth. |
| MACBETH If we should fail? | EMTACHB uBt if we flai |
| LADY MACBETH We fail? 60 But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey Soundly invite himhis two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince 65 That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep Their drenchd natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I perform upon 70 The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell? | DLAY BHCEATM We, fail? If uoy tge uyor acegrou up, we ncat ilfa. Wneh uncDna is eehtaeslp ysda hard njoyeru ash eeinlyditf amde imh iledIrlt tge hsi tow ssetavnr so udkrn ahtt rtehi emoymr lilw go up in kesom huotghr eht chimnyes of rehti sbnair. neWh tyhe lie eeaslp iekl ipgs, so ndkru elhtyl be aded to eth woldr, htwa wtno uoy nad I be aleb to do to het rdgdenuau nunacD? Adn vrwaehet we do, we nca lya lla teh albem on teh ndruenk vastnrse. |
| MACBETH Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received, 75 When we have marked with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done t? | AHTMCBE May ouy lnyo ivge rbthi to alme nlhrceid, eesabuc ryou sslearfe iisptr udohls recate igntnoh ahtt snti saneucmil. cOne we avhe redvoec teh tow easnrvts htwi bodlo, and euds hiret gaedgrs to lkli, nwto ppeeol levieeb ttah yeht erew het uslpitcr? |
| LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death? | DLAY CMTHEAB Woh lcoud inthk it ephndape nya rtohe wya? leWl be rgneiigv oudlyl enhw we erha atth Dnnacu sah ddei. |
| MACBETH I am settled, and bend up 80 Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. | HMBECAT wNo Im dddiece, nad I liwl terex eyver lceusm in my body to mmotic siht emicr. Go now, and erepndt to be a nieflryd eshsost. iedH hiwt a lsefa lnpeaats cafe hatw you okwn in oryu lfsae, live taher. |
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Original Text | Modern Text |
| Hautboys. Torches. Enter a sewer and divers servants with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter MACBETH | sytabuoH play. hTe stage is tli by rhtoces. A letbru trnsee, nad iuravso ntvrssae carry lsnuetsi and hisdes of fodo rscsao het teasg. Thne EHCTMAB rnstee. |
| MACBETH If it were done when tis done, then twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow 5 Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, Wed jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 10 To plague th inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Hes here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, 15 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on th other. | EBTHACM If hits iseubnss uwlod alyelr be sifenihd ewnh I did eth eedd, nteh it owudl be setb to get it roev twhi ciqkylu. If hte aaosnitanssis of eht ikng loudc work elik a nte, sgpewnei up henetyvrgi nad vtngerinep yan eusocnncseqe, ehnt teh drurem wulod be eht be-lal dan edn-all of het holwe rifafa, nda I woudl dlyalg tup my soul dna eht ifrfetael at srki to do it. uBt ofr rmseic kiel hetes heetr are itlls pstinhmunes in siht rodwl. By ionttgimcm etovinl srmcie we oynl aecth retho leeppo to tomcmi iovecnle, dan het ivleeonc of uor tsutsedn liwl oecm akcb to gelpua us ehratces. Juciset, iebgn uelaq to vneeryeo, crofes us to nidrk rmof teh opsienod puc thta we evesr to orhset. hTe gikn tusstr me in tow awsy. istrF of all, I am ish iknsnam and ish jebusct, so I ldhsou aawysl ryt to ptocert mih. cenoSd, I am shi stho, so I usdhol be lnogisc hte oord in shi eersrumrd fcea, not ryitgn to reudrm mih fmlyes. seBeids, uDnanc ash bnee uchs a bmlehu deelra, so efer of rpructioon, that ish tusirvuo gyelac lilw speak orf imh nhew he dsei, as if eagsnl were alpygin sturpetm asagtin hte iciuesjtn of hsi deurrm. tiPy, iekl an incnntoe rewnbon baby, wlli ider the ndwi iwth dnegiw alnesg on inevsblii osehrs urogthh the iar to dprsae wesn of the rlheirob deed to veneoyer rwrheeveey. Popeel lwli heds a fdolo of rates that lwli wnodr the inwd ilek a orilehrb nuopdrow of irna. I tnac rspu eysfml to antoic. ehT olyn thing vgtaiminot me is iotnambi, chhiw meask eeplop ruhs aehad of tsemelvehs orwatd eritdsas. |
| Enter LADY MACBETH | LYAD HBACTEM etenrs. |
| How now! What news? | tahW esnw do ouy hvea? |
| LADY MACBETH He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber? | ADLY TBEHCMA He ash atlosm ifidnesh nnerid. hyW idd uoy evlea the gdnini omor? |
| MACBETH 30 Hath he asked for me? | ATCMBEH aHs he sadke orf me? |
| LADY MACBETH Know you not he has? | YADL EATMHBC otDn you okwn he ash? |
| MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, 35 Not cast aside so soon. | MBHATCE We nact go on itwh tshi apln. hTe ikng ash utjs ndhoore me, nad I avhe neaerd teh ogod inoiopn of all srtso of pelpeo. I twan to ojyen esthe horosn lhewi the feeinlg is srhef and otn whtor thme aawy so oons. |
| LADY MACBETH Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 40 To be the same in thine own act and valor As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteemst the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, 45 Like the poor cat i th adage? | DYLA ATBCEHM reeW yuo rdknu nhwe ouy eesedm so huelopf efoerb? aHev yuo ngoe to eeslp dan wnkoe up nreeg and lpae in refa of thsi iade? Frmo wno on tihs is ahtw lIl kithn of ryuo olev. Are uoy radfia to cta teh ywa yuo srdiee? Will uoy ktae het crwno yuo nwta so lbyad, or lwil ouy leiv as a doracw, swalya isyagn I anct ferat you ysa I atwn to? uerYo eilk eth rpoo tca in hte dol ysrot. |
| MACBETH Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. | MEHBACT sePale, psot! I edar to do onyl atwh is poerpr rfo a nma to do. He ohw sdare to do mero is otn a amn at lla. |
| LADY MACBETH What beast was t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; 50 And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know 55 How tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | ALYD BAEMTCH If yuo nteewr a mna, nteh twha dnki of aaniml ewre uyo wehn uoy itfsr lotd me uyo adewnt to do hsit? ehnW oyu addre to do it, shtta nweh oyu wree a mna. dAn if uyo go eon spte hetfrur by nogdi ahtw uoy darde to do febreo, ylulo be tath umch moer het nam. The eitm nad acepl nteerw tghir refoeb, ubt you duwlo ahev oneg hdaae htwi eth eurrmd ynohwa. woN hte ietm adn aclpe rae sjtu grtih, utb herety mlstao oot dgoo for you. I eahv esukcdl a byab, dna I wnko how seetw it is to love hte byab at my bsaert. utB vnee as teh byab asw sgimlni up at me, I ouldw ahve dlkcepu my pnplie tuo of tsi htoum and hmesads its absnir out atganis a lawl if I hda sownr to do that teh easm way you aevh nowrs to do isth. |
| MACBETH If we should fail? | EMTACHB uBt if we flai |
| LADY MACBETH We fail? 60 But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey Soundly invite himhis two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince 65 That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep Their drenchd natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I perform upon 70 The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell? | DLAY BHCEATM We, fail? If uoy tge uyor acegrou up, we ncat ilfa. Wneh uncDna is eehtaeslp ysda hard njoyeru ash eeinlyditf amde imh iledIrlt tge hsi tow ssetavnr so udkrn ahtt rtehi emoymr lilw go up in kesom huotghr eht chimnyes of rehti sbnair. neWh tyhe lie eeaslp iekl ipgs, so ndkru elhtyl be aded to eth woldr, htwa wtno uoy nad I be aleb to do to het rdgdenuau nunacD? Adn vrwaehet we do, we nca lya lla teh albem on teh ndruenk vastnrse. |
| MACBETH Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received, 75 When we have marked with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done t? | AHTMCBE May ouy lnyo ivge rbthi to alme nlhrceid, eesabuc ryou sslearfe iisptr udohls recate igntnoh ahtt snti saneucmil. cOne we avhe redvoec teh tow easnrvts htwi bodlo, and euds hiret gaedgrs to lkli, nwto ppeeol levieeb ttah yeht erew het uslpitcr? |
| LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death? | DLAY CMTHEAB Woh lcoud inthk it ephndape nya rtohe wya? leWl be rgneiigv oudlyl enhw we erha atth Dnnacu sah ddei. |
| MACBETH I am settled, and bend up 80 Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. | HMBECAT wNo Im dddiece, nad I liwl terex eyver lceusm in my body to mmotic siht emicr. Go now, and erepndt to be a nieflryd eshsost. iedH hiwt a lsefa lnpeaats cafe hatw you okwn in oryu lfsae, live taher. |
| Exeunt | eThy xite. |
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