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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN
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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN
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OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well,
Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.
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OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well,
Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.
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ROSS Ha, good father,
5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man’s act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th' clock ’tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame
That darkness does the face of Earth entomb
10 When living light should kiss it?
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ROSS Ha, good father,
Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man’s act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th' clock ’tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame
That darkness does the face of Earth entomb
When living light should kiss it?
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OLD MAN 'Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
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OLD MAN 'Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
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ROSS And Duncan’s horses—a thing most strange and certain—
15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would
Make war with mankind.
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ROSS And Duncan’s horses—a thing most strange and certain—
Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would
Make war with mankind.
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OLD MAN 'Tis said they eat each other.
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OLD MAN 'Tis said they eat each other.
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ROSS They did so, to th' amazement of mine eyes
20 That looked upon ’t. Here comes the good Macduff.
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ROSS They did so, to th' amazement of mine eyes
That looked upon ’t. Here comes the good Macduff.
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Enter MACDUFF
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Enter MACDUFF
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How goes the world, sir, now?
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How goes the world, sir, now?
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MACDUFF Why, see you not?
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MACDUFF Why, see you not?
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ROSS Is ’t known who did this more than bloody deed?
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ROSS Is ’t known who did this more than bloody deed?
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MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.
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MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.
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ROSS Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend?
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ROSS Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend?
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MACDUFF They were suborned.
25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons,
Are stol'n away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.
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MACDUFF They were suborned.
Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons,
Are stol'n away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.
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ROSS 'Gainst nature still!
Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
30 Thine own lives' means! Then ’tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.
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ROSS 'Gainst nature still!
Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
Thine own lives' means! Then ’tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.
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MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone
To be invested.
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MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone
To be invested.
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ROSS Where is Duncan’s body?
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ROSS Where is Duncan’s body?
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MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill,
The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
And guardian of their bones.
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MACDUFF Carried to Colmekill,
The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
And guardian of their bones.
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ROSS Will you to Scone?
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ROSS Will you to Scone?
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MACDUFF No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.
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MACDUFF No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.
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ROSS Well, I will thither.
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ROSS Well, I will thither.
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MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!
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MACDUFF Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!
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ROSS Farewell, father.
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ROSS Farewell, father.
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OLD MAN God’s benison go with you and with those
That would make good of bad and friends of foes.
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OLD MAN God’s benison go with you and with those
That would make good of bad and friends of foes.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN
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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN
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OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well,
Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.
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OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well,
Within the volume of which time I have seen
Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night
Hath trifled former knowings.
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ROSS Ha, good father,
5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man’s act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th' clock ’tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame
That darkness does the face of Earth entomb
10 When living light should kiss it?
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ROSS Ha, good father,
Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man’s act,
Threatens his bloody stage. By th' clock ’tis day,
And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.
Is ’t night’s predominance or the day’s shame
That darkness does the face of Earth entomb
When living light should kiss it?
|
|
OLD MAN 'Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
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OLD MAN 'Tis unnatural,
Even like the deed that’s done. On Tuesday last,
A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
|
|
ROSS And Duncan’s horses—a thing most strange and certain—
15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would
Make war with mankind.
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ROSS And Duncan’s horses—a thing most strange and certain—
Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would
Make war with mankind.
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OLD MAN 'Tis said they eat each other.
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OLD MAN 'Tis said they eat each other.
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ROSS They did so, to th' amazement of mine eyes
20 That looked upon ’t. Here comes the good Macduff.
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ROSS They did so, to th' amazement of mine eyes
That looked upon ’t. Here comes the good Macduff.
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Enter MACDUFF
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Enter MACDUFF
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How goes the world, sir, now?
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How goes the world, sir, now?
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MACDUFF Why, see you not?
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MACDUFF Why, see you not?
|
|
ROSS Is ’t known who did this more than bloody deed?
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ROSS Is ’t known who did this more than bloody deed?
|
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MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.
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MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.
|
|
ROSS Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend?
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ROSS Alas, the day!
What good could they pretend?
|
|
MACDUFF They were suborned.
25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons,
Are stol'n away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.
|
MACDUFF They were suborned.
Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons,
Are stol'n away and fled, which puts upon them
Suspicion of the deed.
|
|
ROSS 'Gainst nature still!
Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
30 Thine own lives' means! Then ’tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.
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ROSS 'Gainst nature still!
Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
Thine own lives' means! Then ’tis most like
The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.
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|
MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone
To be invested.
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MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone
To be invested.
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ROSS Where is Duncan’s body?
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ROSS Where is Duncan’s body?
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MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill,
The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
And guardian of their bones.
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MACDUFF Carried to Colmekill,
The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,
And guardian of their bones.
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ROSS Will you to Scone?
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ROSS Will you to Scone?
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MACDUFF No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.
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MACDUFF No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.
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ROSS Well, I will thither.
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ROSS Well, I will thither.
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MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!
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MACDUFF Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,
Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!
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ROSS Farewell, father.
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ROSS Farewell, father.
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OLD MAN God’s benison go with you and with those
That would make good of bad and friends of foes.
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OLD MAN God’s benison go with you and with those
That would make good of bad and friends of foes.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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