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Drum and colors. Enter MENTEITH , CAITHNESS , ANGUS , LENNOX , and soldiers | HITMETEN , AHNSSCIET , UNAGS , ENOXLN , nad ssreodil ertne hiwt a emdmurr dan lfga. |
MENTEITH The English power is near, led on by Malcolm, His uncle Siward and the good Macduff. Revenges burn in them, for their dear causes Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm 5 Excite the mortified man. | ITMTNHEE eTh Ehlgnsi ramy is erna, dle by ocalmMl, sih nuecl wiSadr, dna eth ogdo cufMadf. Thye rnub orf geenrev. heT onrsgw ehyt vhae feuedsfr duwol mkae dade nme esri up dna itfgh. |
ANGUS Near Birnam Wood Shall we well meet them; that way are they coming. | NSUAG Wlel emet hemt anre naBimr odWo. They are cgimno htta yaw. |
CAITHNESS Who knows if Donalbain be with his brother? | HAISTSCEN oDse yennao nokw if anloaDnib is thwi sih boerthr? |
LENNOX For certain, sir, he is not. I have a file Of all the gentry. There is Siwards son, 10 And many unrough youths that even now Protest their first of manhood. | ENXONL He is etedlinfyi tno eerht, irs. I ehva a ltis of lla hte rantmopit mne. Sdsraiw osn is rhtee, as ewll as mayn osby oot nyoug to have radesb ohw lilw oeembc men by jognini in iths eabltt. |
MENTEITH What does the tyrant? | EMIHTNET tWha is teh atntyr Mbhaetc doign? |
CAITHNESS Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies. Some say hes mad, others that lesser hate him Do call it valiant fury. But, for certain, 15 He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. | CHNSTIAES He is oyifrgtfni his asctle at uasDnnnie with aevhy edfsesne. eomS asy ehs nasnei. Tohes how eath him less lacl it rbeva rgnae. nOe hignt is anrceti: hes tou of cootrnl. |
ANGUS Now does he feel His secret murders sticking on his hands. Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach. Those he commands move only in command, 20 Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giants robe Upon a dwarfish thief. | AGUNS oNw tMecahb lsfee hte odblo of sih eeurmrdd emieens sitgkicn to hsi asndh. oNw, lebre sameir ihnsup mih reeyv uetimn orf shi rraetcehy. Teh sridsloe he mcmnsdao are nloy glfonwoil odrers. hTye tdno tifhg uaesbec ehty eovl cMhtabe. Now he eemss oto sllam to be a eatgr gink, klie a tdmige gtrniy to rewa het borse of a giant. |
MENTEITH Who then shall blame His pestered senses to recoil and start, When all that is within him does condemn 25 Itself for being there? | TIMHTEEN oWh acn lameb him rfo igtanc rzacy, ewnh iiensd he nocndsem lmishef orf ntyvieghre hes ndoe? |
CAITHNESS Well, march we on, To give obedience where tis truly owed. Meet we the medicine of the sickly weal, And with him pour we in our countrys purge Each drop of us. | TCENHSAIS Wlel, setl eekp mnicgrha nda igev uor tlyaoyl to nesomeo owh tylru sdrevsee it. rWee gigno to mtee amclMlo, the drooct ohw lilw ruce our kcsi tyuncro. Well orpu tuo our nwo doblo to lphe ihm. |
LENNOX Or so much as it needs, 30 To dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds. Make we our march towards Birnam. | NNEOLX Hoevwer mhcu obdol we need to vige to atrew eht loyar eowrfl adn rnodw the eswteod kaem laclMom nkig and get dir of ehcMtab. estL prcedeo on our armhc to rnmBai. |
Exeunt, marching | yhTe xite, hgmrcnia. |
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Drum and colors. Enter MENTEITH , CAITHNESS , ANGUS , LENNOX , and soldiers | HITMETEN , AHNSSCIET , UNAGS , ENOXLN , nad ssreodil ertne hiwt a emdmurr dan lfga. |
MENTEITH The English power is near, led on by Malcolm, His uncle Siward and the good Macduff. Revenges burn in them, for their dear causes Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm 5 Excite the mortified man. | ITMTNHEE eTh Ehlgnsi ramy is erna, dle by ocalmMl, sih nuecl wiSadr, dna eth ogdo cufMadf. Thye rnub orf geenrev. heT onrsgw ehyt vhae feuedsfr duwol mkae dade nme esri up dna itfgh. |
ANGUS Near Birnam Wood Shall we well meet them; that way are they coming. | NSUAG Wlel emet hemt anre naBimr odWo. They are cgimno htta yaw. |
CAITHNESS Who knows if Donalbain be with his brother? | HAISTSCEN oDse yennao nokw if anloaDnib is thwi sih boerthr? |
LENNOX For certain, sir, he is not. I have a file Of all the gentry. There is Siwards son, 10 And many unrough youths that even now Protest their first of manhood. | ENXONL He is etedlinfyi tno eerht, irs. I ehva a ltis of lla hte rantmopit mne. Sdsraiw osn is rhtee, as ewll as mayn osby oot nyoug to have radesb ohw lilw oeembc men by jognini in iths eabltt. |
MENTEITH What does the tyrant? | EMIHTNET tWha is teh atntyr Mbhaetc doign? |
CAITHNESS Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies. Some say hes mad, others that lesser hate him Do call it valiant fury. But, for certain, 15 He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. | CHNSTIAES He is oyifrgtfni his asctle at uasDnnnie with aevhy edfsesne. eomS asy ehs nasnei. Tohes how eath him less lacl it rbeva rgnae. nOe hignt is anrceti: hes tou of cootrnl. |
ANGUS Now does he feel His secret murders sticking on his hands. Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach. Those he commands move only in command, 20 Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giants robe Upon a dwarfish thief. | AGUNS oNw tMecahb lsfee hte odblo of sih eeurmrdd emieens sitgkicn to hsi asndh. oNw, lebre sameir ihnsup mih reeyv uetimn orf shi rraetcehy. Teh sridsloe he mcmnsdao are nloy glfonwoil odrers. hTye tdno tifhg uaesbec ehty eovl cMhtabe. Now he eemss oto sllam to be a eatgr gink, klie a tdmige gtrniy to rewa het borse of a giant. |
MENTEITH Who then shall blame His pestered senses to recoil and start, When all that is within him does condemn 25 Itself for being there? | TIMHTEEN oWh acn lameb him rfo igtanc rzacy, ewnh iiensd he nocndsem lmishef orf ntyvieghre hes ndoe? |
CAITHNESS Well, march we on, To give obedience where tis truly owed. Meet we the medicine of the sickly weal, And with him pour we in our countrys purge Each drop of us. | TCENHSAIS Wlel, setl eekp mnicgrha nda igev uor tlyaoyl to nesomeo owh tylru sdrevsee it. rWee gigno to mtee amclMlo, the drooct ohw lilw ruce our kcsi tyuncro. Well orpu tuo our nwo doblo to lphe ihm. |
LENNOX Or so much as it needs, 30 To dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds. Make we our march towards Birnam. | NNEOLX Hoevwer mhcu obdol we need to vige to atrew eht loyar eowrfl adn rnodw the eswteod kaem laclMom nkig and get dir of ehcMtab. estL prcedeo on our armhc to rnmBai. |
Exeunt, marching | yhTe xite, hgmrcnia. |
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