No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth: Act 3 Scene 4 Page 3

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MACBETH Sweet remembrancer! Now, good digestion wait on appetite, 40And health on both!	MACBETH It’s nice of you to remind me. (raising a glass to toast his guests) Since good digestion requires a good appetite, and good health requires both of those, here’s to good appetites, good digestion, and good health!
LENNOX May ’t please your highness sit.	LENNOX Why don’t you have a seat, your highness?
Enter the GHOST OF BANQUO, and sits in MACBETH’s place	The GHOST OF BANQUO enters and sits in MACBETH’s place.
MACBETH Here had we now our country’s honor roofed, Were the graced person of our Banquo present, Who may I rather challenge for unkindness 45Than pity for mischance.	MACBETH We would have all the nobility of Scotland gathered under one roof, if only Banquo were here. I hope it turns out that he’s late out of rudeness, and not because something bad has happened to him.
ROSS His absence, sir, Lays blame upon his promise. Please ’t your highness To grace us with your royal company?	ROSS His absence means he’s broken his promise, sir. If it pleases you, your highness, why don’t you sit with us and grace us with your royal company?
MACBETH The table’s full.	MACBETH The table’s full.
LENNOX Here is a place reserved, sir.	LENNOX Here’s an empty seat, sir.
MACBETH 50Where?	MACBETH Where?
LENNOX Here, my good lord. What is ’t that moves your highness?	LENNOX (pointing to where the GHOST sits) Here, my good lord. What’s wrong, your highness?
MACBETH Which of you have done this?	MACBETH (seeing the GHOST) Which one of you did this?
LORDS What, my good lord?	LORDS What, my good lord?
MACBETH (to GHOST) Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake Thy gory locks at me.	MACBETH (to the GHOST) You can’t say I did it. Don’t shake your bloody head at me.