Macbeth

Act 5 Scene 7

Original Text	Modern Text
Exit	MACBETH exits.
Alarums. Enter MACDUFF	Trumpets and battle sounds. MACDUFF enters.
MACDUFF That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stroke of mine, My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms 20Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbattered edge I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be; By this great clatter, one of the greatest note Seems bruited. Let me find him, Fortune, 25And more I beg not.	MACDUFF The noise is coming from over there. Tyrant, show your face! If someone other than me kills you, the ghosts of my wife and children will haunt me forever. I can’t be bothered to fight these lame soldiers who only fight for money. I’ll either fight you, Macbeth, or else I’ll put down my sword unused. You must be over there. By the great noise, it sounds like one of the highest-ranking men is being announced. I hope I find him! I ask for nothing more than that.
Exit. Alarums	MACDUFF exits. More battle noises.
Enter MALCOLM and SIWARD	MALCOLM and old SIWARD enter.
SIWARD This way, my lord. The castle’s gently rendered. The tyrant’s people on both sides do fight, The noble thanes do bravely in the war, The day almost itself professes yours, 30And little is to do.	SIWARD Come this way, my lord. The castle has been surrendered without a fight. Macbeth’s soldiers are fighting on both sides. Our noblemen are battling bravely. The victory is almost yours, and it seems like there’s not much left to do.
MALCOLM We have met with foes That strike beside us.	MALCOLM Our enemies fight as if they’re trying not to hurt us.
SIWARD Enter, sir, the castle.	SIWARD Sir, enter the castle.
Exeunt. Alarums	They exit. Battle noises continue.