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A heath near Forres.
FIRST WITCH
Where hast thou been, sister?
SECOND WITCH
Killing swine.
THIRD WITCH
Sister, where thou?
FIRST WITCH
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A sai|lor's wife | had chest|nuts in | her lap,
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And munched,| and munched,| and munched:
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Give
me,| quoth^I.
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Aroint | thee, witch,| the rump-fed ron|yon
cries.
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Her hus|band's to Alep|po gone,| master of the |
Tiger:
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But in | a sieve | I'll thith|er sail,
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And like | a rat | without | a tail,
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I'll do,| I'll do,| and I'll do.
SECOND WITCH
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I'll give | thee a wind.
FIRST WITCH
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Thou art | kind. (di with prev)
THIRD WITCH
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And I | anoth|er. \\
FIRST WITCH
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I my|self have | all the | other,
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And the | very | ports they | blow,
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All the | quarters | that they | know,
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In the | shipman's | card.|
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I will | drain him | dry as | hay:
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Sleep shall | neither | night nor | day
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Hang u|pon his | pent-house lid:
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He shall | live a | man forbid:
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Weary | seven^nights,| nine times nine,
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Shall he | dwindle,| peak, and | pine:
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Though his | bark can|not be | lost,
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Yet it | shall be | tempest-|tossed.
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Look what | I have.
SECOND WITCH
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Show me,| show me.
FIRST WITCH
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Here I | have a | pilot's | thumb,
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Wrecked, as | homeward | he did | come.
[Drum within]
THIRD WITCH
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A drum,| a drum:
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Macbeth | doth come.
ALL
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The way|ward sis|ters, hand | in hand,
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Posters | of the | sea and | land,
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Thus do | go, a|bout, a|bout,
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Thrice to | thine, and | thrice to | mine,
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And thrice | again,| to make | up nine.
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Peace, the | charm's wound up.
[Enter MACBETH and BANQUO]
MACBETH
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So foul | and fair | a day | I have | not seen.
BANQUO
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How far | is it called | to For|res? What | are these,
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So with|ered and | so wild | in their | attire,
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That look | not like / the in|habitants | of the
earth,
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And yet | are on it?| Live you,| or are | you
aught
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That man | may ques|tion? You | seem to
under|stand me,
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By each | at once | her chap|py fing|er laying
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Upon | her skin|ny lips:| you should | be
women,
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And yet | your beards | forbid | me to
in|terpret
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That you / are so.
MACBETH
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Speak, if you | can: what | are you?
FIRST WITCH
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All hail | Macbeth,| hail to thee | Thane of | Glamis.
SECOND WITCH
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All hail | Macbeth,| hail to thee | Thane of |
Cawdor*.
THIRD WITCH
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All hail | Macbeth,| that shalt | be king
| hereaf||ter.
BANQUO
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Good* sir,| why do | you start,| and seem | to
fear
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Things that do*| sound so fair?| In the name | of
truth
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Are ye | fantas|tical,| or that | indeed
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Which out|wardly | ye show?| My nob|le part||ner
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You greet | with pres|ent grace,| and great |
predic||tion
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Of nob|le hav|ing, and | of roy|al hope,
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That he seems | rapt wi|thal: to | me you
| speak^not.
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If you | can look | into | the seeds | of time,
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And say,| which^grain | will grow | and which |
will not,
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Speak then to me,| who neith|er beg,| nor fear
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Your fav|ors nor | your hate.
FIRST WITCH
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Hail.
SECOND WITCH
T
Hail.
THIRD WITCH
T
Hail.
FIRST WITCH
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Lesser | than Mac|beth, and | greater.
SECOND WITCH
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Not so | happy,| yet much | happier.
THIRD WITCH
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Thou shalt / get kings,| though thou | be none:
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So^all | hail Mac|beth, and | Banquo.
FIRST WITCH
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Banquo,| and Mac|beth, all hail. (tetra
with prev)
MACBETH
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Stay you | imper|fect speak|ers, tell | me more:
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By Sinel's | death, I | know I am | Thane of | Glamis,
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But how,| of Caw|dor? | The Thane | of Caw||dor
lives
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A pros|perous gent|leman: and | to be king,
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Stands^not | within | the pros|pect^of | belief,
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No* more | than to | be Caw|dor. Say | from whence
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You owe | this strange | intel|ligence,| or why
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Upon | this blast|ed heath | you stop | our way
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With such | prophetic | greeting?
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Speak, I
| charge you.
[Witches vanish]
BANQUO
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The earth hath bub|bles, as | the wat|er has,
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And these | are of them:| Whither | are they |
vanished?
MACBETH
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Into the | air: and | what seemed cor|poral,
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Melted,| as breath | into | the wind.|
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Would they | had
stayed. \\
BANQUO
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Were such | things here, as we | do speak |
about?
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Or have | we eat|en on | the in/sane root,
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That takes | the reas|on pris|oner?|
MACBETH
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Your child|ren shall | be kings.
BANQUO
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You shall | be king.
MACBETH
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And Thane | of Caw|dor too:| went it | not so?
BANQUO
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To the / selfsame | tune, and | words: Who's
here?
[Enter ROSS and ANGUS]
ROSS
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The king | hath hap|pily | received,| Macbeth,
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The news | of thy | success:| and when | he reads
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Thy pers|onal vent|ure in | the reb|els' fight,
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His wond|ers and | his prais|es do | contend,
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Which should | be thine | or his:| silenced |
with that,
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In view|ing ore | the rest | of the self|same*
day,
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He finds | thee in | the stout | Norwey|an ranks,
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Nothing | afeard | of what | thyself | didst^make,
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Strange im/ages | of death,| as thick | as tale
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Came* post | with post,| and eve|ry one | did
bear
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Thy prais|es in | his king|dom's great | defense,
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And poured | them down | before | him.
ANGUS
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We | are sent,
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To give | thee from | our roy|al mast|er thanks,
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Only to | herald | thee in|to his | sight,
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Not || pay thee.
ROSS
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And
for an | earnest of a | greater | honor,
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He bade | me, from | him, call | thee Thane | of
Caw||dor:
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In | which addi|tion, hail | most worth|y Thane,
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For it | is thine.
BANQUO
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What, can the | devil speak true?
MACBETH
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The Thane | of Caw|dor lives: \\
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Why do you | dress me in bor|rowed robes?|
ANGUS
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Who was | the Thane,| lives^yet, \\
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But und|er hea|vy judg|ment bears | that life,
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Which he | deserves | to lose. \\
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Whether | he was com|bined with | those of | Norway*,
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Or did | line the | rebel | with hid|den help,
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And vant|age: or | that with | both he | labored
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In his count|ry's wrack,| I know not:
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But treas|on's cap|ital,| confessed,| and proved,
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Have ov|erthrown | him. \\
MACBETH
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oo
Glamis,| and | Thane of | Cawdor:|
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The great|est is | behind.| Thanks for | your
pains.
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Do you | not^hope | your child|ren shall | be
kings,
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When those | that gave | the Thane | of Caw|dor
to me
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Promised | no less | to them.
BANQUO
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That trust|ed home,
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Might^yet | enkind|le you | unto | the crown,
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Besides | the Thane | of Caw|dor. But | 'tis
strange:
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And of|tentimes,| to win | us to | our harm,
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The inst|ruments | of dark|ness tell | us truths,
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Win us with | honest | trifles,| to be|tray us
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In deep|est cons|equence. \\
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Cousins, a | word, I | pray you.
MACBETH
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Two truths are told,
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As hap|py pro|logues to | the swel|ling act
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Of the imper|ial theme.| I thank | you
gent|lemen:
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This sup|erna|tural | solic|iting
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Cannot | be ill;| cannot | be good.
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If ill?|| Why hath | it given | me earn|est of | success,
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Commen|cing in a truth?| I am | Thane of | Cawdor.
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If good?| Why do I | yield to | that sug|gestion,
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Whose hor|rid im|age doth | unfix | my hair,
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And make | my seat|ed heart | knock at | my ribs,
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Against | the use | of na|ture? pres|ent fears
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Are less | than hor|rible | imag|inings:
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My thought,| whose murd|er yet | is but |
fantas||tical,
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Shakes | so my sing|le state | of man,
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That func|tion is smoth|ered in | surmise,
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And noth|ing is,| but what | is not.
(tetrameter with prev)
BANQUO
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Look how | our part|ner's rapt.
MACBETH
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If chance | will have | me king,
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Why chance | may crown | me,
(tri with prev two)
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Without | my stir.
BANQUO
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New hon|ors come | upon him
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Like our* strange gar|ments, cleave | not to | their
mold,
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But with the | aid of | use.
MACBETH
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Come what | come^may,
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Time, and the | hour, runs through | the
rough|est day.
BANQUO
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Worthy Mac|beth, we | stay u|pon your | leisure.
MACBETH
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Give me | your fav|or: \\
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My dull | brain was | wrought with | things for|gotten.
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Kind gent|lemen,| your
pains | are reg|istered,
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Where eve|ry day | I turn the leaf,
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To read them. ??
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Let us to|ward the
| king: think upon
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What | hath chanced:| and at / more
time, (tetra with prev)
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The int|erim hav|ing weighed | it, let | us speak
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Our free | hearts | each to | other.
BANQUO
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Very || gladly.
MACBETH
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Till then | enough:
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Come | friends.
[Exeunt]