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Before Macbeth's castle.
[Hautboys and torches. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, BANQUO, LENNOX,
MACDUFF, ROSS, ANGUS, and Attendants]
DUNCAN
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This cas|tle hath | a pleas|ant seat,|
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The air | nimbly and | sweetly | recommends | itself
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Unto our | gentle | senses.
BANQUO
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This | guest of | summer,
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The temp|le-haunt|ing bar|let does | approve,
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By his / loved mans|ionry,| that the / heaven's
breath
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Smells woo/ingly | here: no jut|ty frieze,
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Buttress,| nor coign | of vant|age, but | this
bird
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Hath made | his pend|ant bed,| and proc|reant
cradle,
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Where they | must breed,| and haunt:| I have | observed
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The air is | delicate. \\
[Enter LADY MACBETH]
DUNCAN
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See | see,| our^hon|ored host|ess:
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The love | that fol|lows us, some|time is our |
trouble,
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Which still | we thank | as love.| Herein I |
teach you,
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How you | shall bid | God^yield | us for | your pains,
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And thank | us for | your trouble.
LADY MACBETH
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All our | service,
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In every | point twice done,| and then done
double,
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Were poor,| and sing|le bus|iness, to | contend
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Against | those hon|ors deep,| and broad,
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Wherewith | your maj|esty loads | our house:
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For those | of old,| and the / late dig|nities,
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Heaped up to | them, we | rest your | hermits.
DUNCAN
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Where's the | Thane of | Cawdor? \\
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We coursed | him at | the heels,| and had | a pur||pose
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To be | his pur|veyor:| but he / rides well,
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And his / great love |(sharp as his | spur) hath
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To his home | before us:| Fair and | noble |
hostess
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We are | your guest | tonight.
LADY MACBETH
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Your serv|ants ever,
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Have theirs,| themselves,| and what | is theirs |
in compt,
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To make | their aud/it at your | highness'
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Still to | return | your own.
DUNCAN
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Give me | your hand:
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Conduct | me to mine^|host. We | love him | highly,
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And shall | contin|ue our | graces | towards him.
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By | your leave | hostess. \\
[Exeunt]