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Macbeth

Act I, Scene 7

Macbeth's castle.
 
[Hautboys and torches. Enter a Steward, and diverse Servants with dishes and service, and pass over the stage. Then enter MACBETH]
 
MACBETH
       ,             ,      ,           ,                   ,
      If it | were done,| when 'tis | done, then |'twere* well,
        2       ,      ,        ,    2    ,     ,
      It were done | quickly:| if the as|sassi|nation
              ,       ,        ,       ,           ,
      Could tram|mel up | the cons|equence,| and catch
                  ,   ,          ,          ,           ,
      With his / surcease,| success:| that but | this blow
             ,        ,   ,      2       T   T     T
      Might be | the be-|all, and the | end-all. Here,
            ,      ,           ,          ,          ,
      But here,| upon | this bank | and shoal | of time,
             ,          ,         ,     ,    2         ,
      We'd jump | the life | to come.| But in these | cases,
           ,            ,         ,          ,         ,
      We still | have judg|ment here,| that we | but teach
        ,          ,            ,       2      ,         ,
      Bloody | instruc|tions, which | being taught,| return
            ,        2    x             x     ,       ,
      To plague | the inventor.| This even-|handed | justice
           ,        2   ,     2    ,        ,           x
      Commends | the ingred|ients of | our pois|oned chalice
                ,    ,           ,        ,        ,
      To our / own lips.| He's here | in doub|le trust;
        ,         ,   2       ,         ,         ,
      First, as | I am his | kinsman,| and his | subject,
         T     T  .   T           ,      ,             ,
      Strong both against | the deed:| then as | his host,
             ,         ,           ,   2     ,          ,
      Who should | against | his murd|erer shut | the door,
            ,          ,         ,        ,           ,      2->
      Not bear | the knife | myself.| Besides,| this Dun||can
             ,          ,      ,          ,           ,
      Hath borne | his fac|ulties | so* meek;| hath been
           ,       2      ,      ,         ,         ,
      So clear | in his great | office,| that his | virtues
             ,           ,         ,          ,         ,
      Will plead | like^ang|els, trump|et-tongued | against
            ,        ,       ,        ,       ,
      The deep | damna|tion of | his tak|ing-off:
           ,       ,        x      T    T    T
      And pi|ty, like | a naked | new-born babe,
        ,              ,           x        ,            ,
      Striding | the blast,| or heaven's | cheru|bim, horsed
        ,          ,          ,    2   ,        ,
      Upon | the sight|less cour|iers of | the air,
              ,         ,        ,        ,      ,
      Shall blow | the hor|rid deed | in eve|ry eye,
             ,             ,           ,        ,         ,
      That tears | shall drown | the wind.| I have | no spur
           ,           ,         ,       ,         ,    2->
      To prick | the sides | of my | intent,| but on||ly
        ,      2   ,               ,   ,         ,
      Vault|ing ambi|tion, which^/oreleaps | itself,
            ,       2  ,        ,     T     T    T
      And falls | on anoth|er. How | now? What news?
 
LADY MACBETH
        2     ,         ,      ,      2        ,          ,
      He has al|most supped:| why have you | left the | chamber?
 
MACBETH
        ,         ,         __
      Hath he | asked for | me?
 
LADY MACBETH
        ,         ,        ___
      Know you | not, he | has?  (tri with prev)
 
MACBETH
       ,     2      ,        ,         ,         ,
      We will pro|ceed no | further | in this | business:
       ,         ,         ,        ,      2            ,
      He hath | honored | me of | late, and I | have bought
       ,    2   ,              ,      ,         ,
      Golden o|pinions | from all | sorts of | people,
              ,          ,     ,              ,        ,
      Which^would | be worn | now in | their new|est gloss,
            ,       ,         ,
      Not cast | aside | so soon.
 
LADY MACBETH
                                              ,    ,
                                  Was the / hope drunk,
            ,          ,            ,                ,     ,
      Wherein | you dressed | yourself?| Hath it / slept since?
            ,         ,         ,         ,           ,
      And wakes | it now | to look | so green,| and pale,
           ,        ,         ,        ,           ,
      At what | it did | so free|ly? From | this time,
        ,          ,           ,          ,       ,
      Such I | account | thy love.| Art thou | afeard
          ,         ,      2       ,     ,          ,
      To be | the same | in thine^own | act, and | valor,
           ,         ,       ,              ,           ,
      As thou | art^in | desire?| Wouldst thou | have that
              ,        ,           ,     ,         ,
      Which thou | esteemst | the orn|ament | of life,
            ,       ,       ,          ,        ,
      And live | a cow|ard in | thine^own | esteem?
       ,     2      T   T     T      ,        ,
      Letting I | dare not, wait | upon | I would,
        T   .    T   T      2    ,
      Like the poor cat | in the a|dage.
 
MACBETH
                                             ,        ,
                                           prith|ee peace:
          ,        ,          ,        ,       ,
      I dare | do all | that may | become | a man,
            ,          ,         ,
      Who dares | do more,| is none.
 
LADY MACBETH
                                            ,        x
                                     What beast | was it then,
             ,          ,           ,      ,         ,
      That made | you break | this ent|erprise | to me?
                   ,    ,         ,          ,       ,
      When you / durst do | it, then | you were | a man:
           ,        ,           ,          ,          ,
      And to | be more | than what | you were,| you would
          ,          ,         ,          ,          ,
      Be so | much^more | the man.| Nor time,| nor place
            ,        ,         ,                  ,    ,
      Did^then | adhere,| and yet | you would / make both:
          2       ,           ,           ,           ,        ,
      They have made | themselves,| and that | their fit|ness now
            ,   ,                   x     ,          ,
      Does^un|make you.| I have / given suck,| and know
            ,       ,         ,          ,              x
      How tend|er 'tis | to love | the babe | that milks me,
          ,       ,     2       ,         T  T   T
      I would,| while it was | smiling | in my face,
              ,          ,        ,          ,        ,
      Have plucked | my nip|ple from | his bone|less gums,
             ,            ,      ,         T  T   T
      And dashed | the brains | out, had | I so sworn
          ,           ,         ,
      As you | have done | to this.
 
MACBETH
                                     ,               ,
                                    If we | should fail?
 
LADY MACBETH
      __    __
      We | fail?  \\
            ,           ,        ,         ,         ,
      But screw | your cour|age to | the stick|ing-place,
                   ,    ,          ,       ,      ,
      And we'll / not fail:| When Dun|can is | asleep,
             ,        ,           2        ,     ,     ,
      (Whereto | the rath|er shall his / day's hard | journey
        ,           ,                ,    ,       ,
      Soundly | invite | him) his / two chamb|erlains
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      Will I | with wine | and was|sail so | convince
            ,    ,         ,      ,         ,
      That mem|ory,| the ward|er of | the brain,
             ,       ,     ,     2     ,         ,
      Shall be | a fume,| and the re|ceipt of | reason
         ,        ,       ,        ,         ,
      A lim|beck^on|ly; when | in swin|ish sleep,
               ,       ,        ,        ,       ,
      Their drench|ed na|tures lie | as in | a death,
            ,       ,        ,        ,      ,
      What can|not you | and I | perform | upon
         2    ,       ,         ,         ,      ,
      The unguard|ed Dun|can? What | not put | upon
            ,      ,   2      ,            ,          ,
      His spon|gy of|ficers, who | shall bear | the guilt
        2      ,       T
      Of our great | quell.
 
MACBETH
                             T     T            ,        ,     ->
                           Bring forth | men*-child|ren on||ly:
       ,       2    ,       ,         ,          ,
      For | thy undaun|ted met|tle should | compose
       ,              ,       ,            ,        ,
      Nothing | but males.| Will it | not be | received,
            ,           ,            ,             ,      ,
      When we | have marked | with blood | those sleep|y two
        2     ,      ,     2        ,           ,      ,
      Of his own | chamber, and | used their | very | daggers,  ??
             ,             x
      That they | have done it?
 
LADY MACBETH
                                        ,            x     ,
                                  Who dares | receive it | other,
          ,           ,           ,          ,        ,
      As we | shall make | our griefs | and clam|or roar,
        ,          ,
      Upon | his death?
 
MACBETH
                        2    ,                ,   ,
                       I am set|tled, and / bend up
            ,    2    ,      ,         ,    2     ,
      Each cor|poral ag|ent to | this ter|rible feat.
        ,          ,          ,           ,        ,
      Away,| and mock | the time | with fair|est show,
              ,           ,        2      ,       T     T    T
      False^face | must^hide,| what the false | heart doth know.
 
[Exeunt]

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