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Forres. The palace.
BANQUO
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Thou hast it | now, king, Caw|dor, Glam|is, all,
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As the / weird wom|en prom|ised, and | I fear
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Thou playedst | most^foul|ly for it:| yet it |
was said
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It should / not stand | in thy | poster|ity,
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But that | myself | should be | the root,| and
fath||er
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Of man|y kings.| If there / come truth | from
them,
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As u/pon thee | Macbeth,| their speech|es shine,
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Why by | the ver|ities | on thee | made^good,
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May* they | not^be | my or/acles | as well,
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And set | me up | in hope.| But hush,| no more.
[Sennet sounded. Enter MACBETH, as king, LADY MACBETH, as queen, LENNOX,
ROSS, Lords, Ladies, and Attendants]
MACBETH
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Here's our | chief guest.
LADY MACBETH
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If he | had been | forgotten,
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It had | been as | a gap | in our / great feast,
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And all-|thing un|becom|ing.
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MACBETH
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Tonight | we hold | a sol|emn sup|per sir,
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And I'll | request | your pres|ence.
BANQUO
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Let | your high||ness
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Command | upon | me, to | the which | my dut||ies
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Are | with a most | indis|solu|ble tie
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Forev|er knit.
MACBETH
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Ride you | this aft|ernoon?
BANQUO
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Aye, my | good* lord.
MACBETH
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We should | have else | desired | your good |
advice
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(Which still | hath^been | both grave, and
pros|perous)
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In this day's | council:| but we'll | take
to|morrow.
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Is it far | you ride? \\
BANQUO
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As far,| my lord,| as will | fill up | the time
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'Twixt^this,| and supper.| Go not | my horse | the
better,
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I must | become | a bor|rower of | the night,
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For a / dark hour,| or twain. \\
MACBETH
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Fail not our | feast.
BANQUO
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My | lord, I | will not.
MACBETH
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We hear | our bloo|dy cous|ins are | bestowed
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In Eng|land, and | in Ire|land, not | confes||sing
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Their cruel | parri|cide, fil/ling their |
hearers
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With strange | invent|ion. But | of that | tomor||row,
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When | therewi|thal, we | shall have cause | of
state,
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Craving | us joint|ly. Hie | you to | horse:
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Adieu,| till you | return | at night.|
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Goes^Fle|ance with
| you? \\
BANQUO
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Aye, my | good* lord:| our time | does call | upon
us.
MACBETH
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I wish | your hors|es swift,| and sure | of foot:
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And so | I do | commend | you to | their backs.
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Farewell. \\
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Let eve|ry man | be mast|er of | his time,
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Till seven | at night,| to make | soci|ety
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The sweet|er wel|come: \\
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We will keep | our self | till sup|pertime | alone:
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While then,| God be | with you. \\
[Exeunt all but MACBETH, and an attendant]
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Sirrah,| a word | with you:| Attend | those men
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Our pleas|ure? \\
ATTENDANT
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They are,| my lord,| without | the pal|ace gate.
MACBETH
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Bring them | before | us. \\
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To be | thus, is | nothing,| but to be | safely
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Our | fears in | Banquo | stick | deep,
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And in | his roy|alty | of na|ture reigns || that
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Which | would be | feared. 'Tis | much he
dares,
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And to | that daunt|less temp|er of | his mind,
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He hath | a wis|dom, that | doth guide | his
valor,
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To act | in safe|ty. There | is none | but he,
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Whose be|ing I | do fear:| and und|er him,
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My Gen|ius is | rebuked,| as it | is said
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Mark^Ant|ony's was | by Cae|sar. He | chid the
| sisters,
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When first | they put | the name | of king | upon
| me, (hex with prev)
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And bade | them speak | to him.| Then
proph|et-like,
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They hailed | him fath|er to | a line | of kings.
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Upon | my head | they placed | a fruit|less
crown,
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And put | a bar|ren scep|ter in | my grip,
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Thence to | be wrenched | with an / unlin|eal
hand,
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No son | of mine | succeed|ing: if it | be so,
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For Ban|quo's is|sue have | I filed | my mind,
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For them,| the gra|cious Dun|can have | I
murd||ered,
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Put | rancors | in the ves|sel of | my peace
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Only | for them,| and mine | etern|al jewel
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Given to | the com|mon en|emy | of man,
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To make | them kings,| the seed | of Ban|quo
kings.
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Rather | than so,| come fate in|to the list,
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And cham|pion me | to the ut|terance./
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Who's there?
[Enter Attendant, with two Murderers]
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Now go | to the door,| and stay | there till | we
call.
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Was it not | yester|day we | spoke to|gether?
FIRST MURDERER
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It was,| so please | your high|ness.
MACBETH
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Well | then,
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Now have | you con|sidered | of my | speeches:
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Know, that | it was he,| in the / times past,
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Which held | you so | under | fortune,|
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Which you | thought had | been our | inno|cent
self,
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This I | made^good | to you,| in our last |
conference,
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Passed in | proba|tion | with you:
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How you | were borne | in hand,| how* crossed:
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The inst|ruments:| who wrought | with them,
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And all | things^else,| that might ????
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To half | a soul,| and to a | notion | crazed,
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Say,| thus did | Banquo. \\
FIRST MURDERER
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You made | it known | to us.
MACBETH
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I did | so:
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And went | further,| which is | now
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Our point | of sec|ond mee|ting.
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Do you find | your pa|tience so | predom|inant,
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In your | nature,| that you | can let | this go?
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Are you so | gospeled,| to pray | for this / good
man,
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And for | his issue,| whose heav|y hand
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Hath bowed | you to the | grave, and | beggared
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Yours | forev|er?
FIRST MURDERER
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We | are men,| my liege.
MACBETH
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Aye, in the | cata|logue ye | go for | men,
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As || hounds and | greyhounds, mong|rels,
span|iels, curs,
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Shoughs, water^rugs,|and dem|i-wolves | are
clipt
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All by | the name | of dogs:| the val|ued file
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Disting|uishes | the swift,| the slow,| the subtle,
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The house|keeper,| the hunt|er, eve|ry one
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Accord|ing to | the gift,| which bount|eous
na||ture
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Hath in | him closed:| whereby | he does |
receive
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Partic|ular | addi|tion, from | the bill,
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That writes | them all | alike:| and so | of men.
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Now, if | you have | a sta|tion in | the file,
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Not in | the worst | rank of | manhood,| say it,
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And || I will | put that | business | in your |
bosoms,
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Whose ex|ecu|tion takes | your en|emy^off,
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Grapples | you to | the heart | and love | of us,
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Who wear | our health | but sick|ly in | his
life,
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Which in his | death were | perfect.
SECOND MURDERER
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I am one,| my liege,
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Whom the / vile blows | and buf|fets of | the
world
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Have so | incensed,| that I | am reck|less what || I do,
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To spite | the world.
FIRST MURDERER
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And I | another,
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So wear/y with di|sasters,| tugged with
| fortune,
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That I | would set | my lie | on an|y chance,
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To mend | it, or | be rid | on it.
MACBETH
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Both | of you
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Know Banquo | was your en|emy.
BOTH MURDERERS
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True,| my lord.
MACBETH
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So is he | mine: and | in such | bloody |
distance,
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That eve|ry min|ute of | his be|ing, thrusts
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Against | my near|est of life:| and though | I
could
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With bare|faced power sweep | him from | my sight,
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And bid | my will | avouch it;| yet^I | must not,
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For cert|ain friends | that are / both his,| and
mine,
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Whose^loves | I may | not drop,| but wail | his fall,
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Who I | myself | struck down: and thence | it
is,
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That I | to your | assis|tance do | make^love,
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Masking | the bus|iness from | the com|mon eye,
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For sun|dry weigh|ty reas|ons.
SECOND MURDERER
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We shall,| my lord,
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Perform | what you | command | us.
FIRST MURDERER
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Though | our lives--
MACBETH
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Your spir|its shine | through you.
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Within | this hour,| at most, (tri with prev)
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I will | advise | you where | to plant | yourselves,
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Acquaint | you with | the per|fect spy | of the
time,
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The mom|ent on it,| for it must | be done |
tonight,
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And some|thing from | the pal|ace: al|ways
thought,
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That I | require | a clear|ness; and | with him,
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To leave | no rubs | nor botch|es in | the work:
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Fleance,| his son,| that keeps | him comp|any,
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Whose abs|ence is / no less | mater|ial to me,
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Than is | his fath|er's, must | embrace | the
fate
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Of that / dark hour:| Resolve | yourselves |
apart,
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I'll come | to you | anon.
BOTH MURDERERS
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We are resolved,| my lord.
MACBETH
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I'll call | upon | you straight:| abide | within,
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It is | conclud|ed: Ban|quo, thy / soul's flight,
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If it find heaven,| must find | it out |
tonight.
[Exit]