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A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.
FIRST WITCH
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Thrice the | brinded | cat hath | mewed.
SECOND WITCH
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Thrice, and | once the | hedge-pig whined.
THIRD WITCH
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Harpi|er cries,|'Tis time,| 'tis time.
FIRST WITCH
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Round a|bout the | cauldron | go;
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In the | poisoned | entrails | throw
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Toad, that | under | cold | stone,
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Days and | nights, has | thirty-|one:
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Sweltered | venom | sleeping | got,
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Boil thou | first in the | charmed | pot.
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Double,| double,| toil and | trouble;
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Fire | burn, and | cauldron | bubble.
SECOND WITCH
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Fillet | of a | fenny | snake,
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In the | cauldron | boil and | bake:
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Eye of | newt, and | toe of | frog,
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Wool of | bat, and | tongue of | dog:
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Adder's | fork, and | blind-worm's sting,
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Lizard's | leg, and | owlet's | wing:
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For a | charm of | powerful | trouble,
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Like a hell-broth | boil and | bubble.
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Double,| double,| toil and | trouble,
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Fire | burn, and | cauldron | bubble.
THIRD WITCH
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Scale of | dragon,| tooth of | wolf,
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Witches'| mummy,| maw, and | gulf
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Of the | ravined | salt-sea shark:
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Root of | hemlock,| digged in the | dark:
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Liver | of blas|pheming | Jew,
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Gall of | goat, and | slips of | yew,
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Silvered | in the | moon's e|clipse:
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Nose of | Turk, and | Tartar's | lips:
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Finger | of birth^|strangled | babe,
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Ditch-de|livered | by a | drab,
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Make the | gruel | thick, and | slab.
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Add there|to a | tiger's | chaudron,
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For the in|gredients | of our | cauldron.
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Double,| double,| toil and | trouble,
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Fire | burn, and | cauldron | bubble.
SECOND WITCH
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Cool it | with a | baboon's blood,
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Then the | charm is | firm and | good.
[Enter HECATE to the other three Witches]
HECATE
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O well done:| I commend | your pains,
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And eve|ry one | shall share | in the gains:
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And now | about | the caul|dron sing
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Like^elves | and fair|ies in | a ring,
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Enchant|ing all | that you | put in.
[Music and a song: 'Black spirits,' etc. HECATE retires]
SECOND WITCH
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By the | pricking | of my | thumbs,
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Something | wicked | this way | comes:
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Open | locks, who|ever | knocks.
MACBETH
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How now | you sec|ret, black,| and mid|night
hags?
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What is it | you do?
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A deed | without | a name.
MACBETH
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I con|jure you,| by that | which you | profess,
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(Howere | you come | to know | it) ans|wer me:
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Though you | untie | the winds,| and let | them
fight
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Against | the church|es: though | the yes|ty
waves
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Confound | and swal|low nav|iga|tion up:
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Though blad|ed corn | be lodged,| and trees
blown down,
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Though cast|les top|ple on | their ward|ers'
heads:
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Though pal|aces,| and pyr|amids | do* slope
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Their heads | to their | founda|tions: though |
the treas||ure
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Of na|ture's ger/main, tum|ble al|togeth|er,
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Even till destruct|ion sick|en: ans|wer me
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To what | I ask | you.
FIRST WITCH
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Speak.
SECOND WITCH
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Demand.
THIRD WITCH
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We'll ans||wer.
FIRST WITCH
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Say,| if thou'dst^rath|er hear | it from | our
mouths,
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Or from | our mast|ers.
MACBETH
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Call |'em: let | me see 'em.
FIRST WITCH
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Pour in sow's blood,| that hath | eaten
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Her nine^|farrow:| grease that's | sweaten
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From the | murderer's | gibbet,| throw
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Into | the flame.
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Come high | or low:
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Thyself | and of|fice deft|ly show.
[Thunder. First Apparition: an armed Head]
MACBETH
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Tell me,| thou un|known^power. ??
FIRST WITCH
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He knows | thy thought:
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Hear his | speech, but | say thou | nought.
FIRST APPARITION
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Macbeth,| Macbeth,| Macbeth:
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Beware | Macduff,
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Beware | the Thane | of Fife:| dismiss | me.
Enough.
[Descends]
MACBETH
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Whatere | thou art,| for thy | good* cau|tion,
thanks
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Thou hast harped | my fear | aright.| But one
word more.
FIRST WITCH
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He will | not be com|manded:| here's a|nother
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More pot|ent than | the first.
[Thunder. Second Apparition: A bloody Child]
SECOND APPARITION
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Macbeth,| Macbeth,| Macbeth: (tri with
prev)
MACBETH
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Had I | three ears, I'd | hear thee.
SECOND APPARITION
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Be bloo|dy, bold,| and res|olute: (tetra
with prev)
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Laugh to | scorn ????
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The power | of man:| for none | of wom|an born
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Shall harm | Macbeth. (match di above?)
[Descends]
MACBETH
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Then live | Macduff:| what need | I fear | of
thee?
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But yet | I'll make | assur|ance: doub|le sure,
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And take | a bond | of fate:| thou shalt | not
live,
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That I may | tell pale-hear|ted fear,| it lies;
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And sleep | in spite | of thund|er.
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What | is
this,|| that ris|es like | the is|sue of | a king,
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And wears | upon | his ba|by-brow,| the round
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And top | of sove|reignty?
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Listen, | but speak | not to it. (tri with
prev)
[Thunder. Third Apparition: a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand]
THIRD APPARITION
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Be li|on-met|tled, proud,| and take no care:
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Who chafes,| who frets,| or where | conspir|ers
are:
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Macbeth | shall nev|er van|quished be,| until
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Great Birnam wood,| to high | Dunsinane hill
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Shall come | against | him.
[Descends]
MACBETH
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That | will nev|er be:
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Who can | impress | the for|est, bid | the tree
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Unfix | his earth-bound root?| Sweet* bode|ments,
good:
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Rebel|lion's head,| rise nev/er till | the wood
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Of Birn|am rise,| and our / high-placed | Macbeth
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Shall live | the lease | of na|ture, pay | his
breath
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To time,| and mort|al cust|om. Yet | my heart
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Throbs to | know one thing:| tell me,| if your
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Can tell | so much:| shall Ban|quo's is|sue
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Reign in | this king|dom?
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Seek | to know no more.
MACBETH
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I will | be sat|isfied.| Deny | me this,
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And an etern|al curse | fall on | you: Let | me
know.
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Why sinks | that caul|dron? And | what noise | is
this?
[Hautboys]
FIRST WITCH
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Show.
SECOND WITCH
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Show.
THIRD WITCH
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Show.|
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Show his | eyes, and | grieve his | heart,
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Come like | shadows,| so de|part.
[A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO
following]
MACBETH
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Thou art | too like the spirit | of Ban|quo: down:
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Thy crown | does sear | mine^eye-|balls. And |
thy hair
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Thou other | gold-bound brow,| is like | the
first:
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A third,| is like | the form|er. Filth|y hags,
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Why do you | show me | this? A | fourth? Start
eyes!
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What will | the line | stretch^out | to the crack | of doom?
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Anoth|er yet?| A seventh?| I'll see | no* more:
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And yet | the eighth | appears,| who bears | a
glass,
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Which^shows | me ma|ny more:| and some | I see,
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That two-fold balls,| and tre|ble scep|ters
car||ry.
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Hor|rible / sight: Now | I see | 'tis true,
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For the blood-|boltered | Banquo | smiles u|pon
me,
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And points | at them | for his.| What? Is | this
so?
FIRST WITCH
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Aye sir,| all this | is so.| but why
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Stands Mac|beth thus amaz|edly?
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Come* sis|ters, cheer | we up | his sprites,
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And show | the best | of our | delights.
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I'll charm | the air | to give | a sound,
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While you | perform | your ant|ic round:
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That this | great^king | may kind|ly say,
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Our dut|ies, did | his wel|come pay.
[Music. The witches dance and then vanish, with HECATE]
MACBETH
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Where are | they? Gone?
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Let this | perni|cious
hour,
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Stand^aye | accurs|ed in | the cal|endar.
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Come in,| without | there.
LENNOX
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What's | your gra|ce's will.
MACBETH
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Saw you | the weird | sisters?
LENNOX
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No my | lord.
MACBETH
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Came they | not by | you?
LENNOX
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No indeed | my lord.
MACBETH
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Infect|ed be | the air | whereon | they ride,
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And damned all those | that trust | them. I | did hear
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The gal|loping | of horse.| Who was it | came by?
LENNOX
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'Tis two | or three | my lord,| that bring | you
word:
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Macduff | is fled | to Eng|land.
MACBETH
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Fled | to Eng||land?
LENNOX
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Aye,| my good lord. \\
MACBETH
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Time, thou an|tici|patst my | dread exploits:
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The fligh|ty pur|pose nev|er is / oretook
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Unless | the deed | go with it.| From this |
moment,
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The ve|ry first|lings of | my heart | shall be
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The first|lings of | my hand.| And ev|en now
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To crown | my thoughts | with acts:| be it
thought | and done:
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The cas|tle of | Macduff,| I will | surprise,
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Seize u|pon Fife;| give to | the edge | of the
sword
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His wife,| his babes,| and all | unfor|tunate
souls
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That trace | him in his line.| No boast|ing
like | a fool,
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This deed | I'll do,| before | this pur|pose
cool,
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But^no | more sights.| Where are | these
gent|lemen?
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Come bring | me where | they are. \\
[Exeunt]