: Was pitied of Macbeth:―marry, he was dead:- say, That were the slaves of drink, and thralls of sleep? Macduff lives in disgrace: Sir, can you tell Lord. Is Give to our tables meat, sleep to our nights; The sense requires-Who can want the thought, &c. Len. Sent he to Macduff? Lord. He did: and with an absolute, Sir, not I, The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums; as who should say, You'll rue the time, That clogs me with this answer. Len. And that well might Advise him to a caution, to hold what distance His wisdom can provide. Some holy angel Fly to the court of England, and unfold His message ere he come; that a swift blessing May soon return to this our suffering country Under a hand accurs'd! Lord. My prayers with him! [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE I.A dark cave. In the middle, a cauldron boiling. Thunder. Enter the three Witches. 1 Witch. Thrice the brinded' cat hath mew'd. In the poison'd entrails throw. - streaked. 2 Harper, some imp. Eye of newt, and toe of frog, All. Double, double toil and trouble ; 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf; All. Double, double toil and trouble; 2 Witch. Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good. Enter HECATE and the other three Witches. And now about the cauldron sing, Enchanting all that you put in. SONG. Black spirits and white, gulf, the swallow, the throat. 3 To sliver is to cut, or slice. 5 chaudron, entrails. 2 ravin'd, glutted with prey. 4 drab, a common woman. 2 Witch. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes: Open, locks, whoever knocks. Enter MACBeth. Macb. How now, you secret, black, and midnight What is't you do? All. A deed without a name. [hags? Macb. I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me: Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches: though the yesty' waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders' heads; Though palaces, and pyramids, do slope Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure Of nature's germins' tumble all together, Even till destruction sicken, answer me To what I ask you. 1 Witch. 2 Witch. 3 Witch. Speak. Demand. We'll answer. [mouths, 1 Witch. Say, if thou'dst rather hear it from our Or from our masters'. Mach. Call them, let me see them. I Witch. Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten Her nine farrow; grease, that's sweaten From the murderer's gibbet, throw Into the flame. Thyself, and office, deftly3 show. Thunder. An Apparition of an armed Head rises. Macb. Tell me, thou unknown power, frothy or foaming. 2 i. e. seeds which have begun to germinate or sprout. He knows thy thought: 1 Witch. Hear his speech, but say thou nought. App. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of Fife.-Dismiss me:-Enough. [Descends. Macb. What-e'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks; Thou hast harp'd' my fear aright:-But one word more: 1 Witch. He will not be commanded: Here's anMore potent than the first. [other, Thunder. An Apparition of a bloody Child rises. App. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!Macb. Had I three ears, I'd hear thee. App. Be bloody, bold, And resolute: laugh to scorn the power of man, For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth. [Descends. Macb. Then live, Macduff; What need I fear of But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear, it lies, [thee? And sleep in spite of thunder.-What is this, Thunder. An Apparition of a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand, rises. That rises like the issue of a king; And wears upon his baby brow the round' And top of sovereignty? Listen, but speak not. All. To harp, is to touch on a passion as a harper touches a string. 2 The round is that part of the crown that encircles the head. The top is the ornament that rises above it.-JOHNSON. |