All. Come, high, or low: Thyself, and office, deftly show. Thunder. An Apparition of an armed head rises. Macb. Tell me, thou unknown power, 1. Witch. He knows thy thought; Hear his speech, but say thou nought. App. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Beware the Thane of Fife. Macduff; Enough. [descends. Macb. What-e'er thou art, for thy good cau tion, thanks; Thou hast harp'd my fear aright: But one 1. Witch. He will not be commanded: Here's More potent than the first. word more: Thunder. An Apparition of a bloody child rises. App. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! App. Be bloody, bold, and resolute: laugh to scorn The power of man; for none of woman born [descends. Macb. Then live, Macduff; What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, 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 All. Listen, but speak not. App. Be lion-mettled, proud: and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Macb. That will never be: [descends. Who can impress the forest: bid the tree good! bodements! Rebellious head, rise never, till the wood All. Seek to know no more. Macb. I will be satisfied: deny me this, And an eternal curse fall on you! Let me know : — Why sinks that cauldron ? and what noise is this? [Hautboys. 1. Witch, Show! 2. Witch. Show! 3. Witch. Show! All. Show his eyes and grieve his heart;, Come like shadows, so depart. Eight Kings appear, and pass over the stage in order; the last, with a glass in his hand: Banquo following. Macb. Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: down! Thy crown does scar mine eye-balls: hair. And thy Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first: A fourth? Start, eyes! -- What! will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? Another yet? A seventh?. I'll see no more: 1. Witch. Ay, Sir, all this is so: Stands Macbeth thus amazedly? Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprights, [Musick. The Witches dance, and vanish. Macb. Where are they? Gone? Let this per nicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar! Come in, without there! Enter LENOX. Len. What's your Grace's will? Macb. Came they not by you? Len. No, indeed, my Lord. Macb. Infected be the air whereon they ride; Macduff is fled to England. Macb. Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits : The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it: From this moment, The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought The castle of Macduff I and done; will surprise; the edge o'the sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls But no more sights! Where are these gentlemen? Come, bring me where they are. [Exeunt. SCENE II. Fife. A Room in Macduff's Castle. Enter Lady MacDUFF, her son, and RosSE. L. Macd. What had he done, to make him fly the land? Rosse. You must have patience, Madam. L. Macd. He had none: His flight was madness: When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors. Rosse You know not, Whether it was his wisdom, or his fear. L. Macd. Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes, His mansion, and his titles, in a place From whence himself does fly? He loves us not; So runs against all reason. I pray you, school yourself: But, for your hus band, He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o'the season. I dare not speak much further: But cruel are the times, when we are traitors, And do not know ourselves; when we hold ru mour. From what we fear, yet know no what we fear; But float upon a wild and violent sea, |