Chor. Many more murders must this one ensue; 1st Witch. He must— 2d Witch. He shall— 3d Witch. He will spill much more blood, A ml become worse, to make his title good. 1st Witch. Now let's dance. 2d Witch. Agreed. 3d Witch. Agreed. Chor. We should rejoice when good kings bleed. 1st Witch. When cattle die, about we go; Chor. Rejoice, we should rejoice. 2d Witch. When winds and waves are warring, Earthquakes the mountains tearing, And monarchs die despairing, What should we do ? Chor. Rejoice, we should rejoice. 3d Witch. Let's have a dance upon the heath, We gain more life by Duncan's death. 1st Witch. Sometimes like brinded cats we show, Having no music but our mew, To which we dance in some old mill, Upon the hopper, stone, or wheel, To some old saw, or bardish rhyme,— Chor. Where still the mill clack does keep time. 2d Witch. Sometimes about a hollow tree, Chor. We dance to the echoes of our feet. 3d Witch. At the night raven's dismal voice, When others tremble, we rejoice. Chor. And nimbly, nimbly, dance we still, To th' echoes from a hollow hill. [Exeunt different ways. END OF ACT II. ACT III. Scene I.—Macbeth's Castle at Inverness. Len. How goes the world, sir, now? Macd. Why, see you not 1 Len. Is't known who did this more than bloody deed J Macd. Those that Macbeth hath slain. Len. Alas the day! Macd. They were suborned: Len. 'Gainst nature still; Macd. He is already named; and gone to Scone Len. Where is Duncan's body 1 Macd. Carried to Colmes-kill; Len. Will you to Scone? Macd. No, cousin, I'll to Fife. Len. Well, I will thither. Macd. Well, may you see things well done there !— adieu, Lest our old robes sit easier than our new! [Exeunt, Macduff, R., Lenox, L. Scene II.—The Palace at Fores. Enter Banquo and Fleance, R. Ban. Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promised; and, I fear, Thou playedst most foully for't; yet it was said, It should not stand in thy posterity; But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings; if there come truth from them, (As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine,) Why, by the verities on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope ? [Flourish of Trumpets Sf Drums But hush; no more. Enter Macbeth, as King; Seyton, Lenox, Rosse, and Mach. [ To Banquo.] Here's our chief guest: Ban. Let your highness Command upon me; to the which, my duties Macb. Ride you this afternoon? Bun. Ay, my good lord. Math. We should have else desired your good advice, Ban. As far, my lord, as will fill up the time Macb. Fail not our feast. Ban. My lord, I will not. Macb. We hear, our bloody cousins are bestowed Ban. Ay, my good lord; our time does call upon us. Macb. I wish your horses swift, and sure of foot; Let every man be master of his time [Exeunt all but Macbeth and Seyton, M. D. Sirrah, a word: Attend those men our pleasure? Sey. They are, my lord, without the palace gate. Macb. Bring them before us.— [Exit Seyton, L. To be thus, is nothing :— When first they put the name of King upon me, Enter Seyton, with tico Officers, L.—Exit Seyton, L. Was it not yesterday we spoke together? 1st Off. It was, so please your highness. Macb. Well then, now, Your patience so predominant in your nature, And beggared yours forever? 2d Off I am one, my liege. 1st Off. And I another, So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune, Much. Both of you 1st Off. True, my lord. Much. So is he mine; and in such bloody distance, That every minute of his being thrusts Against my near'st of life: and though I could With bare-faced power sweep him from my sight, And bid my will avouch it, yet I must not, For sundry weighty reasons. 2d Off. We shall, my lord, Perform what you command us— 1st Off. Though our lives— Macb, Your spirits shine through you. Within this hour, at most, I will advise you where to plant yourselves; 1st Off. We are resolved, my lord. Macb. I'll call upon you straight; abide within. [Exeunt Officers, L It is concluded :—Banquo, thy soul's flight, Enter LADY Macbeth, as Queen, and Sexton, R. |