Enter MACBETH, BANQUuo, Rosse, and ANGUS. The sin of my ingratitude even now To overtake thee. 'Would thou hadst less deserv'd; That the proportion both of thanks and payment state, children, and serv ants; Which do but what they should, by doing every thing Safe toward your love and honour. Dun. Welcome hither: I have begun to plant thee, and will labour Noble Banquo, That hast no less deserv'd, nor must be knowa No less to have done so, let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. Ban. There if I grow, The harvest is your own. Dun. My plenteous joys, Wanton in fulness, seek to hide themselves And you whose places are the nearest, know, Our eldest, Malcolm; whom we name hereafter, But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine 14 M АСВЕ СВЕТ н. On all deservers. From hence to Inverness, And bind us further to you. Macb. The rest is labour, which is not us'd for you: I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful Dun. My worthy Cawdor! Macb. The Prince of Cumberland! a step, That is On which I must fall down, or else o'er-leap, [Aside. For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand! yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. [Exit. Dun. True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant; And in his commendations I am fed; It is a banquet to me. Let us after him, Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome:. It is a peerless kinsman. SCENE [Flourish. Exeunt. V. Inverness. A room in Macbeth's Castle. -- Enter Lady MACBETH, reading a letter. Lady M. They met me in the day of success; and I have learned by the perfectest report, they have more in them than mortal know ledge. When I burn'd in desire to question them further, they made themselves air, into which they vanish'd. Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the King; who all-hail'd me, Thane of Cawdor; by which title, before, these weird sisters saluted me, and referr'd me to the coming on of time, with, Hail, King that shalt be! This have I thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness; that thou might'st not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it to thy heart, and farewell. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o'the milk of human kindness, The illness should attend it. What thou would'st highly, That would'st thou hoiily; would'st not play false, And yet would'st wrongly win: thoud'st have, great Glamis, That which cries, Thus thou must do, if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do, tidings? Atten. Enter an Attendant. The King comes here to uight. Lady M. Thou'rt mad to say it, Is not thy master with him? who, wer't so, Atten. So please you, it is true; our Thane is coming: One of my fellows had the speed of him; Who, almost dead for breath, had scarcely more Than would make up his message. Lady M. Give him tending, He brings great news. The raven himself is hoarse, [Exit Attendant. That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. Come, come, you spirits Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief: Come, thick night, Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor! Enter Enter MACBETH. Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter! Macb. My dearest love, Lady M. And when goes hence? Macb. To-morrow, Lady M. O, never as he purposes. Shall sun that morrow sce! Your face, my Thane, is as a book, where men But be the serpent under it. He that's coming Macb. We will speak further. To alter favour ever is to fear: Leave all the rest to me. SCENE [Exeunt. VI. The same. Before the Castle. Hautboys. Servants of Macbeth attending. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, BANquo, LENOX, MACDUFF, ROSSE, ANGUS, and Attendants. Dun. This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Vol. VII. |