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LENNOX 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 timeThat clogs me with this answer.'

LENNOX And that well might

Advise him to a caution, to hold what distance

His wisdom can provide. Some holy angelFly 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 accursed!

Lord I'll send my prayers with him.

Exeunt

ACT IV

SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a

boiling cauldron.

Thunder. Enter the three Witches

First Witch Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.

Second Witch Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.

Third Witch Harpier cries 'Tis time, 'tis time.

First Witch Round about the cauldron go;

In the poison'd entrails throw.Toad, that under cold stone

Days and nights has thirty-one

Swelter'd venom sleeping got,

Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

ALL

Double, double toil and trouble;Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the cauldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,

For a charm of powerful trouble,Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

ALL Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Third Witch Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,Witches' mummy, maw and gulf

Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,

Liver of blaspheming Jew,

Gall of goat, and slips of yew

Silver'd in the moon's eclipse,Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,

Finger of birth-strangled babe

Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,

Make the gruel thick and slab:Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,

For the ingredients of our cauldron.

ALL Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch Cool it with a baboon's blood,

Then the charm is firm and good.

Enter HECATE to the other three Witches

HECATE O well done! I commend your pains;

And every one shall share i' the gains;

And now about the cauldron sing,

Live elves and fairies in a ring,

Enchanting all that you put in.

Music and a song: 'Black spirits,' & c

HECATE retires

Second Witch By the pricking of my thumbs,

Something wicked this way comes.Open, locks,

Whoever knocks!

Enter MACBETH

MACBETH How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!What is't you do?

ALL



SIWARD Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen



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SIWARD Had he his hurts before?

ROSS Ay, on the front.

SIWARD

Why then, God's soldier be he!Had I as many sons as I have hairs,

I would not wish them to a fairer death:

And so, his knell is knoll'd.

MALCOLM He's worth more sorrow,

And that I'll spend for him.

SIWARD He's worth no more

They say he parted well, and paid his score:

And so, God be with him! Here comes newer comfort.

Re-enter MACDUFF, with MACBETH's head

MACDUFF Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where stands

The usurper's cursed head: the time is free:

I see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl,That speak my salutation in their minds;

Whose voices I desire aloud with mine:

Hail, King of Scotland!

ALL Hail, King of Scotland!

Flourish

MALCOLM We shall not spend a large expense of time

Before we reckon with your several loves,

And make us even with you. My thanes and kinsmen,

Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland

In such an honour named. What's more to do,

Which would be planted newly with the time,

As calling home our exiled friends abroad

That fled the snares of watchful tyranny;Producing forth the cruel ministers

Of this dead butcher and his fiend like queen,

Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands

Took off her life; this, and what needful elseThat calls upon us, by the grace of Grace,

We will perform in measure, time and place:

So, thanks to all at once and to each one,

Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.

Flourish. Exeunt

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