His secret murders sticking on his hands; Ment. Who then shall blame His pester'd senses to recoil, and start, When all that is within him does condemn Itself, for being there? Cath. Well, march we on, To give obedience where 'tis truly ow'd: Meet we the medecin of the sickly weal; And with him pour we, in our country's purge, Len. Or so much as it needs, To dew the sovereign flower, and drown the weeds. Make we our march towards Birnam. [Exeunt, marching. SCENE III.-Dunsinane. A room in the castle. Enter MACBETH, Doctor, and Attendants. Macb. Bring me no more reports; let them fly all; Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy Malcolm ? Fear not, Macbeth; no man, that's born of woman, -Then fly, false thanes, And mingle with the English epicures: The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sagg with doubt, nor shake with fear. Enter a Servant. The devil damn thee black, thou cream-fac'd loon! Macb. Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, Thou lily-liver'd boy. What soldiers, patch? Death of thy soul! those linen cheeks of thine Are counsellors to fear. What soldiers, whey-face? Serv. The English force, so please you. Macb. Take thy face hence.-Seyton!—I am sick at heart, When I behold-Seyton, I say!-This push Enter SEYTON. Sey. What is your gracious pleasure? Macb. What news more! Sey. All is confirm'd, my lord, which was reported. Macb. I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hack'd. Give me my armour. Sey. "Tis not needed yet. Macb. I'll put it on. Send out more horses, skirr the country round; Hang those that talk of fear.-Give me mine armour.How does your patient, doctor? Not so sick, my lord, Doct. That keep her from her rest. Macb. Doct. Must minister to himself. Therein the patient Macb. Throw physick to the dogs, I'll none of it.— Come, put mine armour on; give me my staff:Seyton, send out.-Doctor, the thanes fly from me:Come, sir, despatch:-If thou could'st, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease, And purge it to a sound and pristine health, I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again.-Pull't off, I say.- Would scour these English hence?-Hearest thou of them? Doct. Ay, my good lord; your royal preparation. Makes us hear something. Macb. Bring it after me. I will not be afraid of death and bane, [Exit. 'Doct. Were I from Dunsinane away and clear, Profit again should hardly draw me here. [Exit SCENE IV.-Country near Dunsinane: A wood in view Enter, with drum and colours, MALCOLM, old SIWARD and his Son, Macduff, Menteth, Cathness, ANGUS, LENOX, ROSSE, and Soldiers, marching. 'Mal. Cousins, I hope, the days are near at hand, '' That chambers will be safe. Ment. We doubt it nothing. Siw. What wood is this before us? The wood of Birnam. Mal. Let every soldier hew him down a bough, And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host, and make discovery Err in report of us. Sold. It shall be done. Siw. We learn no other, but the confident tyrant]] Keeps still in Dunsinane, and will endure Our setting down before't. Mal. "Tis his main hope: For where there is advantage to be given, Both more and less have given him the revolt; Macd. Attend the true event, and put we on Siw. Let our just censures The time approaches, That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have, and what we owe. Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate; Towards which, advance the war. [Exeunt, marching. SCENE V.-Dunsinane. Within the castle. Enter, with drums and colours, MACBETH, SEYTON, and Soldiers. Macb. Hang out our banners on the outward walls, Were they not forc'd with those that should be ours, Sey. It is the cry of women, my good lord. As life were in't: I have supp'd full with horrors; Macb. She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word.- |