SIWARD, earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces. Young SIWARD, his son. SEYTON, an officer attending on Macbeth. Boy, son to Macduff. An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor. A Sergeant. A Porter. An Old Man. Lady MACBETH. Lady MACDUFF. Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth. HECATE. Three Witches. Apparitions. Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers. SCENE: Scotland; England. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Act First. Scene I. A desert place. Thunder and Lightning. Enter three Witches. First Witch. When shall we three meet again Sec. Witch. When the hurlyburly's done, Third Witch. That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch. Where the place? Sec. Witch. Upon the heath. Scene II. A camp near Forres. Alarum within. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Mal. Ser. The newest state. This is the sergeant Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald- The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him-from the western isles And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage 20 Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements. Dun. O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! Ser. As whence the sun 'gins his reflection Dun. Ser. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break, Dismay'd not this Yes; As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion. say sooth, I must report they were 31 As cannons overcharged with double cracks; so they Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, 40 I cannot tell But I am faint; my gashes cry for help. Dun. So well thy words become thee as thy wounds; They smack of honour both. Go get him surgeons. Who comes here? [Exit Sergeant, attended. Enter Ross. Mal. The worthy thane of Ross. Len. What a haste looks through his eyes! So should he look That seems to speak things strange. God save the king! Ross. From Fife, great king; Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky Assisted by that most disloyal traitor Point against point rebellious, arm 'gainst arm, 50 |