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Macb. Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cow'd my better part of man!
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,
That palter with us in a double sense;
That keep the word of promise to our ear,

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And break it to our hope. I'll not fight with thee.

Macd. Then yield thee, coward,

And live to be the show and gaze o' the time:

We'll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,

Painted upon a pole, and underwrit,

Mabc.

'Here may you see the tyrant.'

I will not yield,

To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet,
And to be baited with the rabble's curse.
Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane,
And thou opposed, being of no woman born,
Yet I will try the last before my body

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I throw my warlike shield: lay on, Macduff;
And damn'd be him that first cries Hold, enough!'
[Exeunt, fighting. Alarums.
Retreat. Flourish. Enter, with drum and colours,

Malcolm, old Siward, Ross, the other Thanes, and
Soldiers.

Mal. I would the friends we miss were safe arrived.
Siw. Some must go off: and yet, by these I see,

So great a day as this is cheaply bought.

Mal. Macduff is missing, and your noble son.

Ross. Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt:
He only lived but till he was a man ;

Siw.

The which no sooner had his prowess confirm'd
In the unshrinking station where he fought,
But like a man he died.

Then he is dead?

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Ross. Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow Must not be measured by his worth, for then

Siw.

It hath no end.

Ross. Ay, on the front.

Siw.

Mal.

Siw.

Had he his hurts before?

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.

He's worth more sorrow, 50

He's worth no more:

And that I'll spend for him.

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.

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

All.

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!

Hail, King of Scotland!

[Flourish.

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Mal. 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 kins-

men,

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 else
That 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.

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[Flourish. Exeunt.

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Glossary.

A ONE, a man; (Theobald from Davenant, a Thane"; Grant White, "a man"); III. iv. 131. ABSOLUTE, positive; III. vi. 40. ABUSE, deceive; II. i. 50.

ACHERON, the river of the infernal regions; III. v. 15.

ADDER'S FORK, the forked tongue of the adder; IV. i. 16. ADDITION, title; I. iii. 106. ADDRESS'D THEM, prepared selves; II. ii. 24.

them

ADHERE, were in accordance; I. vii. 52. ADMIRED, wondrous-strange; III. iv.

IIO.

ADVISE, instruct; III. i. 129.
AFEARD, afraid; I. iii. 96.
AFFECTION, disposition; IV iii. 77.
AFFEER'D, confirmed; IV. iii. 34.
ALARM, call to arms; V. ii. 4.
ALARUM'D, alarmed; II. i. 53.
ALL, any; III. ii. 11.

"and all to all," i e. and we all (drink) to all; III. iv. 92. ALL-THING, in every way; III. i. 13. A-MAKING, in course of progress; III.

iv. 34.

ANGEL, genius, demon; V. viii. 14.
ANGERLY, angrily; III. v 1.
ANNOYANCE, hurt, harm; V. i. 84.
ANON, immediately; I. i. 10.
ANON, ANON, "coming, coming"; the

general answer of waiters; II. iii. 23. AN'T, if it; (Ff., "and 't"); III. vi. 19. ANTIC, grotesque, old-fashioned; IV. i.

130. ANTICIPATEST, dost prevent; IV. i. 144. APACE, quickly; III. iii. 6.

APPLY, be devoted; III. ii. 30.

APPROVE, prove; I. vi. 4.
ARGUMENT, subject, theme; II. iii. 126.
ARM'D, encased in armour; III. iv. 101.
AROINT THEE, begone; I. iii. 6.
ARTIFICIAL, made by art; III. v. 27.
As, as if; II. iv. 18.

ASSAY; "the great a. of art," the
greatest effort of skill; IV. iii. 143.
ATTEND, await; III. ii. 3.
AUGURES, auguries; (?) augurs; III.
iv. 124.

AUTHORIZED BY, given on the authority of; III. iv. 66.

AVOUCH, assert; III. i. 120.

BABY OF A GIRL,

girl's doll; according to others, feeble child of an immature mother"; III. iv. 106. BADGED, smeared, marked (as with a badge); II. iii. 107.

BANE, evil, harm; V. iii. 59.
BATTLE, division of an army; V. vi. 4.
BEGUILE, deceive; I. v. 64.
BELLONA, the goddess of war; I. ii. 54.
BEND UP, strain; I. vii. 79.
BENISON, blessing; II. iv. 40.
BENT, determined; III. iv. 134.
BEST, good, suitable; III. iv. 5.
BESTOW'D, staying; III. i. 30.

BESTOWS HIMSELF, has settled; III. vi.

24.

BESTRIDE, stand over in posture of defence; IV. iii. 4.

BIDES, lies; III. iv. 26.
BILL, catalogue; III. i. 100.

BIRNAM, a high hill twelve miles from
Dunsinane; IV. i. 93.

BIRTHDOM, land of our birth, mothercountry; IV. iii. 4.

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BLADED; "b. corn," corn in the blade, | CHAUDRON, entrails; IV. i.
when the ear is still green; IV. i. 55.
BLIND-WORM, glow-worm; IV. i. 16.
BLOOD-BOLTER'D, locks matted into
hard clotted blood; IV. i. 123.
BLOW, blow upon; I. iii. 15.
BODEMENTS, forebodings; IV. i. 96.
BOOT; "to b.", in addition; IV. iii. 37.
BORNE, conducted, managed; III. vi. 3.
BORNE IN HAND, kept up by false
hopes; III. i. 81.

CHILDREN (trisyllabic); IV. iii. 177.
CHOKE THEIR ART, render their skill
useless; I. ii. 9.

CHUCK, a term of endearment; III. ii.

BOSOм, close and intimate; I. ii. 64.
BRAINSICKLY, madly; II. ii. 46.
BREAK, disclose; I. vii. 48.
BREECH'D, "having the very hilt, or
breech, covered with blood"; (ac-
cording to some "covered as with
breeches "); II. iii. 122.

BREED, family, parentage; IV. iii. 108.
BRINDED, brindled, streaked; IV. i. 1.
BRING, conduct; II. iii. 52.
BROAD, plain-spoken; III. vi. 21.
BROIL, battle; I. ii. 6.

BROKE OPE, broken open; II. iii. 72.
BUT, only; I. vii. 6.
By, past; IV. i. 137.

BY THE WAY, casually; III. iv. 130.

CABIN'D, Confined; III. iv. 24. CAPTAINS, trisyllabic; (S. Walker conj. "captains twain"); I. ii. 34. CARELESS, uncared for; I. iv. 11. CASING, encompassing, all surrounding; III. iv. 23.

'CAUSE, because; III. vi. 21. CENSURES, opinion; V. iv. 14. CHAMPION ME, fight in single combat with me; III. i. 72.

CHANCED, happened, taken place; I. iii. 153.

CHAPS, jaws, mouth; I. ii. 22. CHARGE; "in an imperial c.", in executing a royal command; IV. iii.

20.

CHARGED, burdened, oppressed; V. i. 60.

45.

CLEAR, serenely; I. v. 72.

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innocent, guiltless; I. vii. 18.
unstained; II. i. 28.
CLEARNESS, clear from suspicion; III.
i. 133.

CLEPT, called ; III. i. 94.
CLING, shrivel up; V. v. 40.
CLOSE, join, unite; III. ii. 14.
CLOSE, secret; III. v. 7.
CLOSED, enclosed; III. i. 99.
CLOUDY, sullen, frowning; III. vi.

41.

Cock, cock-crow; "the second c.", i.e., about three o'clock in the morning; II. iii. 27.

COIGN OF VANTAGE, convenient cor-
ner; I. vi. 7.

COLD, (?) dissyllabic; IV. i. 6.
COLME-KILL, i.e. Icolmkill, the cell of
St. Columba; II. iv. 33.

COME, which have come; I. iii. 144.
COMMAND UPON, put your commands
upon; III. i. 16.

COMMENDS, commits, offers; I. vii.

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