Lord. Of the most pious Edward with such grace Give to our tables meat, sleep to our nights, Lennox. Sent he to Macduff? Lord. He did: and with an absolute 'Sir, not I,' And hums, as who should say 'You'll rue the time And that well might Lennox. Lord. I'll send my prayers with him! 30 40 [Exeunt. SCENE I. A Cavern. ACT IV. In the Middle, a Boiling Cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three Witches. First Witch. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. First Witch. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. All. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. G ΙΟ Second Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, 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 Make the gruel thick and slab : 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. Hecate. O, well done! I commend your pains; And every one shall share i' the gains : And now about the cauldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. 20 30 40 [Music and a song: Black spirits,' etc. 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. A deed without a name. Macbeth. I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe'er you come to know it, answer me : Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd and trees blown down; Though palaces and pyramids do slope Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure Even till destruction sicken; answer me To what I ask you. 50 60 First Witch. Say, if thou 'dst rather hear it from our mouths, Or from our masters. Macbeth. Call 'em; let me see 'em. First Witch. Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten From the murtherer's gibbet throw Thunder. First Apparition: an armed Head. Macbeth. Tell me, thou unknown power,— First Witch. He knows thy thought: 70 Hear his speech, but say thou nought. Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me enough. [Descends. Thunder. Second Apparition: a bloody Child. Second Apparition. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Second Apparition. Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. 80 [Descends. Macbeth. Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder. Thunder. Third Apparition: a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand. What is this, That rises like the issue of a king, And wears upon his baby brow the round And top of sovereignty? All. Listen, but speak not to 't. Third Apparition. Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: 91 |