Macbeth: Semi-Diplomatic Edition
The Tragedye of
Macbeth
Names of the Actors.
Duncan King of Scotland Malcolme
Donalbaine } his sons Macbeth
Banquo } generalls of his armies. Macduff
Lenox
Menteth
Cathnes
Rosse
Angus } noblemen of Scotland Fleans son to Banquo
Old Seyward Duke of Northumberland
young Seyward his son
Seyton a follower of Macbeth
Lords
Doctor
Attendants
Soldiers
servants
murtherers.
an oldman.
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macduff
a Waiting Gentlewoman
Heccate
witches
Apparitions.
Scene
Scotland.
Act I
Scene I
Thunder and lightning. — Enter
three witches.
Exeunt
Scene II
Alarm within. Enter King, Malcolme
Donalbaine Lenox, with attendants.
they meet
a bleeding captaine.
Sp9Ki:
wtwhat bloody man is that he can report
as seemeth by his plight, of the revolt
yethe newest State.
as seemeth by his plight, of the revolt
yethe newest State.
Sp10Mal:
this is the Serjeant
who like a good and hardy soldior fought
’gainst my captivity: hail: hail brave friend
tel to the king the newes of this great broyle.
how didst thou leave it?
who like a good and hardy soldior fought
’gainst my captivity: hail: hail brave friend
tel
to the king the newes of this great broyle.
how didst thou
leave it?
Sp11C:
doutfull it stood
as two spent swimmers that doe cling togeather
and choak their art: the merciless macdonnell
from yethe west isles of kernes is well supplied
as two spent swimmers that doe cling togeather
and choak their art: the merciless macdonnell
from yethe west isles of kernes is well supplied
and fortune on his damned quarrel*
smiling
shewd like a rebels whore but all’s
too weake
for brave Macbeth (well he deserves the
name)
disdaining fortune with his brandishd Steel
which smoakd with bloody execution
(like valours minion) carved out his passage
untill he fac’d the slave
who never shook hands or bad farwell unto
him
till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’ chops
and fixt his head upon our battlements.
Sp13C:
as when yethe sun gives his reflexion
shipwracking storms and direfull thunders breaking
so from ytthat spring whence comfort seemde to brim come
discomfort swells: mark King of Scotland Marke
no sooner justice had, with valour arm’d
compelld those skipping kerns to trust their heels
but the Norweian Lord surveiying vantage
with furbusht armes and new supplyes of men
began a fresh assault
his reflexion
shipwracking storms and direfull thunders breaking
so from ytthat spring whence comfort seemde to brim come
discomfort swells: mark King of Scotland Marke
no sooner justice had, with valour arm’d
compelld those
skipping kerns to trust their heels
but the Norweian Lord surveiying vantage
with furbusht armes and new supplyes of men
began a fresh assault
Sp15C:
yes as sparrows eagles
Or the hare yethe Lyon.
If I say truth I must report they were
as cannons overchargd wthwith double cracks
for doubly they redoubled stroakes on the foe.
whether they meant to bath in reeking wounds
or memorize another Golgotha
I cannot tell; but I am faint,
my gashes crye for helpe.
Or the hare yethe Lyon.
If I say truth
I must report they were
as cannons overchargd wthwith double cracks
for doubly they
redoubled stroakes on the foe.
whether
they meant to bath in reeking wounds
or memorize another Golgotha
I cannot tell; but I am faint,
my gashes crye for helpe.
Sp16K:
so well thy words become thee as thy wounds
They smack of honor both: goe get him to the Surgeon.
Enter Ross and Angus
who comes here?
They smack of honor both: goe get him to the Surgeon
.
Enter Ross and Angus
who comes here?
Sp21R:
from Fife great King
when the norweyan banners flout the skyes
and fan our people cold.
Norway himselfe wthwith terrible numbers
assisted by ytthat most disloyall traytor
yethe Thane of Cawdor began a dismall conflict,
Till ytthat Bellona’s bridegroom lapt in proofe
confronted him wthwith manlike arm gainst arm
curbing his lavish spirit, and to conclude
the victory fell on us.
when the norweyan banners flout the skyes
and fan our people cold.
Norway himselfe wthwith terrible numbers
assisted by ytthat most disloyall traytor
yethe Thane of Cawdor began a dismall conflict,
Till ytthat Bellona’s bridegroom lapt in proofe
confronted him wthwith manlike arm gainst arm
curbing his lavish spirit, and to conclude
the victory fell on us.
Sp23R:
ytthat Sweno the norweyan King
craves composition:
nor would we grant him buriall of his men
till disbursed at St Colmes hill
10000 dollars to our generall use
Sweno the norweyan King
craves composition:
nor would we grant
him buriall of his men
till disbursed at St Colmes hill
10000 dollars to our generall use
Sp24K:
No more that Thane of Cawdor shall decieve
our Bosome interest; goe pronounce his death
and with his former title greet Macbeth
our Bosome interest; goe pronounce his death
and with his former title greet Macbeth
Scene III
Thunder. Enter 3 witches.
Sp301:
A saylors wife had chestnuts in her lap
and mouncht, and mouncht and mounchd:
Give me quoth I.
arroynt thee wicth the rump fed ronion cryes.
her husband’s to Aleppo gone, master o’th’ tyger
but in a sive I’ll thither saile
and like a rat without a taile
i’ll ^doe I’ll doe and I’ll doe.
and mouncht, and mouncht and mounchd:
Give me quoth I.
arroynt thee wicth the rump fed ronion cryes.
her husband’s to Aleppo gone, master o’th’ tyger
but in a sive I’ll thither saile
and like a rat without a taile
i’ll ^doe I’ll doe and I’ll doe.
Sp341:
I my selfe have all the other
and the very ports they blow
all the quarters that they know
I’th shipmans card.
I’ll drain him dry as hay:
sleep shall neither night nor day
hang upon his penthouse lid:
he shall live a man forbid:
weary sevennights nine times nine
shall he dwindle peake and pine:
though his bark cannot belostbe lost
yet it shall be tempest tost
looke wtwhat I have.
and the very ports they blow
all the quarters that they know
I’th shipmans card.
I’ll drain him dry as hay:
sleep shall neither night nor day
hang upon his penthouse lid:
he shall live a man forbid:
weary sevennights nine times nine
shall he dwindle peake and pine:
though his bark cannot belostbe lost
yet it shall be tempest tost
looke wtwhat I have.
Sp38All:
the weyward sisters hand in hand
posters of the sea and land.
Theus doe goe g about about,
thrice to thine and thrice to mine
and thrice againe to make up nine.
peace the charm’s wound up.
posters of the sea and land.
Theus doe goe g about about,
thrice to thine and thrice to mine
and thrice againe to make up nine.
peace the charm’s wound up.
Enter Macbeth and Banquo
Sp40B:
how far is’t cal’d to Soris? wtwhat are these
so witherd and so wild in their attire
that looke not like the inhabitants oth’ Earth
and yet are on’t? live you or are you ought
ytthat man may question? You seem to understand me
by each at once her choppy finger laying
upon her skinny lips: you should be women
and yet your beards forbid me to interpret
that you are so.
so witherd and so wild in their attire
that looke not like the inhabitants oth’ Earth
and yet are on’t? live you or are you ought
ytthat man may question? You seem to understand me
by each at once her choppy finger laying
upon her skinny lips: you should be women
and yet your beards forbid me to interpret
that you are so.
Sp45B:
good Sir why doe you start and seem to fear
Things ytthat doe sound so faire? i’th’ name of truth
are ye fantasticall, or ytthat indeed
which outwardly ye show? my noble partner
you greet wthwith present grace, and great prediction
Things ytthat doe sound so faire? i’th’ name of truth
are ye fantasticall, or ytthat indeed
which outwardly ye show? my noble partner
you greet wthwith present grace, and great prediction
of noble having and of royall hope
ytthat he seems rapt withall; to me you speak not.
If you can looke into yethe seeds of time
and say which grain will grow and which will not
Speake then to me who neither beg nor fear
your favours nor your hate
Sp53M:
stay you imperfect speakers tell me more.
by sinells death I know I’m thane of Glamis
but how of Cawdor? the thane of Cawdor lives
a prosperous Gentleman: and to be King
Stands not within yethe prospect of beliefe
no more then to be Cawdor. say from whence
you owe this strange intelligence, or why
upon this blasted heath you stop our way
with such prophetick greeting?
speake I charge you. (witches vanish.
by sinells death I know I’m thane of Glamis
but how of Cawdor? the thane of Cawdor lives
a prosperous Gentleman: and to be King
Stands not within yethe prospect of beliefe
no more then to be Cawdor. say from whence
you owe this strange intelligence, or why
upon this blasted heath you stop our way
with such prophetick greeting?
speake I charge you. (witches vanish.
Sp55M:
into the aeire and wtwhat seemd corporall
melted as breath into the wind.
would they had stayd.
melted as breath into the wind.
would they had stayd.
Sp56B:
were such things here as we doe speake about
or have we eaten of the madding root,
that takes yethe reason prisoner?
or have we eaten of the madding
root,
that takes yethe reason prisoner?
Enter Ross and Angus.
Sp61R:
yethe King hath happyly recieved macbeth
yethe news of thy success: and when he reads
Thy personall venture in the rebells fight
his wonder and his praises doe contend
which should be thine or his: silencd wthwith ytthat
in viewing ore yethe rest o’th’ selfe same day
he finds thee in yethe stout Norweian ranks
nothing afraid of wtwhat thy selfe didst make
strange images of death. as thick as hail
came puffing posts* and every one did bear
thy praises in his Kingdoms brave defence
and powrd them down before him.
yethe news of thy success: and when he reads
Thy personall venture in the rebells fight
his wonder and his praises doe contend
which should be thine or his: silencd wthwith ytthat
in viewing ore yethe rest o’th’ selfe same day
he finds thee in yethe stout Norweian ranks
nothing afraid of wtwhat thy selfe didst make
strange images of death. as thick as hail
came puffing posts
* and every one did bear
thy praises in his Kingdoms brave
defence
and powrd them down before him.
Sp62An:
we are sent
to give thee from our Royall Master thancks
only to herald thee into his sight
not pay thee
to give thee from our Royall Master thancks
only to herald thee into his sight
not pay thee
Sp63R:
and for an earnest of a greater honor
he bid me from him call hthee thane of Cawdor
in which addition haile most worthy thane of
for it is thine.
he bid me from him call hthee thane of Cawdor
in which addition haile most worthy thane of
for it is thine.
why do you dress me in his borrowed robes
Sp66An:
who was yethe Thane lives yet
But under heavy Judgement bears ytthat life
which he deserves to loose.
whether he was combin’d with those of Norway
or else did line yethe Rebells with hidden help
and vantage, or ytthat wthwith both he laboured
in his countrys wrack, I know not:
but treasons capitall confessd and proved
have overthrowne him.
But under heavy Judgement bears ytthat life
which he deserves to loose.
whether he was combin’d with those of Norway
or else did line yethe Rebells with hidden help
and vantage, or ytthat wthwith both he laboured
in his countrys wrack, I know not:
but treasons capitall confessd and proved
have overthrowne him.
Sp67M:
Glamis and Thane of Cawdor:
The greatest is behind. thancks for your pains.
Do you not hope your Children shall be Kings
when those ytthat gave yethe Thane of Cawdor to me
promisd no less to you.
The greatest is behind. thancks for your pains.
Do you not hope your Children shall be Kings
when those ytthat gave yethe Thane of Cawdor to me
promisd no less to you.
Sp68B:
ytthat thrusted home
might yet enkindle you unto the crown
besides yethe Thane of Cawdor: but tis strange
and oftentimes to win us to our harmes,
the instruments of darkness tell us truths,
winn us wthwith honest trifles to betray us
in deepest consequence.
Cousins a word I pray you.
might yet enkindle you unto the crown
besides yethe Thane of Cawdor: but tis strange
and oftentimes to win us to our harmes,
the instruments of darkness tell us truths,
winn us wthwith honest trifles to betray us
in deepest consequence.
Cousins a word I pray you.
Sp69M:
two truths are told
As happy prologues to the swelling act
of the imperiall Theam. I thanck you Gentlemen
This supernaturall solliciting
cannot be ill; cannot be good.
if ill? why hath it given me earnest of success
commencing in a truth? If good?
why doe I yield to that suggestion
whose horrid image doth unfixe my heire,
As happy prologues to the swelling act
of the imperiall Theam. I thanck you Gentlemen
This supernaturall solliciting
cannot be ill; cannot be good.
if ill? why hath it given me earnest of success
commencing in a truth?
If good?
why doe I yield to that suggestion
whose horrid image doth unfixe my heire,
and make my seated heart knock at my rifbbs
against the use of nature? present feares
are less then horrible imaginings:
my thought whose murther yet is but fantasticall
shakes so my single state of man
that function is quite smotherd in surmise
and nothing is but wtwhat is not.
Sp72B:
new honours come upon him
like our strange garments, cleave not to the mold
but with yethe aide of use.
like our strange garments, cleave not to the mold
but with yethe aide of use.
Sp75M:
give me your favour
my dull brain was wrought with things forgotten.
Kind Gentlemen your pains are registred
where every day I turne yethe leafe
to read em.
let us toward the King: thinck upon
wtwhat hath chance*: and at more leysure
The interim having weigh’d it lett us speake
our free hearts each to other
my dull brain was wrought with things forgotten.
Kind Gentlemen your pains are registred
where every day I turne yethe leafe
to read em.
let us toward the King: thinck upon
wtwhat hath chance*: and at more leysure
The interim having weigh’d it lett us speake
our free hearts each to other
Exeunt
Sc: IV
Enter King Malcolme Donalbaine
Lenox and Attendants.
Sp79Mal:
my liedge they are not yet come back.
but I have spoke with one ytthat saw him dye:
who did report ytthat very franckly, he
confessd his treasons implord your highness pardon
and set forth a deep repentance:
nothing in his life became him
like leaving it. he dyed
as one that had been studyed in his death
to throw away the dearest thing he owed
as ’twere a trifle.
but I have spoke with one ytthat saw him dye:
who did report ytthat very franckly, he
confessd his treasons implord your highness pardon
and set forth a deep repentance:
nothing in his life became him
like leaving
it. he dyed
as one that had been studyed in his death
to throw away the dearest thing he owed
as ’twere a trifle
.
Sp80K:
There’s no art
to know the minds construction by yethe face:
he was a Gentleman on whom I built
an absolute trust
Enter Macbeth Banquo Ross
and Angus.
o worthyest Cousin
yethe sin of my ingratitude ev’n now
was heavy on me. thou art so far before
that swiftest wing of recompence is slow
to overtake thee. would thou hadst less deserv’d
That yethe ꝑproportion both of thanckes and payment
might have been mine: onely I have left to say
more is thy due, then more then all can pay
to know
the minds construction by yethe face:
he was a Gentleman on whom I built
an absolute trust
Enter Macbeth Banquo Ross
and Angus.
o worthyest Cousin
yethe sin of my ingratitude ev’n now
was heavy on me. thou art so far before
that swiftest wing of recompence is slow
to overtake thee. would thou hadst less deserv’d
That yethe ꝑproportion both of thanckes and payment
might have been mine: onely I have left to say
more is thy due, then more then all can pay
your highness part is to recieve our duty’s
our Duties are both
to your throne and state
children and servants; wchwhich doe but wtwhat they should
by doing every thing safe to your love
and honor
Sp82K:
wellcom hither
I have begun to plant thee and will labor
to make thee full of growing. Noble Banquo
thou hast no less deservd, nor must be known
less to have done so: let me enfold thee
and hold thee to my heart.
I have begun to plant thee and will labor
to make thee full of growing. Noble Banquo
thou hast no less deservd, nor must be known
less
to have done so: let me enfold thee
and hold thee to my heart.
Sp84Ki:
my plenteous Joys
wanton in fullness seek to hide themselfes
in drops of sorrow. Sons Kinsmen Thanes
and you whose places are the nearest, know
we will establish our estate upon
our eldest malcolme, whom we name hereafter
The prince of Cumberland: wchwhich honor must
not unaccompanied invest him only,
but stars of nobleness on all shall shine.
from hence to Envernes
and bind us further to you.
wanton in fullness seek to hide themselfes
in drops of sorrow. Sons Kinsmen Thanes
and you whose places are the nearest, know
we will establish our estate upon
our eldest malcolme, whom we name hereafter
The prince of Cumberland: wchwhich honor must
not unaccompanied invest him only,
but stars of nobleness on all shall shine
.
from hence to Envernes
and bind us further to you.
Sp85Mac:
the Rest is labour, which is not usd for you
I’ll be my selfe yethe harbinger and make joyfull
yethe hearing of my wife with your approach
so humbly take my leave.
I’ll be my selfe yethe harbinger and make joyfull
yethe hearing of my wife with your approach
so humbly take my leave.
Sp87Mac:
Sp88K:
true worthy Banquo: he is full so valiant
and in his commendations I am fed:
it is a banquet to me. let’s after him
whose care is gone before to bid us wellcome.
it is a peerless kinsman (Exeunt)
and in his commendations I am fed:
it is a banquet to me. let’s after him
whose care is gone before to bid us wellcome.
it is a peerless kinsman (Exeunt)
Scene V
Enter Macbeths Lady alone reading
a letter
*.
Sp89
Glamis thou art and Cawdor and shalt be
wtwhat thou art promisd: yet I doe fear thy nature,
it* too full o’th’ milk of human kindness
to catch the nearest way. thou wouldst be great,
th’art not without ambition, but without the illines
the illness should attend it. wtwhat thou wouldst highly thou
thou wouldst holily: wouldst not play false
and yet wouldst wrongly win. hie thee hither
that I may pour my spirits in thy eare
and chastise wthwith the valor of my tongue
all that impedes thee from the Golden round
which fate and metaphysicall aid doth seem
to have thee crownd with all
Enter Messenger
wtwhat is your tydings
wtwhat thou art promisd: yet I doe fear thy nature,
it* too full o’th’ milk of human kindness
to catch the nearest way. thou wouldst be great,
th’art not without ambition, but without the illines
the illness should attend it. wtwhat thou wouldst highly thou
thou wouldst holily: wouldst not play false
and yet wouldst wrongly win.
hie thee hither
that I may pour my spirits in thy eare
and chastise wthwith the valor of my tongue
all that impedes thee
from the Golden round
which fate and metaphysicall aid doth seem
to have thee crownd with all
Enter Messenger
wtwhat is your tydings
is not thy master wthwith him? who wer’t so
would have informd, for preparation.
Sp92Mes:
so please you it is true: Our Thane is coming
one of my fellows had the speed of him
who almost dead for breath, had scarcely more
then would make up his message.
one of my fellows had the speed of him
who almost dead for breath, had scarcely more
then would make up his message.
Sp93La:
Gidve him tending
he brings great newes.
The raven himselfe is hoarse
ytthat croakes the fatall entranc of Duncan
under my battlements. come you spirits
that tend on mortall thoughts, un sexunsex me here
and fill‸ mefrom yethe crown to’th toe top full
of direst cruelty: make thick my blood
stop up the access and passage to my blood remorse
ytthat no compunctious visitings of nature
shake my fell purpose nor keep paece between
The effect and it. Come to my womans breasts
and take my milk for gall you murthring ministers.
wherever, in your sightless substances,
you wait on natures mischief. come thick night
and pall thee in the blackest smoak of hell
that my sharp knife see not the wound it makes
nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
to cry hold hold.
Enter Macbeth
Great Glamis worthy Cawdor
greater then both by the all haile here after,
thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant present and I feel now
The future in the instant.
he brings great newes.
The raven himselfe is hoarse
ytthat croakes the fatall entranc of Duncan
under my battlements. come you spirits
that tend on mortall thoughts, un sexunsex me here
and fill‸ mefrom yethe crown to’th toe top full
of direst cruelty: make thick my blood
stop up the access and passage to my blood remorse
ytthat no compunctious visitings of nature
shake my fell purpose nor keep paece between
The effect and it
. Come to my womans breasts
and take my milk for gall you murthring ministers.
wherever, in your sightless substances,
you wait on natures mischief. come thick night
and pall thee in the blackest
smoak of hell
that my sharp
knife see not the wound it makes
nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
to cry hold hold.
Enter Macbeth
Great Glamis worthy Cawdor
greater then both by the all haile here after,
thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant present and I feel now
The future in the instant.
Sp97L:
O Never
shall sun ytthat morrow see.
your face my Thane is as a booke where men
may read strange matters to beguile the time.
look like yethe time bear welcome in they eye,
your hand your tongue: look like the innocent flower
but be yethe serpent under’t. he that’s coming
must be provided for: and you shall put
this nights great business into my dispatch
which shall to all our nights and dayes to come
give solely sovereign sway and Masterdom
shall sun ytthat morrow see.
your face my Thane is as a booke where men
may read strange matters to beguile the time.
look like yethe time bear welcome in they eye,
your hand your tongue: look like the innocent flower
but be yethe serpent under’t. he that’s coming
must be provided for: and you shall put
this nights great business into my dispatch
which shall to all our nights and dayes to come
give solely sovereign sway and Masterdom
Scene VI
Enter*
King Malcolm Donalbaine
Banquo Lenox Macduff Ross an=an=gus
gus and attendants.
Sp100K:
This castle hath a pleasant seat, the aire
nimbly and sweetly recomends itselfe
unto our gentle senses.
nimbly and sweetly recomends itselfe
unto our gentle senses.
The love that follows us sometimes is trouble
Which still we thank as love. herein I teach you
how you shall thank us for your present
trouble.
Sp103La:
all our service
in every point twice done and then done double
were poor and single business to contend
against those many honors deep and wide
wherewith your Majestie loads our house:
for those of old and yethe late dignities
heapd up to them we rest your hermits.
in every point twice done and then done double
were poor and single business to contend
against those many honors deep and wide
wherewith your Majestie loads our house:
for those of old and yethe late dignities
heapd up to them we rest your hermits.
Sp104K:
wheres the Thane of Cawdor
we coursed him adt the heels and had a mind
to be his purveior: but he rides well
and his great love (sharp hAs his spurre) hath holpe him
to his home before us: fair and noble hostess we
we are your guest to night. Give me your hand
conduct me to my host we love him highly
and shall continue our graces towards him.
by your leave hostess.
Exeunt
we coursed him adt the heels and had a mind
to be his purveior: but he rides well
and his great love (sharp hAs his spurre) hath holpe him
to his home before us: fair and noble hostess we
we are your guest to night.
Give me your hand
conduct me to my host we love him highly
and shall continue our graces towards him.
by your leave hostess.
Exeunt
Scene VII
Hoboyes — Torches
Divers servants with dishes pass over
The stage
— Then Enter Macbeth
ev’n here upon yethe bank and schoole of time
we’ld Jump the life to come. but in these cases
we still have judgemetnt here that we but teach
bloody instructions, which being taught, return
to plague the ingredients
of our poyson’d challice
to our own lips. He’s here in double trust
First as I am his kinsman and his subject,
strong both against the deed: then as his host
who should against his murtherers
shut the doore,
not beare the knife my selfe. besides this Duncan
hath born his faculties so meeke: hath been
so clear in his great office that his vertues
will plead like angels, trumpet tongu’d, against
the deep damnation of his taking of:
and pitty like a naked new born-babe
striding the blast; or heavens cherubin horsd
upon
sightless curriors of the aire
shall blow the horrid deed in every eye
That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spurr
to prick the sides of my intent, but only
vaulting ambition which ore leaps it selfe
and falls o’th’ other side
Enter Lady
How now wtwhat newes?
Sp109M:
we will proceed no further in this business
he hath honord me of late, and I have bought
golden opinions from all sorts of people
he hath honord me of late, and I have bought
golden opinions from all sorts of people
which would be worn now in their newest gloss
not cast aside so soon.
Sp110La:
was yethe hope drunck
wherein you drest your selfe? haveth youit slept since?
and wakes it now to looke so green and pale
at wtwhat it did so freely? from this time
such I account thy love. art thou affeard
to be the same in thine own act and valor
as thou art in desire? wouldst thou have that
which thou esteemst the ornament of life
and live a coward in thy own esteem.
doe it you dare not and yet fain you would,
like the poor cat i’th’ proverb.
wherein you drest your selfe? haveth youit slept since?
and wakes it now to looke so green and pale
at wtwhat it did so freely? from this time
such I account thy love. art thou affeard
to be the same in thine own act and valor
as thou art in desire? wouldst thou have that
which thou esteemst the ornament of life
and live a coward in thy own esteem.
doe it you dare not and yet fain you would
,
like the poor cat i’th’ proverb
.
Sp112La:
wtwhat beast was’t then
ytthat made you break this enterprize to me?
when you durst doe it then you were a man:
and to be more then wtwhat you were, you would
be so much more the man, nor time nor place
did then adhere and yet you would make both:
They’ve made themselves, and that their fittness, now
does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
how tender ’tis to love the babe ytthat milke me,
I would while it was smiling in my face,
have pluckt my nipple from his boneless gumms
and dasht his brains out, had I but so sworn
as you have done tho this.
ytthat made you break this enterprize to me?
when you durst doe it then you were a man:
and to be more then wtwhat you were, you would
be so much more the man, nor time nor place
did then adhere and yet you would make both:
They’ve made themselves, and that their fittness, now
does unmake you. I have given suck, and know
how tender ’tis to love the babe ytthat milke me,
I would while it was smiling in my face,
have pluckt my nipple from his boneless gumms
and dasht his
brains out, had I but so sworn
as you have done tho this.
screw but yryour courage to yethe sticking place
and we’ll not faile: when Duncan is asleep
(whe’reto to the rather shall his day’s hard journey
soundly invite him.) his two Chamberlaines
will I with wine and wassel so convince
ytthat memory yethe warder of yethe sbraine
shall be a fume and yethe receit of reason
a lymbeck only. when in swinish sleep
their drenched nature lyes as drownd in death
wtwhat cannot you and I perform upon
th’ unguarded Duncan? wtwhat not put upon
his spungy officers? who shall bear yethe guilt
of this our sin
Sp115M:
bring forth men children only
for thy undaunted mettle should compose
nothing but males. will it not be recieved
when we have markd with blood those sleepy two
of his own chamber, and usd their very daggers
that they have don’t?
for thy undaunted mettle should compose
nothing but males. will it not be recieved
when we have markd with blood those sleepy two
of his own chamber, and usd their very daggers
that they have don’t?
Sp117Macb:
I’m setled and bent up.
each corporall agent to this bloody feat
away and mock the time with fairest show,
false face must hide, wtwhat yethe false heart doth know.
Exeunt
each corporall agent to this bloody
feat
away and mock the time with fairest show,
false face must hide, wtwhat yethe false heart doth know.
Exeunt
Act II
Scene I
Enter Banquo and Fleance,
with a torch wthwith them
.
Sp122B:
hold take my sword:
Theres husbandry in heaven,
Their candles are all out: take thee that too.
a hevy summons lyes like lead upon me
and yet I would not sleep
mercyfull powers restrain in me the cursed thoughts
ytthat nature does dgive way to in repose.
Enter Macbeth and servant
with a torch.
Give me my sword: who’s here?
Theres husbandry in heaven,
Their candles are all out: take thee that too.
a hevy summons lyes like lead upon me
and yet I would not sleep
mercyfull powers restrain in me the cursed thoughts
ytthat nature does dgive way to in repose.
Enter Macbeth and servant
with a torch.
Give me my sword: who’s here?
Sp124B:
wtwhat sir not yet at rest the kings a bed
he hath been in unusuall pleasure
and sent forth a great largess to your officers
this Diamond he greets yryour wife wthallwithall
by the name of most kind hostess
and shut it up in measureless content.
he hath been in unusuall pleasure
and sent forth a great largess to your officers
this Diamond he greets yryour wife wthallwithall
by the name of most kind hostess
and shut it up in measureless content.
yet when we can intreat an hour to serve
we would spend it in some words upon ytthat business
if you would grant the time.
Sp130B:
so I loose none
in seeking to augment it but still keep
my bosome franchiz’d and allegiance clear
I shall be counsaild.
in seeking to augment it but still keep
my bosome franchiz’d and allegiance clear
I shall be counsaild.
Sp133M:
goe bid thy MrsMistress when my drink is ready
she strike upon the bell. get thee to bed. (Exit Serv:
is this a dagger which I see before me
the handle towards my hand? come let me clutch thee:
I have thee not and yet I see thee still
art thou not fatall vision, sensible
to feeling as to sight? or art thou but
a dagger of the mind, a false creation
proceedindg from the hot oppressed brain?
I see thee yet in form as palpable
as this whic now I draw.
thou marshalst me the way ytthat I was going
and such an instrument I was to use.
my eyes are made the fooles o’th’ other senses
or else worth all the rest: I see thee still
and on thy glistring blade small drops of blood
which was not so before. there’s no such thing:
it is the bloody business which informs
she strike upon the bell. get thee to bed. (Exit Serv:
is this a dagger which I see before me
the handle towards my hand? come let me clutch thee:
I have thee not and yet I see thee still
art thou not fatall vision, sensible
to feeling as to sight? or art thou but
a dagger of the mind, a false creation
proceedindg from the hot
oppressed brain?
I see thee yet in form as palpable
as this whic now I draw.
thou marshalst me the way ytthat I was going
and such an instrument I was to use.
my eyes are made the fooles o’th’ other senses
or else worth all the rest: I see thee still
and on thy glistring blade small drops
of blood
which was not so before. there’s no such thing:
it is the bloody business which informs
thus my dim
eyes. now ore the one halfe world
nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse
The curtain’d sleep: witchcraft celebrates
pale Heccates offrings; and withered murther
allarum’d by his centinell the wolfe
whose howle’s his watch thus with his stealing
pace,
with tarquins Ravishing sides towards his designe
moves like a ghost. thou sowre and and firm set earth
hear not my steps,
for fear
the
very stone prate of my whereabout
and take the present horror from the time
which now suites with it. Whilst I threat he lives
words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. (bell rings
I goe and it is done; the bell invites me.
Hear it not Duncan for it is a knell
ytthat summons thee to heaven or to hell.
(exit
Scene II
Enter Lady
Sp134La:
ytthat which hath made them drunck hath made me bold
wtwhat hath quenchd them, hath given me fire.
Heark peace; it was the owle that shriekd,
The fatall bellman which gives the sternst good night:
He is about it the doores are open,
and yethe surfeted groomes doe mock their charmges
with snores; I have drug’d their possets
ytthat death and nature doe contend about them
whether they live or dye.
Enter Macbeth
wtwhat hath quenchd them, hath given me fire.
Heark peace; it was the owle that shriekd,
The fatall bellman which gives the sternst good night:
He is about it the doores are open,
and yethe surfeted groomes doe mock their charmges
with snores; I have drug’d their possets
ytthat death and nature doe contend about them
whether they live or dye.
Enter Macbeth
Sp136La:
alas I am afraid they are awak’d
and tis not done: th’ attempt and not the deed
confounds us: hearke: I laid their daggers ready
he could not miss them. had he not resembled
my father as he slept I had don’t my selfe.
My husband?
awak’d
and tis not done: th’ attempt and not the deed
confounds us: hearke: I laid their daggers ready
he could not miss them. had he not resembled
my father as he slept I had don’t my selfe
.
My husband?
Sp147M:
There’s one did laugh in’s sleep
and one cry’d murder; that they did wake themselves.
I stood and heard them: but they did say their prayers
and fell again to sleep.
and one cry’d murder; that they did wake themselves
.
I stood and heard them: but they did say their prayers
and fell
again to sleep.
Sp149M:
one cry’d god bless us and amene the other
as if they’d seen me wthwith these hangmans hands:
listning their fear I could not say Amen
when they did say god bless us.
as if they’d seen me wthwith these hangmans hands:
listning their fear I could not say Amen
when they did say god bless us.
I had most need of blessing and Amen stuck in my throat.
Sp153M:
Methought I heard a voice cry sleep no more
Macbeth dotth murder sleep, the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the raveld sleeve of care,
the death of each days life, sore labours bath,
balm of hurt minds, great natures second course
chief nourisher in life’s feast.
Macbeth dotth murder sleep, the innocent sleep,
Sleep that knits up the raveld sleeve of care,
the death of each days life, sore labours bath,
balm of hurt minds, great natures second course
chief nourisher in life’s feast.
Sp155M:
still it cry’d sleep no more to all the house
Glamis hath murtherd sleep and therfor Cawdor
shall sleep no more: Macbeth shall sleep no more.
Glamis hath murtherd sleep and therfor Cawdor
shall sleep no more: Macbeth shall sleep no more.
Sp156L:
who was it that thus cry’d? why worthy Thane
you doe unbend yryour noble strength, to thinck
so braine sickly of things: goe get some water
and wash this filthy wittness from your hands
why did you bring these daggers from the place?
They must lye there: goe carry them and smeare
The sleepy groomes wthwith blood.
you doe unbend yryour noble strength, to thinck
so braine sickly of things: goe get some water
and wash this filthy wittness from your hands
why did you bring these daggers from the place?
They must lye there: goe carry them and smeare
The sleepy groomes wthwith blood.
Sp158L:
infirm of purpose
give me the daggers the sleeping and the dead
are but as pictures: tis the eye of Childhood
ytthat feares a painted divell. if he do bleed
I’ll guild the faces of the groomes withall
for it must seem their guilt.(exit
Knock within
give me the daggers the sleeping and the dead
are but as pictures: tis the eye of Childhood
ytthat feares a painted divell. if he do bleed
I’ll guild the faces of the groomes withall
for it must seem their guilt.(exit
Knock within
how is’t wthwith me when every noise appalls me?
wtwhat hands are here? hah! they pluck
my eyes;
will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood
clean from my hand? no: this my hand wil rather
the multitudinous seas incarnardine.
making the green one, red.
Enter Lady.
Sp160L:
my hands are of your Colour; but I shame
to wear a heart so white ( Knock
I hear a knocking at yethe south entry,
lett us goe to our chamber:
a little water clears us of this deed
how easie is it then? yryour constancy
hath left you unattended ( Knock
heark more knocking
get on yryour nightgown lest occasion call us
and shew us to be watchers: be not lost
so poorly in your thoughts.
to wear a heart so white ( Knock
I hear a knocking at yethe south entry,
lett us goe
to our chamber:
a little water clears us of this deed
how easie is it then? yryour constancy
hath left you unattended ( Knock
heark more knocking
get on yryour nightgown lest occasion call us
and shew us to be watchers: be not lost
so poorly in your thoughts.
Sp161M:
to know my thoughts
twere best not know my selfe ( Knock
wake Duncan with thy knocking:
I wish thou couldst.
Exeunt
twere best not know my selfe ( Knock
wake Duncan with thy knocking:
I wish
thou couldst.
Exeunt
Scene III
Enter a Porter dressing himselfe.
Knock all the while.
Enter Macduffe and Lenox
Sp177L:
the night has been unruly:
where we lay our Chimneys were blown down
and (as they say) lamentings heard i’th’ aire;
strange schreams of Death
and prophecying with accents terrible
of dire combustions and confusd eventes
new hatchd to’th’ wofull time.
The obscure bird did clamor all the night,
some say the earth was fevourous and did shake
where we lay our Chimneys were blown down
and (as they say) lamentings heard i’th’ aire;
strange schreams of Death
and prophecying with accents terrible
of dire combustions and confusd eventes
new hatchd to’th’ wofull time.
The obscure bird did clamor all the
night,
some say the earth was fevourous and did shake
Enter Macduffe
Sp182Macd:
confusion now hath made his masterpiece:
most sacrilegious murther hath broke ope
The Lords anoynted temple and stoln thence
the life o’th’ building.
most sacrilegious murther hath broke ope
The Lords anoynted temple and stoln thence
the life o’th’ building.
Sp185Macd:
approach the chamber and destroy your sight
with a new gorgon. doe not bid me speake.
see, and then speak your selfes: awake awake. ( exeunt
Macb: & lenox.
Ring the alarum bell: murder and treason:
Banquo and Donalbain: Malcome awake
shake of this downy sleep, Deaths counterfeit
and looke on death it selfe: up up and see
the great dooms Image: Malcolme Banquo
as from your graves rise up and walk like sprights
to countenance this horror. ring the bell.
Bell rings. — Enter Lady
with a new gorgon. doe not bid me speake.
see, and then speak your selfes: awake awake. ( exeunt
Macb: & lenox.
Ring the alarum bell: murder and treason:
Banquo and Donalbain: Malcome awake
shake of this downy sleep, Deaths counterfeit
and looke on death it selfe: up up and see
the great dooms Image: Malcolme Banquo
as from your graves rise up and walk like sprights
to countenance this horror. ring the bell.
Bell rings. — Enter Lady
Sp186La:
wt’swhat’s the business
That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley
The sleepers of the house? speake, speake.
That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley
The sleepers of the house? speake, speake.
Sp187Macd:
o gentle Lady,
tis not for you to hear wtwhat I can speake.
The repetition in a womans ear woul
would murder as it fell.
tis not for you to hear wtwhat I can speake.
The repetition in a womans ear woul
would murder as it fell.
Enter Banquo
O Banquo Banquo our Royall Master’s murder’d
Sp189B:
too cruell any where
Dear Duff I prethee contract thy selfe
and say it is not so
Enter Macbeth Lenox and Rosse.
Dear Duff I prethee contract thy selfe
and say it is not so
Enter Macbeth Lenox and Rosse.
Sp190Macb:
had I but dy’d an houre before this chance
I had liv’d a blessed time; for from this instant
There’s nothing serious in mortality:
all is but toyes: renowne and grace are dead
The wine of life is drawne, and the meer lees
is left this vault to brag of
Enter Malcome & Donalbaine.
I had liv’d a blessed time; for from this instant
There’s nothing serious in mortality:
all is but toyes: renowne and grace are dead
The wine of life is drawne, and the meer lees
is left this vault to brag of
Enter Malcome & Donalbaine.
Sp192Macb:
you are and Doe not know it
The spring the head the fountain of your blood
is stopt: the very source of it is stopt
The spring the head the fountain of your blood
is stopt: the very source of it is stopt
Sp195Len:
those of his chamber as it seems had don’t:
Their hands and faces were all badg’d wthwith blood,
so were their daggers which unwip’d we found
upon their pillows: they star’d and were distracted
no mans life was to be trusted with them.
had don’t:
Their hands and faces were all badg’d wthwith blood,
so were their daggers which unwip’d we found
upon their pillows: they star’d and were distracted
no mans life was to be trusted with them.
The expedition of my violent love
out-run the pawser reason. here lay Duncan
his silver skin lacd with his golden blood
and his gashd stabs lookd like a breach in nature
for ruines wastfull entrance: there the Murderers
steep’d in the colours of their trade; their daggers
unmannerly breechd with gore: who could refraine
that had a heart to love, and in ytthat heart
courage to make it
knowne?
Sp202D:
wtwhat should be spoken here
where our fate hid within an augure hole
may rush and seize us? let’s away,
our tears are not yet Brewed.
where our fate hid within an augure hole
may rush and seize us? let’s away,
our tears are not yet Brewed.
Sp204B:
looke to the Lady
and when we have our naked frailtys hid
That suffer by exposure; let us meet
and question this most bloody piece of work
to know it farther. fears and scrupules shake us:
In the great hand of God I stand, and thence
against the undivulgd pretence of I fight
of treasonous malice.
and when we have our naked frailtys hid
That suffer by exposure; let us meet
and question this most bloody piece of work
to know it farther. fears and scrupules shake us:
In the great hand of God I stand, and thence
against the undivulgd pretence of I fight
of treasonous malice.
Sp209Mal:
wtwhat will you doe?
lett’s not Consort with them:
to show an unfelt sorrow is an office
which the false man does easie.
I’ll to England.
lett’s not Consort with them:
to show an unfelt sorrow is an office
which the false man does easie.
I’ll to England.
Sp210D:
To Ireland I
our seperated fortune shall keep us both yethe safer
where we are there’s daggers in mens smiles
the neer in blood the neerer fbloody.
our seperated fortune shall keep us both yethe safer
where we are there’s daggers in mens smiles
the neer in blood the neerer fbloody.
Sp211Mal:
this murderous shaft that’s shot
hath not yet lighted: and our safest way
is to avoyd the ayme. therfor to horse
and let us not be dainty in leave taking
but shift away: there’s warrant in the theft
which steals its selfe when theres no mercy left.
Exeunt
hath not yet lighted: and our safest way
is to avoyd the ayme. therfor to horse
and let us not be dainty in leave taking
but shift away: there’s warrant in the theft
which steals its selfe when theres no mercy left.
Exeunt
Scene IV
Enter Ross wthwith an Oldman.
Sp212O:
threescore and ten I can remember well
within yethe volume of which time I have seen
houres dreadfull and things strange: but this sore night
hath trifled former knowings.
within yethe volume of which time I have seen
houres dreadfull and things strange: but this sore night
hath trifled former knowings.
Sp213R
ha good father,
Thou seest the heavens as troubled with mans act
threatens his bloody stage: by the clock tis day
and yet darck night strangles the travailing lamp:
is’ts nights predominance or the days shame
that darkness does the face o’th’ earth entomb
when living light should kiss it?
Thou seest the heavens as troubled with mans act
threatens his bloody stage: by the clock tis day
and yet darck night strangles the travailing lamp:
is’ts nights predominance or the days shame
that darkness does the face o’th’ earth entomb
when living light should kiss it?
a falcon towring in her pride of place
was by a mousing owle hawckt at and kild.
Sp215R:
and Duncans horses (a thing most strange & certaine
beauteous and swift, the minions of their race
turnd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flew out
contending ’gainst obedience, as if they would
make war with mankind
beauteous and swift, the minions of their race
turnd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flew out
contending ’gainst obedience, as if they would
make war with mankind
Sp217R:
They did so
To th’ amazement of my eyes ytthat lookt upon’t
Enter Macduff.
Here comes yethe good Macduff.
How goes the world sir now?
To th’ amazement of my eyes ytthat lookt upon’t
Enter Macduff.
Here comes yethe good Macduff.
How goes the world sir now?
Sp222M:
they were subornd
Malcolm and Donalbain the kings two sons
are stoln away and fled, wchwhich puts upon ’em
suspition of the deed.
Malcolm and Donalbain the kings two sons
are stoln away and fled, wchwhich puts upon ’em
suspition of the deed.
Sp226M:
carried to Colmeshill
yethe sacred storehouse of his predecessors
and guardian of their bones.
yethe sacred storehouse of his predecessors
and guardian of their bones.
Sp232O:
gods blessing goe with you sir and with those
ytthat would make good of bad and friends of foes
(Exeunt omnes.
goe with you sir and with those
ytthat would make good of bad and friends of foes
(Exeunt omnes.
Act III:
Sc: I
Enter Banquo.
Sp233B:
thou hast it now, King, Glamis Cawdor, all
just as the witches promisd, and I fear
thou plaid most fuouly for it: yet they said
it should not stand in thy posterity
but ytthat my selfe should be the root and father
of many Kings. if there come truth from them
as upon thee Macbeth their speeches shine,
why by yethe verities on the made good
may they not be my oracles as well
and set me up in hope. but hush, no more.
Enter Macbeth as King, Lady, Lenox
Rosse Lords and attendants.
just as the witches
promisd, and I fear
thou plaid most fuouly for it: yet they
said
it should not stand in thy posterity
but ytthat my selfe should be the root and father
of many Kings. if there come truth from them
as upon thee Macbeth their speeches shine,
why by yethe verities on the made good
may they not be my oracles as well
and set me up in hope. but hush, no more.
Enter
Macbeth as King, Lady, Lenox
Rosse Lords and attendants.
Sp235La:
if he had been forgotten
It had been as a gap in our great feast
And allthingsall things unbecoming.
It had been as a gap in our great feast
And allthingsall things unbecoming.
lay your commands on
me, to which my dutyes
are with a most indissoluble tye
for ever knit.
Sp240M:
we would have else desird yryour good advise
(which still hath been both grave and prosperous)
in this days counsell; but we’ll takt* to morrow
is’t far you ride?
(which still hath been both grave and prosperous)
in this days counsell; but we’ll takt* to morrow
is’t far you ride?
Sp241B:
as far my LdLord as will fill up the time
’twixt this and supper. If my horse goe not fast
I must become a borrower of the night
for a dark hour or two.
’twixt this and supper. If my horse goe not fast
I must become a borrower of the night
for a dark hour or two
.
Sp244M:
we hear our Bloody Cozins are disposd
in England and in Ireland, not confessing
their cruell parricide; filling their hearrers
with strange invention but of ytthat to morrow
Hie you to horse.
adieu till you return at night.
goes Fleance with you?
in England and in Ireland, not confessing
their cruell parricide; filling their hearrers
with strange invention but of ytthat to morrow
Hie
you to horse.
adieu till you return at night.
goes Fleance with you?
Sp246M:
I wish your horses swift and sure of foot
And so I doe comend you to their backs.
Farewell. — (exit Banquo
let every man be master of his time
til seven at night, to make society
The sweeter welcome:
we will keep our selfe till supper time alone.
And so I doe comend you to their backs.
Farewell. — (exit Banquo
let every man be master of his time
til seven at night, to make society
The sweeter welcome:
we will keep our selfe till supper time alone.
till
then, God be with you (exeunt LdsLords
sirrah a word with you, attend those men
our pleasure?
Sp248M:
bring them before us. (exit servant.
to be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus:
our fears in Banquo stick deep
and in his royalty of nature reignes ytthat
wchwhich would be feard. tis much he dares
and to that dauntless temper of the mind
he hath a wisedom ytthat doth guide his valor
to act in safety. there is none but he
whose being I doe fear; and under him
my Geniꝰus is rebuk’d, as it is said
Mark Antonies was by Caesar; he chid the witches
when first they put the name of King upon me
and bid them speake to him. then Prophet like
They haild him father to a line of Kings.
upon my head they placd a fruitless crowne
and put a barren scepter in my gripe
thence to be wrenchd with an unlineal hand
hand no son of mine succeeding: if it be so
for Banquo’s issue have I filld my mind
for them, the gracious Duncan have I murderd
put rancours in the vessel of my peace
only for them; and my eternall Jewell
GiventoGiven to the common enemie of man
to make them kings, the seeds of Banquo Kings:
to be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus:
our fears in Banquo stick deep
and in his royalty of nature reignes ytthat
wchwhich would be feard. tis much he dares
and to that dauntless temper of the
mind
he hath a wisedom ytthat doth guide his valor
to act in safety. there is none but he
whose being I doe fear; and under him
my Geniꝰus is rebuk’d, as it is said
Mark Antonies was by Caesar; he chid the witches
when first they put the name of King upon me
and bid them speake to him. then Prophet like
They haild him father to a line of Kings.
upon my head they placd a fruitless crowne
and put a barren scepter in my gripe
thence to be wrenchd with an unlineal hand
hand no son of mine succeeding: if it be so
for Banquo’s issue have I filld
my mind
for them, the gracious Duncan have I murderd
put rancours in the vessel of my peace
only for them; and my eternall Jewell
GiventoGiven to the common enemie of man
to make them kings, the seeds of Banquo Kings:
rather then so come fate into the list
and champion me to th’ utterance.
who’s there?
Enter Servant & 2 Murtherers
now goe to th’ doore, and stay there till we call (Exit ser:
was it not yesterday we spoke togeather?
Sp250Mac:
well then
now have you considered of my speeches?
*and find you now your patientnce so prædominant
are you so Gospeld to pray for this good man
and for his issue, whose heavy hand
hath bow’d you to the grave, adnd beggerd .
yours for ever? I know you are convincd
’twas Banquo brought you to this misery
now have you considered of my speeches?
*and find
you now your patientnce so prædominant
are you so Gospeld to pray for this good man
and for his issue, whose heavy hand
hath bow’d you to the grave, adnd beggerd .
yours for ever? I know you are convincd
’twas Banquo brought you to this misery
Sp252Macb:
yes in the Catalogue yethe goe for men
As hounds and, Greyhounds, mungrells, spaniels curs,
Shocks, waterrugs, and demy-wolfes are cald.
all by yethe name of dogs: the valued file
distinguishes the swift the slow, yethe subtile
the housekeeper the hunter, every one
according to the gift that bounteous nature
hath in him closd: whereby he does recieve
particular addition from yethe bill
that writes them all alike: and so of men.
now if you have a station in the file
not i’th’ worst ranck of manhood, say’t
and I will put that business in yryour bosomes
whose execution takes your enemie of
grapples you to the heart and love of us,
As hounds and, Greyhounds, mungrells, spaniels curs,
Shocks, waterrugs, and demy-wolfes are cald.
all by yethe name of dogs: the valued file
distinguishes the swift the slow, yethe subtile
the housekeeper the hunter, every one
according to the gift that bounteous nature
hath in him closd: whereby he does recieve
particular addition from yethe bill
that writes them all alike: and so of men.
now if you have a station in the file
not i’th’ worst ranck of manhood, say’t
and I will put that business in yryour bosomes
whose execution takes your enemie of
grapples you to the heart and love of us,
who wear our health but sickly in his life
which in his death were perfect.
Sp2532 M:
I am one my liege
whom the vile blows, and buffets of the world
hath so incensd, I’m careless wtwhat I doe
to spight the world.
whom the vile blows, and buffets of the world
hath so incensd, I’m careless
wtwhat I doe
to spight the world.
Sp2541 M:
and I another
so weary with disasters tugd with fortune
ytthat I would set my life on any chance
to mend it or be rid on’t.
so weary with disasters tugd with fortune
ytthat I would set my life on any chance
to mend it or be rid on’t.
Sp257Mac:
so is he mine: and in such bloody distance
ytthat every minute of his being thrust
against my neerest life: and though I could
with bare-fac’d power sweep him from my sight
and bid my will avouch it; yet I must*
for certaine friends that are both his and mine
f whose loves I must not drop, but waile his fall
whom I my selfe struck down: and thence it is
ytthat I to your assistance doe make love
masking the business from the comon eye
for sundry weighty reasons
ytthat every minute of his being thrust
against my neerest
life: and though I could
with bare-fac’d power sweep him from my sight
and bid my will avouch it; yet I must*
for certaine friends that are both his and mine
f whose loves I must not drop, but waile his fall
whom I my selfe struck down: and thence it is
ytthat I to your assistance doe make love
masking the business from the comon eye
for sundry weighty reasons
Sp260Mac:
your spirits shine through you.
within this houre at most
I will advise you when to plant your selfes
acquaint you with the perfect spy o’th’ time
within this houre at most
I will advise you when to plant your selfes
acquaint you with the perfect spy o’th’ time
The moment on’t, for’t must be done this night
and some thing from the palace. and with him
kill Fleans too that keeps him company
whose asbsence is not less materiall tometo me
then is his fathers:
resolve your selves apart
I’ll come to you anon.
Sp262Macb:
I’ll call upon you straight, abide within
it is concluded: ‸Banquo thy soules flight
if it find heaven, must find it out this night
(exeunt
it is concluded: ‸Banquo thy soules flight
if it find heaven, must find it out this night
(exeunt
Scene II
Enter Macbeths Lady wthwith a servant.
Sp267L:
nought’s had, all’s spent
where our desire is had without content
tis safer to be ytthat wchwhich we destroy
then by destruction dwell in doubt fulldoubtfull joy.
Enter Macbeth
how now my LdLord why doe you keep alone?
of Dolefull frenzies your companions making
using those thoughts wchwhich should indeed have dy’d
with them they thinck on: things without remedie
should be without regard: wt’swhat’s done is done.
where our desire is had without content
tis safer to be ytthat wchwhich we destroy
then by destruction dwell in doubt fulldoubtfull joy.
Enter Macbeth
how now my LdLord why doe you keep alone?
of Dolefull frenzies
your companions making
using those thoughts wchwhich should indeed have dy’d
with them they thinck on: things without remedie
should be without regard: wt’swhat’s done is done.
Sp268M:
wehavewe have scorchd the snake not killd it
she’ll lClose and be her selfe whilst our poor malice
remains in danger of her former tooth.
But let the frame of things disjoint
she’ll lClose and be her selfe whilst our poor malice
remains in danger of her former tooth.
But let the frame of things disjoint
Both the worlds suffer
ere we will eat our meat in fear, and sleep
in the affliction of these terrible dreames
that shake us nightly: better be with the dead
then
on the torture of the mind to lye
in restless extasie.
Duncan is in his grave:
after lifes fittfull feaver he sleeps well
treason has done its worst: nor steel nor point
can touch him further.
Sp269L:
Come on:
GentlemyGentle my LdLord, plain ore yryour Rugged lookes
be frisk and Joviall ’mong yryour guests to night
GentlemyGentle my LdLord, plain
ore yryour Rugged lookes
be frisk
and Joviall ’mong yryour guests to night
Sp270M:
so shall I love, and so I pray be you
let you remembrance still apply to Banquo
present him eminence, both with eye and tongue:
unsafe the while that we must wash
our honours in these flattring streams
and make our faces vizards for our hearts
disguising wtwhat they are
let you
remembrance still apply to Banquo
present him eminence, both with eye and tongue:
unsafe the while that we must wash
our honours in these flattring streams
and make our faces vizards for our hearts
disguising wtwhat they are
Sp274M:
there’s comfort yet they are assaileable
then be thou jocund, ere the bat hath flown
his cloystred flight, ere to black Heccat’s summons
the shard borne beetle and his drowsie hums
hath rung nights yawning peale
There shall be done a deed of dreadfull note.
then be thou jocund, ere the bat hath flown
his cloystred flight, ere to black Heccat’s summons
the shard borne beetle and his drowsie hums
hath rung nights yawning peale
There shall be done a deed of dreadfull note.
till thou applaud the deed. come seeling night
scarf up yethe tender eye of pittiful day
and with thy bloody and invisible hand
cancell and tear to pieces that great bond
which keeps me pale. light thickens
and all the crows make
wing to th’ rooky wood:
good things of day begin to hang their heads
whilst nights black agents to their preys doe rowse.
thou marvelest at my words: but hold thee still
things bad, begun, strenghthen themselfes with
ill.
so prithee goe with me.
Exeunt.
Scene III
Enter 3 murtherers.
Sp2801:
the west yet glimmers wthwith some streaks of day.
now spurs the latest traveler apace
to gain the timely inn; and near approaches
the subject of our watch.
now spurs the latest traveler apace
to gain the timely inn; and near approaches
the subject of our watch.
Sp2853
almost a mile: but he does usually
as most men doe, from hence to th’ pallace gate
make it their walk.
as most men doe, from hence to th’ pallace gate
make it their walk.
Enter Banquo and Fleance wthwith a torch.
Scene IV
Banquet prepared. — Enter Macbeth his Lady
Rosse Lenox Lords & attendants.
Sp299M:
our selfe will mingle wthwith society
and play the humble hostess
our hostess keeps her state: but in the best time
we will require her welcome.
and play the humble hostess
our hostess keeps her state: but in the best time
we will require her welcome.
Sp300La:
pronounce it for me sir to all our friends
for my heart speakes their wellcome.
Enter a Murtherer.
for my heart speakes their wellcome.
Enter a Murtherer.
Sp301Macb:
see they encounter thee with their hearts thancks
both sides are even: here I’ll sitt i’th’ midst
be large in mirth anon we’ll drinck a measure
The table round. there’s blood upon thy face.
both sides are even: here I’ll sitt i’th’ midst
be large in mirth anon we’ll drinck a measure
The table round. there’s blood upon thy face.
Sp305Mac:
thou art the best of cut throats
yet he’s good too that did yethe like for fleance:
if thou didst it thou art the non-pareill.
yet he’s good too that did yethe like for fleance:
if thou didst it thou art the non-pareill.
Sp307Mac:
then comes my fit again
I had else been perfect,
whole as yethe marble, founded as the rock;
but now I’m cabbin’d, crib’d, confin’d, bound in
to sawcy doubts and fears; but Banquo’s safe?
I had else been perfect,
whole as yethe marble, founded as the rock;
but
now I’m cabbin’d, crib’d, confin’d, bound in
to sawcy doubts and fears; but Banquo’s safe?
Sp308Mur:
yes my good LdLord: safe in a ditch he lies*
wthwith 20 bloody gashes on his head,
the least a death to nature.
wthwith 20 bloody
gashes on his head,
the least a death to nature.
Sp309Mac:
thancks for that,
There the grown serpent lies the worm that’s fled
hath nature ytthat in time will venom breed,
no teeth for th’ present. get thee gone to morrow
wee’ll hear our selves again (exit
There the grown serpent lies the worm that’s fled
hath nature ytthat in time will venom breed,
no teeth for th’ present. get thee gone to morrow
wee’ll hear our selves again (exit
Sp310La:
my Royall LdLord
you doe not give the cheer, the feast is sold
that is not often vouchd, while it is making;
tis given with wellcome: to feed were best at home
from thence the sauce to meat is Ceremony
meeting were bare without it.
Enter Banquo’s Ghost & sits in Macbet’s place
you doe not give the cheer, the feast is sold
that is not often vouchd, while it is making;
tis given with wellcome: to feed were best at home
from thence the sauce to meat is Ceremony
meeting were bare without it.
Enter Banquo’s Ghost & sits in Macbet’s place
Sp313M:
here had we now our countryes honor roofd
were the gracd person of our Banquo present
whom I may rather p clallenge* for unkindness
then pitty for mischance
were the gracd person of our Banquo present
whom I may rather p clallenge* for unkindness
then pitty for mischance
Sp314R:
his absence sir
Layes blame upon his promise. pleas’t your highness
to grace us with your royall company!
Layes blame upon his promise. pleas’t your highness
to grace us with your royall company!
Sp323La:
sit worthy friends, my LdLord is often thus
and hath been from his youth. pray you keep seat
the fit is momentarie, upon a thought
he will again be well. If much you note him
you will offend him and extend his passion.
eat and regard him not. Are you a man
and hath been from his youth. pray you keep seat
the fit is momentarie, upon a thought
he will again be well. If much you note him
you will offend him and extend his passion.
eat
and regard him not. Are you a man
a womans story at winters fire
autoriz’d by her Grandame: shame it selfe
why doe you make such faces when all’s done
you looke but on a stoole.
Sp326M:
preethee see there
looke, loe behold.
why wtwhat care I, If thou canst nod speake too.
if Charnell houses and our grave must send
Those that we bury back; our monuments
shall be the maws of kites. (exit Ghost.
looke, loe behold.
why wtwhat care I, If thou canst nod speake too.
if Charnell houses and our grave must send
Those that we bury back; our monuments
shall be the maws of kites. (exit Ghost.
Sp330M:
Blood hath been shed or now in former times
ere humane statute purg’d the gentle weale:
yes and since too murders have been performd
too terrible for the eare. the times have been
that when the brains were out amana man would dye
and there an end: but now they rise again
with 20 mortall murders on their crowns
and push us from our stooles. this is more strange
then such a murder is.
ere humane statute purg’d the gentle weale:
yes and since too murders have been performd
too terrible for the eare. the times have been
that when the brains were out amana man would dye
and there an end: but now they rise again
with 20 mortall murders on their crowns
and push us from our stooles. this is more strange
then such a murder is.
Sp332M:
I forget
doe not muse at me my most worthy friends
I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing
to those that know me. come love and health to all
Then I’ll sitt downe: give me some wine, fill full.
Enter Ghost.
I’ll drinck to th’ generall joy o’th’ whole table
and to our Dear friend Banquo, whom we miss:
forget
doe not muse at me my most worthy friends
I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing
to those that know me. come love and health to all
Then I’ll sitt downe: give me some wine, fill full.
Enter Ghost.
I’ll drinck to th’ generall joy o’th’ whole table
and to our Dear friend Banquo, whom we miss:
would he were here. to all.
Sp334M:
avant and quit my sight, let the earth hide thee:
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold
thou hast no speculation in those eyes
that thou dost glare with
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold
thou hast no speculation in those eyes
that thou dost glare with
Sp335La:
thinck of this good peers
but as a thing of custome; tis no other
only it spoiles the pleasure of the time.
but as a thing of custome; tis no other
only it spoiles the pleasure of the time.
Sp336M:
wtwhat man dare I dare: ap
aproach thou like the rugged russian bear
the armd Rhinoceros or the Hircan tyger,
take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
shall never tremble. or be alive again.
and dare me to the desart with thy sword
If trembling I inhabit, then proclaime me
the baby of a girle. hence horrible shadow Exit Ghost
unreal mockery hence. why so being gone
I am a man againe. pray you sit still
aproach thou like the rugged russian bear
the armd Rhinoceros or the Hircan tyger,
take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
shall never tremble. or be alive again.
and dare me to the desart with thy sword
If trembling I inhabit, then proclaime
me
the baby of a girle. hence horrible shadow Exit Ghost
unreal mockery hence. why so being gone
I am a man againe. pray you sit still
Sp338M:
Can such things be
you make me wonder
when now I thinck you can behold such sights
and keep the naturall rubie of yryour cheekes
when mine is white with feare.
you make me wonder
when now I thinck you can behold such sights
and keep the naturall rubie of yryour cheekes
when mine is white
with feare.
Sp340La:
I pray you speake not he grows worse and worse
question enrages him: at once good night
stand not upon the order of your going
But goe at once.
question enrages him: at once good night
stand not upon the order of your going
But goe at once.
Sp343M:
it will have blood they say.
blood will have blood.
stones have been known to move and trees to speake
augurs and understood relations have
by maggot pyes and choughes, and Rookes brought forth
the secredst* man of blood: wtwhat is the night?
blood will have blood.
stones have been known to move and trees to speake
augurs and understood relations have
by maggot pyes and choughes, and Rookes brought forth
the secredst* man of blood: wtwhat is the night?
Sp347M:
I hear it by the way: but I will send:
there’s is not one of them, but in his house
I keep a servant bribd. I will to morrow
(and betimes I will) to th’ wizard sisters.
more shall they speake: for now I’m bent to know
by yethe worst means, the worst, for my owne good
all causes shall give way; I am in blood
gone on so far, that should I wade no more
returning were as tedious as goe ore
strange things I have in head that will to hand
which must be acted, ere they may be scan’d.
there’s is not one of them, but in his house
I keep a servant bribd
. I will to morrow
(and betimes I will) to th’ wizard sisters.
more shall they speake: for now I’m bent to know
by yethe worst means, the worst, for my owne good
all causes shall give way; I am in blood
gone on
so far, that should I wade no more
returning were as tedious as goe ore
strange things I have in head that will to hand
which must be acted, ere they may be scan’d.
Scene V.
Thunder. Enter 3
witches meeting Heccate.
sawcy and much too
bold how did ye dare
to trade and traffick wthwith Macbeth
in ridles and affaires of Death;
and I yethe MrsMistress of yryour charmes
yethe close contriver of all harmes
was never calld to bear my part
or shew the glory of our art?
and which is worse all you have done
hath been but for a weyward son
spightfull & wrathfull, who (as others do)
loves for his own ends, not for you.
But make amends now: get you gone
and at the pit of Acheron
meet me i’th’ morning: thither he
will come to know his destiny.
your vessells and your spells provide
your charmes and every thing beside;
I am for th’ ayre: this night I’ll spend
unto a black and fatall end.
great business must be wrought ere noon
upon the corner of yethe moon
there hangs a vaprous drop profound
I’ll catch it ere it come to ground
and ytthat distilld by magick slights
shall rise such artificiall sprights,
as by the strenth of their illusion
shall draw him on to his confusion
He shall spurne death scorn fate
& beare
his hopes ’bove wisedome grace and feare
and you all know security
is mortalls greatest
enemie.
(Musick and a song.
Hearck I am calld: my little spirit see
sitts in a foggy cloud and calls
for me
(Exit
Scene VI
Enter Lenox and another Lord.
Sp353Le:
My former speeches
have but hit your thoughts
which can interpret farther: only I say
Things have been strangely born. The gracious Duncan
was pitied of Macbeth; marry he was dead
and yethe right valiant Banquo walk’d too late.
whom you may say if’t please you Fleans kild
For Fleans fled: men must not too late:
who cannot want the thought how monstrous
it was for Malcolme and for Donalbaine
to kill their gracious father? damned fact
how it did grieve Macbeth? did he not straight
in pious rage, the 2 delinquents tear
that were the slaves of drinck, subjects of sleep?
was not ytthat nobly done? and wisely too
for t’would have angerd any heart alive
to hear the men denye’t. so ytthat I say
he has born all things well, and I do thinke
ytthat had he Duncans sonns under the key
(as if’t please heaven he shall not) they shall find.
wtwhat ’t were to kill a father: so should fleans.
have but hit your thoughts
which can interpret farther: only I say
Things have been strangely born. The gracious Duncan
was pitied of Macbeth; marry he was dead
and yethe right valiant Banquo walk’d too late.
whom you may say if’t please you Fleans kild
For Fleans fled: men must not too late:
who cannot want the thought how monstrous
it was for Malcolme and for Donalbaine
to kill their gracious father? damned fact
how it did grieve Macbeth? did he not straight
in pious rage, the 2 delinquents tear
that were the slaves of drinck, subjects
of sleep?
was not ytthat nobly done? and
wisely too
for t’would have angerd any heart alive
to hear the men denye’t. so ytthat I say
he has born all things well, and I do thinke
ytthat had he Duncans sonns under the key
(as if’t please heaven he shall not) they shall find.
wtwhat ’t were to kill a father: so should fleans.
no more off this.
I heare
Macduff dlives in disgrace. sir can you tell
where he bestows himselfe?
Sp354L:
yethe young prince Malcolme
lives in the English court, and is reciev’d
of yethe most pious Edward with such grace
ytthat yethe malevolence of fortune, nothing
takes from his high respect. thither Macduff
is gone to pray the holy King to aid him;
to wake Northumberland and warlike Seyward
that by the help of those (with him above
to ratifie yethe work) mwe may againe
give to our tables meat sleep to our nights;
free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives;
doe faithfull homage and recieve free honors
all which we pine for now. and this report
doth so exasperate the King that he
prepares for some attempt of war
lives
in the English court, and is reciev’d
of yethe most pious Edward with such grace
ytthat yethe malevolence of fortune, nothing
takes from his high respect. thither Macduff
is gone to pray the holy King to aid him;
to wake Northumberland and warlike Seyward
that by the help of those (with him above
to ratifie yethe work) mwe may againe
give to our tables meat sleep to our nights;
free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives;
doe faithfull homage and recieve free honors
all which we pine for now. and this report
doth so exasperate the
King that he
prepares for some attempt of war
Sp356L:
he did and with an absolute sir, not I
yethe clowdy messendger turns me his back
and hums as who would say you’ll rue the time
that cloggs me with this answer
yethe clowdy messendger turns me his back
and hums as who would say you’ll rue the time
that cloggs me with this answer
Sp357Len:
and ytthat well might
advise him to a caution, t’hold what distance
his wisedome can provide. some holy Angell
flye to the court of England and unfold
his message ere he come ytthat a swift blessing
may soon return to this our suffering country,
advise him to a caution, t’hold what distance
his wisedome can provide. some holy Angell
flye to the court of England and unfold
his message ere he come ytthat a swift blessing
may soon return to this our suffering country,
under a hand accursd
Act IV
Sc: I.
Thunder — Enter yethe 3 witches
Sp3621:
Roung about the caldron goe
in the poysond entrails throw:
Toad, ytthat under cold stone
daies and nights has thirty one
sweltred venom sleeping got
boyle thou first i’th’ charmed pot.
about the caldron goe
in the poysond entrails throw:
Toad, ytthat under cold stone
daies and nights has thirty one
sweltred venom sleeping got
boyle thou first i’th’ charmed pot.
Sp3642:
fillet of a fenny snake
in yethe caldron boyle and bake:
eye of newt and toe of frog;
wool of Bat and tongue of dogg:
adders forck, and blindworms sting
lizards leg and howlets wing;
for a charm of powerfull trouble
like a hell broth boyle and bubble.
in yethe caldron boyle and bake:
eye of newt and toe of frog;
wool of Bat and tongue of dogg:
adders forck, and blindworms sting
lizards leg and howlets wing;
for a charm of powerfull trouble
like a hell broth boyle and bubble.
Sp3663:
scale of dragon tooth of wolf
withches mummy maw and gulfe
of a ravin’d salt sea shark:
root of hemlock digd i’th’ dark:
withches mummy maw and gulfe
of a ravin’d salt sea shark:
root of hemlock digd i’th’ dark:
liver of blaspheming jew
gall of goat and slips of ewe,
silver’d in the moons eclipse,
nose of turk, and Tartars lips,
finger of birthstrangled babe
ditch deliverd by a drab
make the gruel thick and slab.
Sp3682:
coole it with a baboons blood
then the charm is firm and good
Enter Heccat & other 3 witches.
then the charm is firm and good
Enter Heccat & other
3 witches.
Sp369H:
o well done I commend your pains
and every one share i’th’ gains.
and now about the caldron sing
like elves and fairyes in a ring
inchanting all ytthat you put in.
Musick and song.*
and every one share
i’th’ gains.
and now about the caldron sing
like elves and fairyes in a ring
inchanting all ytthat you put in.
Musick and song.*
Sp3702:
by the pricking of my thumbes
something wicked this way comes:
open locks who ever knocks.
Enter Macbeth
something wicked this way comes:
open locks who ever knocks.
Enter Macbeth
Sp373M:
I conjure you by ytthat wchwhich you profess
(now ere you come to know it) answer me:
Though you untye the winds and let’em fight
against the churches: though the yesty waves
confound and swallow navigation up:
thoug bladed corne be lodgd and trees blown down
though castles topple on their warders heads:
(now ere you come to know it) answer me:
Though you untye the winds and let’em fight
against the churches: though the yesty waves
confound and swallow navigation up:
thoug bladed corne be lodgd and trees blown down
though castles topple on their warders heads:
Tho pallaces and Pyramids doe slope
Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure
of natures Germain tumble alltogether
even till destruction sicken; answer me
to wtwhat I speake
.
Sp3791
poure in sowes blood ytthat hath eaten
her nine farrow: greace that’s sweaten
from the murtherers gibbet throw
into the flame.
her nine farrow: greace that’s sweaten
from the murtherers gibbet throw
into the flame.
Sp380All:
come high and low
thy selfe and office thou must show.
(Thunder
1 apparition an armed head.
thy selfe and office thou must
show.
(Thunder
1 apparition an armed head.
Sp3831: Ap:
macbeth, macbeth macbeth
beware macduff,
beware the Thane of fife. dismiss me enough
(he descends.
beware macduff,
beware the Thane of fife. dismiss me enough
(he descends.
Sp384M:
wtwhat ere thou art for thy good caution thancks
thou hast hit my feare aright. but one word more.
thou hast hit
my feare aright. but one word more.
Sp3851:
he will not be comanded. here’s another
more potent then the first.(Thunder
2dsecond apparition a bloody child.
more potent then the first.(Thunder
2dsecond apparition a bloody child.
The power of man; for none of woman borne
shall harme macbeth. (Descends
Sp389M:
Then live Macduff wtwhat need I feare of thee
but yet I’ll make assurance double sure
and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live
ytthat I may tell pale hearted feare it lyes
and sleep in spight of thunder. Thunder
3 Apparition, a child crownd
with a tree in his hand
wtwhat is this ytthat rises like the issue of a King
and wears upon his baby brow yethe round
and top of sovereignty.
but yet I’ll make assurance double sure
and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live
ytthat I may tell pale hearted feare it lyes
and sleep in spight of thunder. Thunder
3 Apparition, a child crownd
with a tree in his hand
wtwhat is this ytthat rises like the issue of a King
and wears upon his baby brow yethe round
and top of sovereignty.
Sp3913: Ap:
be lyon metled, proud, and take no care
who chafe, who fret or who conspirers are
macbeth shall never vanquishd be untill
great byrnam wood to Dunsiman high hill
shall come against him (Descends
who chafe, who fret or who
conspirers are
macbeth shall never vanquishd be untill
great byrnam wood to Dunsiman high
hill
shall come against him (Descends
Sp392M:
ytthat will never be
who can command the forrest bid thee tree
unfix his earth bound root? sweet boadments, good
rebellious dead never rise till the wood
of Bernam rise and our high plac’d Macbeth
shall live the lease of nature, Pay his breath
to time and mortall custome. yet my heart
thorobs to know one thing: tell me if yryour art
can tell so much: shall Banquo’s issue ever
Reign in this kingdom.
who can command
the forrest bid thee tree
unfix his earth bound root? sweet boadments, good
rebellious dead never rise
till the wood
of Bernam rise and our high plac’d Macbeth
shall live the lease of nature, Pay his breath
to time and mortall custome. yet my heart
thorobs to know one thing: tell me if yryour art
can tell so much: shall Banquo’s issue ever
Reign in this kingdom.
and an æternall curse fall on you. Let me know:
why sinckes ytthat Caldron? and wtwhat noise is this? (Hoboyes
Sp398All:
shew his eyes and greeve his heart
come like shadows, so depart:
A shew of 8 Kings Banquo the last
with a glass in his hand.
come like shadows, so depart:
A shew of 8 Kings Banquo the last
with a glass in his hand.
Sp399M:
thou art too like the spirit of Banquo: Down
thy crown do’s sear my eye balls, and thy haire.
Thou other gold bound brow is like the first:
a third is like the former. fithy haggs
why doe you show me this? — a fourth! start eye!
wtwhat will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doome?
another yet? a seventh? I’ll see no more
and yet the eigth appears who bears a glass
which shews me many more: and some I see
that twofold balls and triple scepters carry.
Horrible sight: oh now I see ’tis true
for the blood boltred Banquo smiles on me
and points at them for his. wtwhat is this so
thy crown do’s sear my eye balls, and thy haire.
Thou other gold bound brow is like the first:
a third is like the former. fithy haggs
why doe you show me this? — a fourth! start eye!
wtwhat will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doome?
another yet? a seventh? I’ll see no more
and yet the eigth appears who bears a glass
which shews me many more: and some I see
that twofold balls and triple scepters carry.
Horrible sight: oh now I see ’tis true
for the blood boltred Banquo smiles on me
and points at them for his. wtwhat is this so
Sp4001:
yes sir all this is so. but why
stands macbeth so amazedly?
come sisters cheere we up his sprights
and shew the best of our delights.
I’ll charm the ayer to give a sound
while you performe your antick round:
that this great king ma kindly say
our duties did his welcome pay. Musick
The witches dance and vanish.
stands macbeth so amazedly?
come sisters cheere we up his sprights
and shew the best of our delights.
I’ll charm the ayer to give a sound
while you performe your antick round:
that this great king ma
kindly say
our duties did his welcome pay. Musick
The witches dance and vanish.
let this pernicious hour
stand alwaies cursed
in the calender.
come in wthoutwithout there.
Enter Lenox.
Sp407M:
infected be the ayre on wchwhich they ride
and damnd all those that trust them. I did hear
the galloping of horse, who was’t came by
and damnd all those that trust them. I did hear
the galloping of horse, who was’t came by
Sp411M:
time thou anticipatest my dread exploits.
(pauses) The castle of Macduff I will surprize.
Sieze upon Fife; and give to th’ edge o’th’ sword
his wife his babes and all unfortunate soules
ytthat trace him in his line: no boasting like a foole
I’ll doe this deed before this purpose coole.
where are these Gentlemen
comebringcome bring me where they are
(Exeunt
(pauses)
The castle of Macduff I will surprize.
Sieze upon Fife; and give to th’ edge o’th’ sword
his wife his babes and all unfortunate soules
ytthat trace him in his line: no boasting like a foole
I’ll doe this deed
before this purpose coole.
where
are these Gentlemen
comebringcome bring me where they are
(Exeunt
Scene II
Enter Macduffs wife her son & Rosse
our fears doe make us trators
Sp416W:
wisedome? to leave his wife to leave his babes
his mansion and his titles in a place
from whence him selfe doth fly? he loves us not
he wants the natural touch. for the poor wren
(yethe most diminutive of birds) will fight
her young ones in the nest against the owle.
all is the feare and nothing is the love;
as little is the wisdome, where the flight
so runs against all reason.
his mansion and his titles in a place
from whence him selfe doth fly? he loves us not
he wants the natural touch. for the poor wren
(yethe most diminutive of birds) will fight
her young ones in the nest against the owle.
all is the feare and nothing is the love;
as little is the wisdome, where the flight
so runs against all reason.
Sp417R:
my dearest Coz.
your husband’s wise judicious and best knows
The fits o’th’ season. I take my leave of you
my pretty cozin blessing upon you.
Exit Rosse
your husband’s
wise judicious and best knows
The fits o’th’ season.
I take my leave of you
my pretty cozin blessing upon you.
Exit Rosse
Sp433S:
then the lyers and swe‸arers are fooles for there are lyars &
swearers enow to beat yethe honest men, and hang up them.
swearers enow to beat yethe honest men, and hang up them.
Sp435S:
If he were dead you would weep for him: if you would not
’twere a good sign ytthat I should soon have a new father.
’twere a good sign ytthat I should soon
have a new father.
Sp437SMes:
bless you fair dame
I doubt some danger does apraoach you neerly
If you will take a homely mans advice
be not found here: hence wthwith your little ones.
I dare abide no Longer (exit
I doubt some danger does apraoach you neerly
If you will take a homely mans advice
be not found here: hence wthwith your little ones.
I dare
abide no Longer (exit
Scene III
Enter Malcolme and Macduffe
Sp446Mac:
let us rather
hold fast the mortall sword: and like good men
bestride our down faln birth right.
hold fast the mortall sword: and like good men
bestride our down faln birth right
.
Sp447Mal:
wtwhat I believe I’ll waile
wtwhat know believe and wtwhat I can redress
as I shall find the time to friend I will.
wtwhat you have spoke it may be so perchance.
This tyrant whose sole name blisters our tongues
was onece thought honest: y’ou have lovd him well
he hath not touchd you yet. I am young but somthing
but something you may discern of him through me and wisdome
to offer up a poor and innocent lamb
t appease an angry god.
wtwhat know believe and wtwhat I can redress
as I shall find the time to friend I will.
wtwhat you have spoke it may be so perchance.
This tyrant whose sole name blisters our tongues
was onece thought honest: y’ou have lovd him well
he hath not touchd you yet. I am young but somthing
but something you may discern of him through me and wisdome
to offer up a poor
and innocent lamb
t appease an angry god.
Sp449Mal:
but Macbeth is
a good and vertuous nature may recoyle
in an imperiall charge. But I shall crave yryour bpardon.
ytthat which you are my thoughts cannot transpose
angells are bright still thou the brightest bfell.*
a good and vertuous nature may recoyle
in an imperiall charge. But I shall crave yryour bpardon.
ytthat which you are my thoughts cannot transpose
angells are bright still thou the brightest bfell.*
Sp451Mal:
perchance even there
where I did find my doubts
why in such rawness left you wife and children?
those precious motives those strong bonds of love
without taking leave; I pray you
let not my Jealousies be your dishonours
but my own safety: you may be rightly Just
wtwhat ever I shall thinck.
where I did find my doubts
why in such rawness left you wife and children?
those precious motives those strong bonds
of love
without taking leave
; I pray you
let not my Jealousies be your dishonours
but my own safety: you may be rightly Just
wtwhat ever I shall thinck.
Sp452Mac:
bleed bleed poor country
great tyranny lay thou thy basis sure
for goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs
the title is afeard. fare thee well Lord
I would not be the villain ytthat thou thinckst
for the whole space thats in the tyrants grasp
and the rich east to boot.
great tyranny lay thou thy basis sure
for goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs
the title is afeard. fare thee well Lord
I would not be the villain ytthat thou thinckst
for the whole space thats in the tyrants grasp
and the rich east to boot.
Sp453Mal:
be not offended
I speake not as in absolute fear of you
I thinck our country sincks beneath the yoake
it weeps it bleeds, and each new day a gash
is added to her wounds. I thinck withall
There would be hands uplifted in my right:
and here from gracious England have I offer
of goodly thousands. but for all this
when I shall tread upon the tyrants head
or wear it on my sword; yet my poor country
shall have more vices then it had before
more suffer and more sundry waies then ever
by him that shall succeed
I speake not as in absolute fear of you
I thinck our country sincks beneath the yoake
it weeps it bleeds, and each new day a gash
is added to her wounds. I thinck withall
There would be hands uplifted in my right:
and here from gracious England have I offer
of goodly thousands. but for all this
when I shall tread upon the tyrants head
or wear it on my sword; yet my poor country
shall have more vices then it had before
more suffer and more sundry waies then ever
by him that shall succeed
Sp455Mal:
it is my selfe I mean in whom I know
all the particulars of vice so grafted
that when they shall be open’d black Macbeth
will seem as pure as snow and the poor state
esteem him as a lambe, being compar’d
with my confineless harmes.
all the particulars of vice so grafted
that when they shall be open’d black Macbeth
will seem as pure as snow and the poor state
esteem him as a lambe, being compar’d
with my confineless harmes.
Luxurious avaricious, false deceitfull
sodain, malicious, smoaking of every
sin ytthat has a name. but there’s no bottom, none
in my voluptuousness: your wives yryour daughters
your matrons and yryour maids could not fill up
the cestern of my lust; and my desire
all continent impediments would ore bear
that did opose my will. Better Macbeth
then such a one to reigne.
Sp458Mac:
boundless intemperance
is* nature is a tyranny: it hath been
The untimely emptying of the happy throne
and fall of many Kings. but fear not yet
to take upon you wtwhat is yours: you may
convey your pleasures in a spacious plenty
and yet seem cold: the time you may so hoodwinck
we have willing dames enough: there cannot be
ytthat vulture in you to devour so many
as will to greatness dedicate themselves
finding it so inclind.
is* nature is a tyranny: it hath been
The untimely emptying of the happy throne
and fall of many Kings. but fear not yet
to take upon you wtwhat is yours: you may
convey your pleasures in a spacious plenty
and yet seem cold: the time you may so hoodwinck
we have willing dames enough: there cannot be
ytthat vulture in you to devour so many
as will to greatness dedicate themselves
finding it so inclind.
Sp459Mal:
with this there grows
in my most ill composd affection, such
a greedy avarice, ytthat were I king
I should cut of the nobles for their lands,
desire his jewells, and anothers house
and my more having, would be as a sauce
to make me hunger more, ytthat I should forge
quarrells ‸upon against yethe good and loyall
destroying them for wealth.
in my most ill composd affection, such
a greedy
avarice, ytthat were I king
I should cut of the nobles for their lands,
desire his jewells, and anothers
house
and my more having, would be as a sauce
to make me hunger more, ytthat I should forge
quarrells
‸upon against yethe good and loyall
destroying them for wealth.
growes with more pernicious root
then summer seeming lust; and it hath been
The sword of our slain Kings; yet do not feare
Scotland hath riches
to fill up your will
of wt’swhat’s your
owne. all these are portable
with other graces weighʼd.
Sp461Mal:
but I have none. the King-becoming graces
as Justice vertue*, Temperance stableness
bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowlyness
devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relesh of: but doe abound
in the division of each severall crime
acting it many waies. nay had I power I should
pour the sweet milk of concord into hell
uprore the universall peace, confound
all unity on earth
as Justice vertue*
, Temperance stableness
bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowlyness
devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relesh of: but doe abound
in the division of each severall crime
acting it many waies. nay had I power I should
pour the sweet milk of concord into hell
uprore the universall peace, confound
all unity on earth
Sp464Mac:
fit to Govern? no not fit to live. o nation miserable.
when shalt thou see thy wholesome dayes againe?
since ytthat yethe truest issue of thy throne
by his own interdiction stands accurst
and does blaspheme his breed? thy royall father
was a most sainted King: the queen that bore thee
oftner upon her knees then on her feet
dy’d every day she liv’d. fare thee well
These evills thou repeatst upon thy selfe
hath have banishd me from Scotland. o my breast
thy hopes end here.
to live. o nation miserable.
when
shalt thou see thy wholesome dayes againe?
since ytthat yethe truest issue of thy throne
by his own interdiction stands accurst
and does blaspheme his breed? thy royall father
was a most sainted King: the queen that bore thee
oftner upon her knees then on her feet
dy’d every day she liv’d. fare thee well
These evills thou repeatst upon thy selfe
hath have banishd me from Scotland. o my breast
thy hopes end here.
child of integrity hath from my soul
wipd the black scruples reconcild my thoughts
to thy good truth and honor. Divelish Macbeth
by many of these trains hath sought to winn me
into his power: and modest wisedome plucks me
from over credulous hast: but god above
Deale between thee and me; for even now
I put my selfe to thy direction and
unspeake my own detraction. here abjure
the taints and blames I laid upon my selfe
for strangers to my nature, I am yet
unknown to women, never was forswore,
scarcely have coveted wtwhat was my own,
at no time broke my faith would not betray
yethe divell to his fellow, and delight
no less in truth then life. My first false speaking
was this upon my selfe. wtwhat I am truly
is thine and my poor country’s to comand.
whither indeed before thy coming hither*
old Seyward wthwith 10000 warlike men
all ready*
at a point were setting forth
now weʼll togeather and yethe chance of goodness
be like our warranted quarrell. why are you silent?
The great assay of art but att his touch
such sanctity hath*
given his hand
they presently amend. (Exit
Sp471Mal:
’tis cald the evill,
a most miraculous work in this good King
which often since my here remain in England
I have seen him doe: how he sollicits heaven
himselfe best knows: but strangely viseted people
all swolne and ulcerous, pitifull to the eye
the meer dispair of surgery he cures
hanging a golgden stump about their necks
put on with holy prayers and tis sayd
to the succeeding royalty he leaves it
the healing benediction. with this strange vertue
he hath the gift* of Prophesie
and sundry blessings hand about his throne,
that speake him full of grace.
Enter Rosse
a most miraculous work in this good King
which often since my here remain in England
I have seen him doe: how he sollicits heaven
himselfe best knows: but strangely viseted people
all swolne and ulcerous, pitifull to the eye
the meer dispair of surgery he cures
hanging a golgden stump
about their necks
put on with holy prayers and tis sayd
to the succeeding royalty he leaves it
the healing benediction. with this strange vertue
he hath the gift*
of Prophesie
and sundry blessings hand
about his throne,
that speake him full of grace.
Enter Rosse
Sp478R:
alas poor country
almost afraid to know it selfe it cannot
be calld our mother but our grave; where nothing
but who knowes nothing is once seen to smile:
where sighs and groans & shrieks that rent yethe aire
almost afraid to know it selfe it cannot
be calld our mother but our grave; where nothing
but who knowes nothing is once seen to smile:
where sighs and groans & shrieks that rent yethe aire
ade not markd where violent sorrow seems
modern extasie: the deadmans knell
*s there scarce askt for who, and good mens lives
expire before the flowers in their caps
Dying before
they sicken
Sp489R:
when I came hither too transport the tydings
which I have heavyly borne, there ran a rumor
of many worthy nobles that were out
which twas to my beleef witnest the rather
because I saw the tyrants power afoot.
now is the time of help: yours eye in scotland
would create soldiers, make our women fight
to shake of their disasters.
which I have heavyly borne, there ran a rumor
of many worthy nobles
that were out
which twas to my beleef witnest the rather
because I saw the tyrants power afoot.
now is the time of help: yours
eye in scotland
would create soldiers, make our women fight
to shake of their disasters
.
Sp490Mal:
be’t their comfort
we are coming thither gracious England hath
lent us old Seyward and 10000 men
an older and a better soldier, none
that Christendome gives out
we are coming thither gracious England hath
lent us old
Seyward and 10000 men
an older and a better soldier, none
that Christendome gives out
Sp491R
would I could answer this comfort with yethe like.
But I have words,
that would be hould out in the desert eayre
But I have words,
that would be hould out in the desert eayre
where hearing should not catch
them
Sp493R:
no mind that’s honest
but in it shares some woe, though yethe main part
pertains to you alone
but in it shares some woe, though yethe main part
pertains to you alone
Sp495R:
lett not your ears dispise my tongue for ever
which shall possess them with the heavyest sound
which ever yet they heard.
which shall possess them with the heavyest sound
which ever yet they heard.
Sp497R:
yryour castle is surpriz’d, yryour wife and babes
savagely slaughtred: to relate the manner
were on yethe quarry of those murdered deere
to add yethe Death of you.
savagely slaughtred: to relate the manner
were on yethe quarry of those murdered deere
to add yethe Death of you.
Sp498Mal:
Mercifull heaven!
wtwhat man nere pull yryour hat down ore yryour brow’s;
give sorrow words; the grief that does not speake
whispers the orefraught heart and bids it breake.
wtwhat man nere pull yryour hat down ore yryour brow’s;
give sorrow words; the grief that does not speake
whispers the orefraught heart and bids it breake.
Sp504Mac:
he has no children. All my pretty ones?
did you say all? oh Hell Kite! all?
wtwhat all my pretty chickeens and their damme
at one fell swoope?
did you say all? oh Hell Kite! all?
wtwhat all my pretty chickeens and their damme
at one fell swoope?
Sp506Mac:
I shall doe so
but I must also feel it as a man.
I cannot but remember such thingswerethings were
that were most precious to me: did heaven look on
and would not take their part? sinfull Macduff
They were all struck for thee. Nought that I am
not for their own demerits, but for mine
fell slaughter on their soules: heaven rest them now.
but I must also feel it as a man.
I cannot but remember such thingswerethings were
that were most precious to me: did heaven look on
and would not take their part? sinfull Macduff
They were all struck for thee. Nought that I am
not for their own demerits, but for mine
fell slaughter on their soules: heaven rest them now.
Sp507Mal:
be this the whetstone of yryour sword lettgrieflett grief
convert to anger, blunt not the heart enrage
convert to anger, blunt not the heart enrage
Sp508Mac:
oh I could play yethe woman wthwith my eyes
and p braggart wthwith my tongue. but getntle heaven
cut short all intermission; front to front
bring thou this fiend of scotland and my selfe
within my swords length set him, if he scape
heaven forgive him too.
and p braggart wthwith my tongue. but getntle heaven
cut short all intermission; front to front
bring thou this fiend of scotland and my selfe
within my swords length set him, if he scape
heaven forgive him too.
Sp509Mal:
this time goes manly.
letuslet us goe to the King our power is ready
we nothing want but leave. Hellish Macbeth
is ripe for shaking and the powers above
put on their instruments; recieve wtwhat cheer you may
The night is long ytthat never finds the day.
Exeunt
letuslet us
goe to the King our power is ready
we nothing want but leave. Hellish
Macbeth
is ripe for shaking and the powers above
put on their instruments; recieve wtwhat cheer you may
The night is long ytthat never finds the day.
Exeunt
Act V.
Sc I
Enter a Doctor
& a waiting Gentlewoman.
Sp510D:
I have 2 nights watchd with you, but can find no —
truth in yryour report: whe* was it she last walk’d?
no —
truth in yryour report: whe* was it she last walk’d?
Sp511G:
since his majestie went into the field, I have seen her
rise from her bed, throw her nightgonwn upon her, unlock her
closet, take forth a paper, fold it; write upon’t, read it, afafterwards
terwards seale it, and again returne to bed; yet all this while
rise from her bed, throw her nightgonwn upon her, unlock her
closet, take forth a paper, fold it; write upon’t, read it, afafterwards
terwards seale it, and again returne to bed; yet all this while
in a most profound sleep.
Sp512D:
in this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and the other
actuall performances, wtwhat (at any time) have you heard her say?
this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and the other
actuall performances, wtwhat (at any time) have you heard her say?
Sp515G:
neither to you nor any one having no wittness to confirm my
speech. Enter Lady wthwith a tapor.
See here she comes. fast asleep ofserve her, stand close.
speech. Enter Lady wthwith a tapor.
See here
she comes. fast asleep ofserve her, stand close.
Sp521G:
it is an usuall action with her, to seem thus washing her
hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.
action with her, to seem thus washing her
hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.
Sp523D:
heark she speakes, I will set down wtwhat comes from her to
satisfie my remembrance the more strongly.
satisfie my remembrance the more strongly.
Sp524L:
out damned spot: out I say: One, two: why then tis time
to dooe’t: hell is murky. fye my Lord fye, a souldier and afeard?
wtwhat need you fear? who knows it, when none can call our power
to an accound, yet who would have thought the Old man had
had so much blood in him.
to dooe’t: hell is murky. fye my Lord fye, a souldier and afeard?
wtwhat need you
fear? who knows it, when none can call our power
to an accound, yet who would have thought the Old man had
had so much blood in him.
Sp526L:
the Thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? wtwhat will
these hands nere be cleane? no more o’ that My Lord. you spoyle
all with starting
these hands nere be cleane? no more o’ that My Lord.
you spoyle
all with starting
Sp529L:
heres the smell of yethe Blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia
will not sweeten this little hand. — Oh oh oh.
will not sweeten this little hand. — Oh oh oh.
known those ytthat have walkt in their sleeps, ytthat holily died in bed.
Sp533L:
wash your hands, look not so pale, put on yryour Nightgowne
I tell you again Banquo is buried, he cannot come out of his grave.
I tell you again Banquo is buried, he cannot come out of his grave.
Sp535L:
to bed to bed there’s knocking at the gate; come, come, give
me yryour hand wtswhat’s done cannot be undone. to bed to bed.
(exit
give
me yryour hand wtswhat’s done cannot be undone. to bed to bed.
(exit
Sp538D:
foule whisperings are abroad: unnaturall deeds
doe breed unnaturall troubles: infected minds
to their deaf pillows will discharge there secrets:
she more needs yethe devine then the Phisitian
I thinck but dare not speake.
doe breed unnaturall troubles: infected minds
to their deaf pillows will discharge there secrets:
she more needs yethe devine then the Phisitian
I thinck but dare not speake.
Sce: II
Drum and coulours. Enter Menteth, Cathnes
Lenox Angus, and soldiors.
Sp540Men:
the English power is near led on by Malcolme
his unkle Seyward and the good Macduff.
revenges burn in them.
his unkle Seyward and the good Macduff.
revenges burn in them.
Sp543L:
for certain sir he is not: I have a file
of all the gentry: there is Seyward’s son
and many unruff youths, that even now
protest their first of manhood.
of all the gentry: there is Seyward’s son
and many unruff youths, that even now
protest their first of manhood.
Sp545C:
great Dunsiname he strongly fortifies,
some say he’s mad: others that lesser hate him
doe call it valiant fury, but for certaine
but for certaine* he cannot buckcle his distemper’d cause
within yethe belt of reason.
some say he’s mad: others that lesser hate him
doe call it valiant fury, but for certaine
but for certaine* he cannot buckcle his distemper’d cause
within yethe belt of reason
.
Sp546A:
how does he feell his secret murthers stikking on his hands
since minutly revolts doe upbraid his faith breach?:
those he commands, move only in comand
not out of love: now does he find his title,
since
minutly revolts doe upbraid his faith breach?:
those he commands, move only in comand
not out of
love: now does he find his title,
hang loose about him like a Giants robe
upon a dwarfish theef.
Sp547M:
who then shall blame
his pesterd senses to recoyle and start
when all ytthat is with in him doesd condemne
it selfe for being there.
his pesterd senses to recoyle and start
when all ytthat is with in him doesd condemne
it selfe for being there.
Sp548C:
lett us march on
to give obedience where ’tis truly due:
lett’s meet the medcine of our sickly weale.
to give obedience where ’tis truly due:
lett’s meet the medcine of our sickly weale.
Scene III
Enter Macbeth Doctor and attendants
Sp550Mac:
bring me no more reports lett them all flye
till byrnam wood remove to Dunsiname
I cannot faint* with fear. wtswhat’s the boy Malcolme
was he not born of woman? the spirits ytthat know
all mortall consequences have pronouncd me thus
fear not macbeth, no man that’s born of woman
shall ere have power upon thee. 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 servant.
The divell dam thee black thou cream’d faced loon
when got thou ytthat goose looke?
till byrnam wood remove to Dunsiname
I cannot faint*
with fear. wtswhat’s the boy Malcolme
was he not born of woman? the spirits ytthat know
all mortall consequences have pronouncd me thus
fear not macbeth, no man that’s born of woman
shall ere have power upon thee. 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 servant.
The divell dam thee black thou cream’d faced loon
when got thou ytthat goose looke?
Sp554Macb:
goe prick thy face and sanguine ore* thy fear
Thou lilliy liverd boy. wtwhat soldiors slave?
death of thy soule, those linnen cheecks of thine
are cou‸nsailors to fear. wtwhat soldiors whay face?
thy fear
Thou lilliy liverd boy. wtwhat soldiors slave
?
death of thy soule, those linnen cheecks of thine
are cou‸nsailors to fear. wtwhat soldiors whay face?
is faln into the seare the Yellow leafe,
and ytthat which should accompany old age
as honor love obedience, troopes of friends
I must not looke to have: but in their stead
curses not lowd but deep, mouth-honor, breath
wchwhich the poor heart would fain deny but dare not.
Seyton?
Enter Seyton
Sp562M:
I’ll put it on
send out more horses skirt* the country round
hang those that stand in fear. give my armor:
how does your patient doctor?
send out more horses skirt*
the country round
hang those that stand in fear. give my armor:
how does your patient doctor?
Sp563D:
not so sick my LdLord
as she is troubled with thick coming fancies
that keep her from her rest
as she is troubled with thick coming fancies
that keep her from her rest
Sp564M:
Cure her of ytthat
canst thou not Minister to a mind diseasd
pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow
Raze out yethe written troubles from the brain
and with some sweet oblivious Antidote
cleanse the stuft bosome of such perilous stuff
which weighs upon the heart
canst thou not Minister to a mind diseasd
pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow
Raze out yethe written troubles from the brain
and with some sweet oblivious Antidote
cleanse the stuft bosome of such perilous stuff
which weighs upon the heart
Sp566M:
throw thy Phisick to the dog! I’ll none of it.
come put my armor on give my staff.
Doctor the thanes fly from me: could thou cast
the water of my land, find her disease
and purge it to a sound and stable health
I would applaud thee to yethe very eccho
ytthat should applaud againe. I’ll not fear death
till byrnam forrest come to Dunsiname.
to the dog! I’ll none of it.
come put my armor on give my staff.
Doctor the thanes fly from me: could thou cast
the water of my land, find her disease
and purge it to a sound and stable
health
I would applaud thee to yethe very eccho
ytthat should applaud againe. I’ll not fear death
till byrnam forrest come to Dunsiname.
Profit again should hardly find
me here.
(Exeunt.
Scene IV
Enter
Malcolme, Seyward Macduff Seyward’s son
Menteth, Cathnes, Angus, & soldiers Marching.
Sp572Mal:
let every soldier cut him down a bough
and bear’t before him, thereby shall we shadow
the numbers of our hoast, and make discovery
err in report of us.
him down a bough
and bear’t before him, thereby shall we shadow
the numbers of our hoast, and make discovery
err in report of us.
Sp574Sey:
we learn no other, but yethe confident tyrant
keeps still in Dunsinane and will endure
our setting down before’t.
keeps still in Dunsinane and will endure
our setting down before’t.
Sp576Sey:
the time aproaches
which will with due decision make us know
wtwhat we shall say we have and wtwhat we owe.
speculative thoughts their usure hopes relate
but certain issue strokes must arbitrate
towards which advance the warr.
(Exeunt Marching
which will with due decision make us know
wtwhat we shall say we have and wtwhat we owe.
speculative thoughts their usure
hopes relate
but certain issue strokes must arbitrate
towards which advance the warr.
(Exeunt Marching
Scene V
Enter Macbeth, Seyton and Soldiors
.
Sp577Mac:
hang out our banners on the outward walls
the cry is still, they come: our Castles strength
will laugh a siedge to scorne: here let em lye
till famine and them up
were they not backd wthwith those that should be ours
we might have met them boldly beard to beard,
and beat them bacward home. wtwhat is ytthat noise. (a cry of Women
the cry is still, they come: our Castles strength
will laugh a siedge to scorne: here let em lye
till famine and them up
were they not backd
wthwith those that should be ours
we might have met them boldly
beard to beard,
and beat them bacward home. wtwhat is ytthat noise. (a cry of Women
Sp579Macb:
I have almost forgot the tast of feares:
The time has been my senses would have feard to
to hear a night shrieke. I have supt full with horrors
direness familiar to my PMurderous thoughts
cannot once start me. wherefor was ytthat cry
The time has been my senses would have feard
to
to hear a night shrieke
. I have supt full with horrors
direness familiar to my PMurderous
thoughts
cannot once start me. wherefor was ytthat cry
Sp581Macb:
she should have dy’d hereafter*
out out blrief candle
life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
that struts and fretts his hour upon pthe stage
and then is heard no more; it is a tale
told by an Ideot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing (enter Messenger.
Thou coms’t to use thy tongue; thy story quickly.
out out blrief candle
life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
that struts and fretts his hour upon pthe stage
and then is heard no more; it is a tale
told by an Ideot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing (enter Messenger.
Thou coms’t to use thy tongue; thy story quickly.
Sp584Mes:
as I did stand my watch upon the hill
I lookd towards Byrnam, and anon methought
yethe wood began to move.
I lookd towards Byrnam, and anon methought
yethe wood began to move.
Sp586Mes:
let me endure your wrath if ’t be not so
wthinwithin this 3 mile you may see it coming
I say a moving grove.
wthinwithin this 3 mile you may see it coming
I say a moving grove.
Sp587Macb:
if thou speakst false
upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive
till famine cling thee. if thy speech be truth
I care not if thou dost for me as much.
I pull in resolution and begin
to doubt the equivocation of the fiend
that lies in truth. fear not till Byrnam wood
doe come to Dunsinane, and now a wood
comes towards Dunsiname. Arm arm & out
upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive
till famine cling thee. if thy speech be truth
I care not if thou dost for me as much.
I pull in resolution and begin
to doubt the equivocation of the fiend
that lies in
truth. fear not till Byrnam wood
doe come to Dunsinane, and now a wood
comes towards Dunsiname. Arm arm & out
if this which he avouches does appear
there’s nether flying hence nor fstaying
here
I grow
to be aweary of yethe sun
and wish the estate oth’ world were now undone.
Ring the alarum bell; blow wind. come wrack
at least wee’l dye wthwith harness on our back. (exeunt.
SC: VI
Enter
Malcolme Seyward Macduffe, and
their Army with boughes.
Sp588Mal:
now neer enough
yryour leavy screens throw downe
and shew like those you are: you worthy unkle
shall wthwith my Cousin yryour right noble son
lead our first battle; worthy Macduff and we
will take upon’s wtwhat else remains to doe
according to our order
yryour leavy screens throw downe
and shew like those you are: you worthy unkle
shall wthwith my Cousin yryour right noble son
lead our first battle; worthy Macduff and we
will take upon’s wtwhat else remains to doe
according to our order
Sp589Sey:
fare you well
do we but find the tyrants power to night
let us be beaten If we cannot fight
do we but find the tyrants power to night
let us be beaten If we cannot fight
Sp590Macd:
make all our trumpets speake, give them all breath
Those clamourous harbingers of blood and death. (Exeunt
Those clamourous harbingers of blood and death. (Exeunt
Sc: VII
Enter Macbeth
Sp591Mac:
they have ty’d me to a stake I cannot flye
but bearlike I must fight the course. wtswhat’s he that
was not born of woman? such a one
am I to feare.
Enter young Seyward
but bearlike I must fight the course. wtswhat’s he that
was not born of woman? such a one
am I to feare
.
Enter young Seyward
Sp598Y:S:
thyou lyest abhorred tyrant, wthwith my sword
I’ll prove the lye thou speakst.
(Fight, yong Seyward slain
I’ll prove the lye thou speakst.
(Fight, yong Seyward slain
Sp599Mac:
thou wast born of woman,
all swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn
dBrandishd by man that’s of a woman borne. (Exit
Alarmes — Enter Macduff.
all
swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn
dBrandishd by man that’s of a woman borne. (Exit
Alarmes — Enter Macduff.
Sp600Macd:
that way the noise is: tyrant show thy face
If thou bee’st slain and wthwith no stroke of mine
my wife and childrens ghosts will haunt me still.
I cannot strike at wretched Kernes, whose armes
are hyr’d to bearde their swords; either thouMacbeththou Macbeth
or else my sword wthwith an unbatterd edge
I sheath again unbloody*. there thou shouldst be.
by this great clatter, one of greatest note
seems bruited. lett me find him fortune
and more I beg not (Exit) Alarms.
Enter Malcolme & Seward.
If thou bee’st slain and wthwith no stroke of mine
my wife and childrens ghosts will haunt me still.
I cannot strike at wretched Kernes, whose armes
are hyr’d to bearde their swords
; either thouMacbeththou Macbeth
or else my sword wthwith an unbatterd edge
I sheath again unbloody*
. there thou shouldst be.
by this great clatter, one of greatest note
seems bruited. lett me find him fortune
and more I beg not (Exit) Alarms.
Enter Malcolme & Seward.
Sp601Sey:
this way my LdLord the castle’s gently renderd
The tyrants people on both sides do fight,
the noble Thanes doe bravely in yethe warr
The day, almost it selfe professes yours,
and little is to doe. enter sir the Castle (Exeunt) Alarms
Enter Macbeth
The tyrants people on both sides do fight,
the noble Thanes doe bravely in yethe warr
The day, almost it selfe professes yours,
and little is to doe. enter
sir the Castle (Exeunt) Alarms
Enter Macbeth
Sp602Mac:
why should I play the roman foole, and dye
on mine own sword? whilst I see lives, the gashes
doe better upon them.
Enter Macduff
on mine own sword? whilst I see lives, the gashes
doe better upon them.
Enter Macduff
Sp604Macb:
of allmenall men else I have avoided thee.
so get thee back my soul is too much charg’d
with blood of thine already.
so
get thee back my soul is too much charg’d
with blood of thine already.
then terms can speake thee
. Fight Alarmes.
Sp606Macb:
thou loosest labour
as easy maist thou the unfeeling* aire
with thy sharp sword impress as make me bleed:
let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests
I bear a charmed life, which must not yield
to one of woman borne
as easy maist thou the unfeeling*
aire
with thy sharp
sword impress as make me bleed:
let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests
I bear a charmed life, which must not yield
to one of woman borne
Sp607Macd:
dispaire thy charme
and lett thy angell whom still thou hast servd
tell thee Macduff was from his mothers womb
untimely ript.
and lett thy angell whom still thou hast servd
tell thee Macduff was from his mothers womb
untimely ript.
Sp608Macb:
accursed be that tongue that tells me so
for it hath cow’d my better part of man:
and be those jugling fiends no more beleevd
that palter with us in a double sence
that keep the word of promise to our eare
and breake it to our hope. I’ll not fight with thee.
for it hath cow’d my better part of man:
and be those jugling fiends no more beleevd
that palter with us in a double sence
that keep the word of promise to our eare
and breake it to our hope. I’ll not fight with thee.
Sp609Macd:
then yeeld thee coward
and live to be the shew and gaze o’th time.
we’ll have thee as our rarer monsters are
printed upon a pole and underwrit
here may you see a tyrant
and live to be the shew and gaze o’th time.
we’ll have thee as our rarer monsters are
printed upon a pole and underwrit
here may you see a tyrant
Sp610Macb:
I will not yield
to kiss the ground before young malcuolms feet
and to be baited with the rabbles curse,
tho Byrnam wood be come to Dunsinane
and thou opposd being of no woman borne
yet I will try the last. before my body I
I throw my warlike shield: Lay on Mackduff
And damd be he ytthat first crys hold enough
(exeunt Fighting) Alarms.
to kiss the ground before young malcuolms feet
and to be baited with the rabbles curse,
tho Byrnam wood be come to Dunsinane
and thou opposd being of no woman borne
yet I will try the last. before my body I
I throw my warlike shield: Lay on Mackduff
And damd be he ytthat first crys hold enough
(exeunt Fighting) Alarms.
Enter again and Macbeth is slain.
Retreat and Flourish enter with drum and
colours Mallcolme Seyward Ross
& soldiers.
Sp614R:
yryour son my LdLord has payd a soldiors debt
he only livd untill he was a man
yethe wchwhich no sooner his prowess had confirmd
in the unshrinking station where he fought
but like a man he dy’d.
he only livd untill
he was a man
yethe wchwhich no sooner his prowess had confirmd
in the unshrinking station where he fought
but like a man he dy’d.
Sp616R:
yes and brought of the field: yryour cause of sorrow
must not be measur’d by his worth for then
it hath no end
must not be measur’d by his worth for then
it hath no end
Sp619Sey:
why then Gods soldier be he
had I as many sonns as I have haires
I would not wish them to a fairer death
and so his knell is knowld.
had I as many sonns as I have haires
I would not wish them to a fairer death
and so his knell is knowld.
Sp621Sey:
he’s worth no more.
they say he parted well and paid his score.
so God be with him.
Here comes newer comfort.
Enter Macduff wthwith Macbeths head.
they say he parted well and paid his score.
so God be with him.
Here comes newer comfort.
Enter Macduff wthwith Macbeths head.
Sp622Macd:
haile king for so thou art
vbehold where stands th
The usurpers cursed head: the time is free:
I see thee compast wthwith thy Kingdomes pealrles,
vbehold where stands th
The usurpers cursed head: the time is free:
I see thee compast wthwith thy Kingdomes pealrles
,
that speake my salutation in their mind
whose voices I desire aloud with mine.
Haile King of Scotland
Sp624Mal:
we shall not spend a large expence of time
before we reckon with your severall loves
and make us even wthwith you. My Thanes & Kinsmen
Henceforth be earles, the fisrst that ever Scotland
In such an honor nam’d: wtswhat’s more to doe
which would be planted newly with the times
as calling home our exild friends abroad
that fled the snares of watchfull tyranny
producing forth cruell ministers
of this dead Butcher, and his fiendlike queen;
who as ’tis thought by selfe and violent hands
tooke of her life. this and wtswhat’s needfull else
that calls upon us, by the grace of grace
we will performe in measure time and place
so thanckes to all at once and to each one
whom we invite to see us crownd at Scone.
Exeunt omnes
before we reckon with your severall loves
and make us even wthwith you. My Thanes & Kinsmen
Henceforth be earles, the fisrst that ever Scotland
In such an honor nam’d: wtswhat’s more to doe
which would be planted newly with the times
as calling home our exild friends abroad
that fled the snares of watchfull tyranny
producing forth cruell ministers
of this dead Butcher, and his fiendlike queen;
who as ’tis thought by selfe and violent hands
tooke of her life. this and wtswhat’s needfull else
that calls upon us, by the grace of grace
we will performe in measure time and place
so thanckes to all at once and to each one
whom we invite to see us crownd at Scone.
Exeunt
omnes
Finis Anno Dñidomini 1694
Annotations
(Aside)
This stage direction and the following one seem to be revisions added by the scribe
on a second reading or at a later stage.
takt
are … s
Gap: corner of the leaf neatly cut out. The F2 text reads
Are made, not mark’d: Where violent sorrow seemes / A Moderne extasie: The Deadmans knell, / Is.
you
Transcription error for
your(F2).
it
Scribal omission: should be
it is(F2).
is
Transcription error for
in(F2).
whe
Stands for
when(F2).
chance
Transcription error for
chanced(F2).
night
This could be an emendation or an error for
light(F2).
quarrel
Textual emendation first attributed to Hanmer.
Quarrycan, however, mean
a heap of dead men; a pile of dead bodies(OED quarry, n.1.2.b).
hail came puffing posts
Hailand
cameare two textual emendations first attributed to Rowe.
well
Scribal emendation for
done(F2).
must
Scribal emendation which changes the meaning.
faint
An original scribal emendation for
taint(F2), which is usually understood as
lose courage,but this instance is the first citation of the word in this sense in the OED.
Faintis an ingenious alternative.
lies
Scribal emendation.
song
The title of the song
Black Spirits, &.c.(F2) is omitted, perhaps because it refers to devils, unless because the song is no longer commonly known by the late seventeenth century.
vertue
The choice of
vertueinstead of
Verity.(F2) is an interesting one in light of the Catholic milieu in which the Douai MS was found.
letter
The letter read out by Lady Macbeth in F2 is omitted in the Douai MS.
the aire
The frequent omission of sound and light effects reflects different performance choices,
or different performance circumstances.
the aire
This long cut of a convoluted descriptive passage reflects a concern for concision,
and a research of dramatic efficacy.
The Porter’s speeches
The Porter’s speeches are almost entirely left out, perhaps because of their flippant
references to hell, unless the multiple covert allusions to Jesuits (in the persons
of equivocators) were thought offensive in a Catholic milieu. It is also possible,
of course, that these rather coarse, comic passages were considered unsuitable in
a tragedy for aesthetic reasons in the context of a more neoclassical approach to
dramatic genres in the Restoration.
The Porter’s speeches
Same as above. The Porter’s flippant jokes about hell, and his new allusion to Jesuits
(in the persons of equivocators), and his praise of drinking (as leading to lechery)
might have been thought offensive and inappropriate in a Catholic milieu, although
again this passage of farce could have been left out for aesthetic reasons.
filld
fil’din F3 and F4, but
fil’din F2.
eternall
Emendation fr
eternein all Fs, an archaic form of
, eternal.This emendation antedates Pope, who is usually credited as its first author.
Impostures
An emendation for Imposters which predates Capell.
secredst
A transcription mistake in Douai for secrets.
double. &c
The refrain is summarized with &c.
fell
An omission which might have something to do with the difficulty posed by the discussion
of grace, especially in connection with the notion of loss that follows.
coming hither
all ready
This emendation clarifies the text. F2 has
Already.
such sanctity hath
The omission of the word Heaven after
hathcould be an accidental omission, but it might also testify to a Catholic reluctance to discuss the divine right of kings and the royal touch in the context of contemporary polemic. Note that the adverb heavenly is also left out a few lines down in the line:
He hath a heavenly guift of Prophecie(F2).
the gift
This intriguing omission of heavenly might be indicative of a reluctance to include a discussing of prophecy as divinely-inspired
in the context of a Catholic institution. Note that the word Heaven was also omitted a few lines above.
but … certaine
An accidental repetition.
sanguine ore
sanguineis an original emendation for a difficult word,
over-redin F2, of which, according to OED, this is the sole citation in this sense.
there are 10000
The emendation for
isin F2 is first attributed to Rowe.
horses skirt
An original emendation (
skirt) for a difficult word,
skirrin F2, of which, according to OED, this is the first occurrence in the sense of passing, or riding quickly through.
she should have dy’d hereafter
The passage that follows this line in F2, which has become emblematic of the play
for a modern reader, was excised. The scribe might have felt the underlying despair
and pessimism of the thought was objectionable.
unbloody
An original emendation for an obscure word in Fs,
undeeded,which the OED lists as its one and only occurrence.
unfeeling
An original emendation for an obscure word in Fs,
intrenchant.According to the OED this is the unique citation for this meaning.
clallenge
A transcription error for
challenge.
moues
A unusual instance in which
uis used for
vin a text in which both letters are otherwise disambiguated.
Collations
when … done
’fore … sun.
they meet
tel
how didst thou
this great
macdonnell … supplied
F2:
Macdonnell / (Worthy to be a Rebell, for to that / The multiplying VIllaines of Nature / Doe
swarme upon him) from the Western Isles / Of Kernes and Gallow glasses is supply’d
An omission which clarifies the thought.
whore all’s
the
unto
those
truth
This is consistent with the modernization of the lexis in the Douai MS.
for doubly they
whether
to the Surgeon
Skyes
wth manlike … arm
yt
grant
is
madding
hail / came puffing posts
Emendations usually first attributed to Rowe. See Annotation.
brave
truth?
leysure
leaving
trifle
know
our Duties are both
stars of nobleness on all shall shine
Macbeths Lady alone reading
letter
F2:
Letter. / Lady. They meet me in the day of successe: and I have learn’d by the perfectst
report, they have more in them, then mortall knowledge. When I burnt in desire to
question them further, they made themselves Ayre, into which they vanish’d. Whiles
I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came Missiuves from the King, who all hail’d me
Thane of Cawdor by which Title before, these weyward Sisters saluted me, and referr’d
me to the comming on of time, with haile King that shalt be. This have I thought good
to deliver thee (my dearest Partner of Greatnesse) that thou might’st not loose the
dues of rejoycing by being ignorant of what Greatnessse is promis’d thee. Lay it to
thy heart, and farewell.
win.
F2:
winne. / Thouldst have, great Glamis, that which cryes, / Thus thou must doe, if thou
have it; / And that which rather thou do’st feare to doe, / Then wishest should be
undone.
impedes thee
it
An emendation (which can be found in F3 and F4) correcting an error of F1 and F2.
blackest
sharp
the aire
F2:
This Guest of Summer, / The Temple-haunting Barlet does approve, / By his loued Masonry,
that the Heavens breath, / Smells wooingly here: no Iutty frieze, / Buttrice, nor
Coigne of Vantage, but this Bird / Hath made his pendant Bed, and procreant Cradle,
/ Where they must breed, and haunt: I have observ’d / The ayre
Omission of a long flowery descriptive passage, perhaps for dramatic efficiency.
trouble
thank … present
many … wide
mind
night.
F2:
night. / Lady. Your Servants ever, / Have theirs, themselves, and what is theirs in
compt, / To make their Audit at your highness pleasure, / Still to returne your owne.
Cut perhaps to serve dramatic efficacy.
Divers … Stage
well
the all and end all
ingredients
murtherers
upon
other side
doe … would
proverb
his
drownd in death
sin
griefe and Clamors
bloody
thinck
officers
hot
glistring … drops
my dim
stealing
the
are
my selfe
themselves
fell
I am … more.
pluck
lett us goe
thoughts
wish
dressing … while.
Addition of stage business (the porter dressing himself).
who’s … coming.
F2:
if a man were Porter of Hell Gate, hee should have old turning the Key. Knocke Knock, Knock, Knock. Who’s there i’th’name of Belzebub? Here’s a Farmer, that hang’d himselfe on th’expectation of Plenty: Come in time,
have Napkins enough about you, here you’le sweat for’t. Knock. Knock, knock. Who’s there in th’other Devils Name? Faith here’s an Equivocator,
that could sweare in both the Scales, against eyther Scale, who committed Treason
enough for Gods sake, yet could not equivocate to Heaven: oh come in, Equivocator,
Knock. Knock, Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Faith here’s an English Taylor come hither,
for stealing out of a French Hose: Come in Taylor, here you may rest your Goose. Knock. Knock, Knock, Never at quiet: What are you? but this place is too cold for Hell.
Ile Devill-Porter it no further: I had thought to have let in some of all professions,
that goe the Primrose way to th’everlasting Bonfire. Knock. Anon, anon, I pray you remember the Porter.
The porter’s cues are excised; see annotation.
cock … master
F2:
Cock: / And Drinke, Sir, is a great provoker of three things. / Macd. What three things
does Drinke especially provoke ? / Port. Marry, Sir, Nose-painting, Sleepe, and Vrine.
Lechery, Sir, it provokes, and unprovokes: it Provokes the desire, but it takes away
the performance. Therefore much Drinke may be said to be an Equivocator with Lechery:
it makes him and it marres him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it perswades
him, and disheartens him; makes him stand to, and not stand to: in conclusion, equivocates
him in a sleepe, and giving him the Lye, leaves him. / Macd. I beleeve, Drinke gave
thee the Lye last Night. / Port. That it did, Sir, i’the very Throat on me: but I
requited him for his Lye, and (I thinke) being too strong for him, though he tooke
up my Legges sometime, yet I made a Shift to cast him. Enter Macbeth. Macd. Is thy Master
A long cut which leaves out the porter’s drunk speech; see annotation.
this
all the
seems
now
make it
then
old
just as the witches
they
Enter
One of several sound effects that are dispensed with in the Douai MS.
lay your commands on
If … fast
disposd
Hie
the
till
witches
filld
and find
F2:
Know, that it was he, in the times past, / Which held you so under forturne, / Which
you thought had beene our innocent selfe, / This I made good to you, in our last conference,
/ Past in probation with you: / How you were borne in hand, how crost: / The Instruments:
who wrought with them: / And all things else, that might / To halfe a Soule, and to
a Notion craz’d, / Say, Thus did Banquo. / 1. Murth. You made it knowne to us. / Macb.
I did so: / And went further, which is now / Our point of second meeting. / Doe you
finde
A long cut that leaves out the convoluted justification for why the Murderers should
hate Banquo; the argument is summarized below, however.
I … misery
Instead of a cut, this passage is an addition that summarizes the argument of the
section the editor has excised above. Additions of this nature are very rare.
careless
neerest
must
and … fathers:
F2:
Alwayes thought, / That I require a clearenesse; and with him / To leave no Rubs nor
Botches in the Worke: / Fleans, his Sonne, that keepes him companie, / Whose absence
is no lesse materiall to me, / Then is his Fathers,
this night
Dolefull frenzies
then
point
frisk
plain
wash
all the crows make
hang their heads
strengthen themselves with
Then
F2:
2. He needes not our mistrust, since he delivers / Our Offices, and what we have to
doe, / To the direction just. / 1. Then
A rather convoluted sentence left out in Douai.
done.
you are
All
I … yt
but
lies
bloody
it.
eat
look … behold.
why?
former times
I
all.
proclaim
strange
you … wonder.
F2:
And overcome us like a Summers Clowd, / Without our speciall wonder ? You make me
strange / Even to the disposition of that I owe, /
white
our
bribd
gone on
come … rest.
F2:
Come, weel to sleepe; My strange & self-abuse / Is the initiate feare, that wants
hard use: / We are yet but young indeed.
3
much too
spurne …fate
greatest
calls
againe.
subjects
no more of this.
ye … lives
to … him;
doth … the
double. &c
The magic incantation is summarized in the Douai MS (here and further down).
slab.
double. &c
The magic incantation is again summarized in the Douai MS (here as above).
other
Douai introduces a welcome precision here, as the other three witches (needed for
the song) have not been introduced yet.
share
song.
The title of the song is left out, perhaps because it mentions devils, but it could
also be the case the song was no longer familiar by 1694.
speake
aske
thou must
hit
who
Dunsiman high
command
never rise
alwaies cursed
indeed.
(pauses)
F2:
The flighty purpose never is o’re-tooke / Vnlesse the deed go with it, From this moment
/ The very firstling of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand. And even now
/ To Crown my thoughts with Acts: be it thought & done:
I’ll … deed
where
your husband’s
season.
F2:
Season. I dare not speake much further, / But cruell are the times, when we are Traitors
/ And do not know our selves: when we hold Rumor / From what we feare, yet know not
what we feare, / But floate upon a wilde and violent Sea / Each way, and move.
my … you
F2:
Shall not be long but Ile be here againe: / Things at the worst will cease, or else
climbe upward, / To what they were before. My pretty Cosine, / Blessing upon you.
/ Wife. Father’d he is, / And yet hee’s Fatherlesse. / Rosse. I am so much a Foole,
should I stay longer / It would be my disgrace, and your discomfort. / I take my leave
at once.
The role of Ross in this scene is almost entirely excised, and the scene is considerably
abridged.
they
F2:
they. / Wife. Poore bird, / Thoud’st never Feare the Net, nor Line, / The Pitfall,
nor the Gin. / Son. Why should I Mother? / Poore Birds they are not set for:
was
F2:
Then you’i by’em to sell againe. / Wife. Thou speak’st with all thy wit. / And yet
I’faith with wit enought for thee. / Son. Was
yes.
Who
soon
dame
I dare
F2:
To fright you thus, Me thinkes I am to savage: / To do worse to you, were fell Cruelty,
/ VVhich is too nie your person. Heauen preserve you, / I dare
harme
F2:
harme. But I remember now / I am in this earthly world: where to doe harme / Is often
laudable, to doe good sometime / Accounted dangerous folly. Whty then (alasre) / Doe
I put up that womanly defence, / To say I had done no harme?
down … right
F2:
downfall Birthdome: each new Morne, / New Widdowes howle, new Orphans cry, new sorowes
/ Strike Heaven on the face, that it resounds / As if it felt with Scotland, and yell’d
out / Like Syllable of Dolour.
a poor
fell.
See annotation.
bonds
taking leave
then is
greedy
anothers
quarrells
riches
what’s your
vertue
fit
when
A cut which leaves out a passage that might have had a political resonance for Catholic
exiles at the end of the seventeenth century.
coming hither
all ready
hath
About the double omission of Heaven and heavenly below, see annotation.
the gift
About the double omission of heavenly here and Heaven above, see annotation.
before
breeds
nobles
shake … disasters
old
catch
lett … quickly
let us
we … Hellish
Doctor
find
in
F2:
A great perturbation in Nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleepe and do the
effects of watching. In
more … her
fit
See here
fast
continually.
usuall
here’s … yet
you
mind
Lord.
whole
well: this
come,
to bed.
Phisitian
F2:
Physitian: / God, God forgive us all. Looke after her, / Remove from her the meanes
of all annoyance, / And still keepe eyes upon her: So goodnight: / My minde she ha’s
mated, and amaz’d my sight.
The role of the Doctor is abridged.
them.
we … coming
reason
since
not … of
lett … on
truly due … byrnam.
F2:
truly ow’d: / Meet we the Med’cine of the sickly Weale, / And with him powre we in
our Countries purge, / Each drop of us. / Lenox. Or so much as it needs, / To dew
the Soveraigne Flower, and drowne the Weeds / Make we our March towards Birnam. Exeunt
marching
A cut, with some reformulation.
heart … I
there’s … yet
thy Phisick
Doctor … cast
F2:
Seyton, send out. Doctor, the Thanes flye from me: / Come sir, dispatch. If thou could’st
Doctor, cast
stable
I’ll … death
F2:
Pull’t off I say, / What Rubarb, Cæny, or what Purgative drug / Would scowre these
English hence: heast thou of them? / Doct. I my good Lord: your Royall preparation
/ Makes us heare something. / Mac. Bring it after me: / I will not be afraid Death
and Bane.
Omission of a rather obscure passage ini F2.
find
Enter
Another instance of sound effects and martial display being left out.
cut
hope
F2:
hope: / For where there is advantage to be given, / Both more and lesse have given
him the Revolt, / And none serve with him, but constrained things, / Whose hearts
are absent too. / Macd. Let our best Censures / Before the true event, and put we
on / Industrious Souldiership.
Long cut, perhaps to serve dramatic efficiency.
Soldiers
Another instance of sound effects and martial display being left out.
backd
boldly
feard
night shrieke
F2:
Night-shrieke, and my Fell of haire / Would at a dismall Treatise rowze, and stirre
/ As life were in’t
Murderous
hereafter
F2:
hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word: / To morrow, and to morrrow,
and to morrow, / Creepes in this petty pace from day to day, / To the last Syllable
of Recorded time: / And all our yesterdayes, have lighted Fooles / The way to study
death.
See annotation.
truth
in
staying
Enter
Another instance of sound effects and display of military being left out.
grow
Exeunt
feare
dreadfull
all
swords
doe. enter
so
speake thee
sharp
Ross
wanting
untill
pearles
with them
would
and
Prosopography
Ada Souchu
Ada Souchu is an MA student at Sorbonne Université in Early Modern English literature.
After a BA in Classics in 2021, they are currently doing an MA on Latin and Greek
sources in Early Modern theatre. They are a junior transcriber on the Douai Shakespeare
Manuscript Project.
Béatrice Rouchon
Béatrice Rouchon is a PhD candidate at Sorbonne Université. Her research interests
lie in authorial strategies and paratexts in early modern England. She is currently
working on the Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project.
Côme Saignol
Côme Saignol is a PhD candidate at Sorbonne University where he is preparing a thesis
about the reception of Cyrano de Bergerac. After working several years on Digital
Humanities, he created a company named CS Edition & Corpus to assist researchers in classical humanities. His interests include: eighteenth-century
theatre, philology, textual alignment, and XML databases.
Emma Bartel
Emma Bartel is a transcriber with the Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project.
Eric Rasmussen
Eric Rasmussen is Regents Teaching Professor and Foundation Professor of English at
the University of Nevada. He is co-editor with Sir Jonathan Bate of the RSC William Shakespeare Complete Works and general editor, with Paul Werstine, of the New Variorum Shakespeare. He has received the Falstaff Award from PlayShakespeare.com for Best Shakespearean Book of the Year in 2007, 2012, and 2013.
Janelle Jenstad
Janelle Jenstad is a Professor of English at the University of
Victoria, Director of The Map
of Early Modern London, and Director of Linked Early Modern Drama
Online. With Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Mark Kaethler, she
co-edited Shakespeare’s Language in Digital Media: Old
Words, New Tools (Routledge). She has edited John Stow’s
A Survey of London (1598 text) for MoEML
and is currently editing The Merchant of Venice
(with Stephen Wittek) and Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not
Me You Know Nobody for DRE. Her articles have appeared in
Digital Humanities Quarterly, Elizabethan Theatre, Early Modern
Literary Studies, Shakespeare
Bulletin, Renaissance and
Reformation, and The Journal of Medieval
and Early Modern Studies. She contributed chapters to Approaches to Teaching Othello (MLA); Teaching Early Modern Literature from the Archives
(MLA); Institutional Culture in Early Modern
England (Brill); Shakespeare, Language, and
the Stage (Arden); Performing Maternity in
Early Modern England (Ashgate); New
Directions in the Geohumanities (Routledge); Early Modern Studies and the Digital Turn (Iter);
Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating
Gazetteers (Indiana); Making Things and
Drawing Boundaries (Minnesota); Rethinking
Shakespeare Source Study: Audiences, Authors, and Digital
Technologies (Routledge); and Civic
Performance: Pageantry and Entertainments in Early Modern
London (Routledge). For more details, see janellejenstad.com.
John Delsinne
John Delsinne is a PhD candidate at Sorbonne Université where he is preparing a dissertation
on the staging and representation of battles in Shakespeare’s history plays. He seeks
to determine how the historical sources were adapted and tries to reconsider the vision
of military history that arises from the plays. He is both an encoder and a transcriber
with the Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project.
Line Cottegnies
Line Cottegnies teaches early-modern literature at Sorbonne Université. She is the
author of a monograph on the politics of wonder in Caroline poetry, LʼÉclipse du regard: la poésie anglais du baroque au classicisme (Droz, 1997), and has co-edited several collections of essays, including Authorial Conquests: Essays on Genre in the Writings of Margaret Cavendish (AUP, 2003, with Nancy Weitz), Women and Curiosity in the Early Modern Period (Brill, 2016), with Sandring Parageau, or Henry V: A Critical Guide (Bloomsbury, 2018), with Karen Britland. She has published on seventeenth-century
literature, from Shakespeare and Raleigh to Ahpra Behn and Mary Astell. Her research
interests are: early-modern drama and poetry, the politics of translation (between
France and England), and women authors of the period. She has also developed a particular
interest in editing: she had edited half of Shakespeareʼs plays for the Gallimard
bilingual complete works (alone and in collaboration), and, also, Henry IV, Part 2, for The Norton Shakespeare 3 (2016). With Marie-Alice Belle, she has co-edited two Elizabethan translations of
Robert Garnier (by Mary Sidney Herbert and Thomas Kyd), published in 2017 in the MHRA
Tudor and Stuart Translation Series as Robert Garnier in Elizabethan England. She is currently working on an edition of three Behnʼs translations from the French
for the Cambridge edition of Behn’s Complete Works
Louise Fang
Louise Fang is a Lecturer in English Literature at the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord.
She has published a monograph on Shakespeare and games (Shakespeare et les jeux, Classiques Garnier, 2021) and is working on early modern drama. She is a transcriber
and an editor in the Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project.
Martin Holmes
Martin Holmes has worked as a developer in the
UVicʼs Humanities Computing and Media Centre for
over two decades, and has been involved with dozens
of Digital Humanities projects. He has served on
the TEI Technical Council and as Managing Editor of
the Journal of the TEI. He took over from Joey Takeda as
lead developer on LEMDO in 2020. He is a collaborator on
the SSHRC Partnership Grant led by Janelle Jenstad.
Navarra Houldin
Project manager 2022–present. Textual remediator 2021–present. Navarra Houldin (they/them)
completed their BA in History and Spanish at the University of Victoria in 2022. During
their degree, they worked as a teaching assistant with the University of Victoriaʼs
Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies. Their primary research was on gender and
sexuality in early modern Europe and Latin America.
Nicolas Thibault
Nicolas Thibault is a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) and is
currently completing a PhD on counsel and counsellors in late Elizabethan and early
Jacobean English history plays at Sorbonne Université under the supervision of Line
Cottegnies. He has recently published an article on
The Intelligibility of History and the (In)visibility of the Bruised Bodies inin a 2021 issue of the Sillages Critiques journal (VALE, Sorbonne University). From 2018 to 2021, he taught English and American literature and British history at Sorbonne Université. Since 2022, he has been a research and teaching assistant at the Languages Department of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Université. His areas of interest include early modern drama, political history, and the representation of counsel.Sir Thomas More
Rylyn Christensen
Rylyn Christensen is an English major at the University of Victoria.
William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William. Mr VVilliam Shakespeares comedies,
histories & tragedies: Published according to
the true originall copies.
London: William
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Shakespeare, William. Mr William Shakespeares
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London: Robert
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Orgography
Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes Valmore (DOUA2)
Bibliothèque municipale de Douai (DOUA2)
https://www.bm-douai.fr/Formerly known as Bibliothèque municipale de Douai.
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Witnesses
Shakespeare, William. Mr William Shakespeares
Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.
London: Robert
Allot, 1632. STC 22274. ESTC S111233.
Text of Douai MS 787 as transcribed by Line Cottegnies and the Sorbonne team.
Notes on scribal hands
The primary scribal hand used in the Douai MS, which is MS 787 in the
Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore repository. The scribe made changes
and additions at a later stage.
A second, later hand is used in the Douai MS, which is MS 787 in the
Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore repository. It is responsible
for the insertion of stage directions. This later hand is smaller,
thinner, and more slanting than the main scribal hand. It does not appear in
Macbeth.
Metadata
| Authority title | Macbeth: Semi-Diplomatic Edition |
| Type of text | Primary Source Text |
| Short title | Douai Mac |
| Publisher | Sorbonne Université and University of Victoria on the Linked Early Modern Drama Online Platform |
| Series | Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project |
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| Editorial declaration | Edited according to the Doaui Manuscript Projectʼs Editorial Procedures |
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