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Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n

ACT 1, SCENE 5<\/b>
Setting: Inverness. Macbeth's castle.<\/i><\/p>\n

Enter LADY MACBETH, reading a letter (Why the letter is in prose…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LADY MACBETH <\/td>\nThey met me in the day of success: and I have<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlearned by the perfectest report, they have more in<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthem than mortal knowledge. When I burned in desire<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto question them further, they made themselves air,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ninto which they vanished. Whiles I stood rapt in<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe wonder of it, came missivesfrom the king, who<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nall–hailed me 'Thane of Cawdor;' by which title,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nbefore, these weird sisters saluted me, and referred<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nme to the coming on of time, with 'Hail, king that<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nshalt be!' This have I thought good to deliver<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nignorant of what greatness is promised thee. Lay it<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nto thy heart, and farewell.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGlamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is too full o' the milk of human kindness<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nArt not without ambition, but without<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'ldst have, great Glamis,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat which cries 'Thus thou must do, if thou have it;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd that which rather thou dost fear to do<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan wishest should be undone.' Hie thee hither,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I may pour my spirits in thine ear;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd chastise with the valour of my tongue<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll that impedes thee from the golden round,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich fate and metaphysical aid doth seem<\/td>\n 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo have thee crown'd withal. <\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enter a Messenger.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat is your tidings?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Messenger <\/td>\nThe king comes here to–night.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACBETH <\/td>\nThou'rt mad to say it:<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs not thy master with him? who, were't so,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWould have inform'd for preparation.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Messenger <\/td>\nSo please you, it is true: our thane is coming:<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOne of my fellows had the speed of him,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho, almost dead for breath, had scarcely more<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan would make up his message.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACBETH <\/td>\nGive him tending;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe brings great news.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExit Messenger.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe raven himself is hoarse<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan<\/td>\n 40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUnder my battlements. Come, you spirits<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd fill me from the crown to the toe top–full<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf direst cruelty! make thick my blood;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStop up the access and passage to remorse,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat no compunctious visitings of nature<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWherever in your sightless substances<\/td>\n 50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat my keen knife see not the wound it makes,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo cry 'Hold, hold!'<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEnter MACBETH.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGreat Glamis! worthy Cawdor!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGreater than both, by the all–hail hereafter!<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThy letters have transported me beyond<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis ignorant present, and I feel now<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe future in the instant.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH <\/td>\nMy dearest love,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDuncan comes here to–night.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACBETH <\/td>\nAnd when goes hence?<\/td>\n 60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH <\/td>\nTo–morrow, as he purposes.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACBETH <\/td>\nO, never<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall sun that morrow see!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYour face, my thane, is as a book where men<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay read strange matters. To beguile the time,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLook like the time; bear welcome in your eye,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYour hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut be the serpent under't. He that's coming<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMust be provided for: and you shall put<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis night's great business into my dispatch;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich shall to all our nights and days to come<\/td>\n 70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGive solely sovereign sway and masterdom.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH <\/td>\nWe will speak further.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACBETH <\/td>\nOnly look up clear;<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo alter favour ever is to fear:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLeave all the rest to me.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExeunt<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/h3>\n

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