{"id":10926,"date":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=10926"},"modified":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","slug":"MacbethCtext0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/MacbethCtext0\/","title":{"rendered":"Act 3, page 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ACT 3, SCENE 1<\/b>
Setting: Forres. The palace.<\/i><\/p>\n

[Enter BANQUO]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
BANQUO<\/td>\nThou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs the weird women promised, and, I fear,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThou play'dst most foully for't: yet it was said<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt should not stand in thy posterity,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut that myself should be the root and father<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf many kings. If there come truth from them––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhy, by the verities on thee made good,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay they not be my oracles as well,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd set me up in hope? But hush! no more.<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Sennet sounded. Enter MACBETH, as king, LADY MACBETH, as queen, LENNOX, ROSS, Lords, Ladies, and Attendants ]<\/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
MACBETH<\/td>\nHere's our chief guest.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACBETH<\/td>\nIf he had been forgotten,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt had been as a gap in our great feast,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd all–thing unbecoming.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nTo–night we hold a solemn supper sir,<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd I'll request your presence.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BANQUO<\/td>\nLet your highness<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCommand upon me; to the which my duties<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre with a most indissoluble tie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor ever knit.<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nRide you this afternoon?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BANQUO<\/td>\nAy, my good lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nWe should have else desired your good advice,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich still hath been both grave and prosperous,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn this day's council; but we'll take to–morrow.<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs't far you ride?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BANQUO<\/td>\nAs far, my lord, as will fill up the time<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTwixt this and supper: go not my horse the better,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI must become a borrower of the night<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor a dark hour or twain.<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nFail not our feast.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BANQUO<\/td>\nMy lord, I will not.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nWe hear, our bloody cousins are bestow'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn England and in Ireland, not confessing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTheir cruel parricide, filling their hearers<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith strange invention: but of that to–morrow,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen therewithal we shall have cause of state<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCraving us jointly. Hie you to horse: adieu,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTill you return at night. Goes Fleance with you?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BANQUO<\/td>\nAy, my good lord: our time does call upon 's.<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nI wish your horses swift and sure of foot;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd so I do commend you to their backs. Farewell.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit BANQUO]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet every man be master of his time<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTill seven at night: to make society<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe sweeter welcome, we will keep ourself<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTill supper–time alone: while then, God be with you!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exeunt all but MACBETH, and an attendant]<\/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
<\/td>\nSirrah, a word with you: attend those men<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur pleasure?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ATTENDANT<\/td>\nThey are, my lord, without the palace gate.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nBring them before us.<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit Attendant]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo be thus is nothing; (Soliloquy Analysis)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut to be safely thus.––Our fears in Banquo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nStick deep; and in his royalty of nature<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, to that dauntless temper of his mind,<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo act in safety. There is none but he<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhose being I do fear: and, under him,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy Genius is rebuked; as, it is said,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen first they put the name of king upon me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bade them speak to him: then prophet–like<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThey hail'd him father to a line of kings:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUpon my head they placed a fruitless crown,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd put a barren sceptre in my gripe,<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNo son of mine succeeding. If 't be so,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor Banquo's issue have I filed my mind;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPut rancours in the vessel of my peace<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOnly for them; and mine eternal jewel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGiven to the common enemy of man,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRather than so, come fate into the list.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd champion me to the utterance! Who's there!<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Re–enter Attendant, with two Murderers]<\/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
<\/td>\nNow go to the door, and stay there till we call.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit Attendant]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWas it not yesterday we spoke together?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nIt was, so please your highness.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nWell then, now<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave you consider'd of my speeches? Know<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat it was he in the times past which held you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo under fortune, which you thought had been<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur innocent self: this I made good to you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn our last conference, pass'd in probation with you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow you were borne in hand, how cross'd,<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe instruments,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho wrought with them, and all things else that might<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo half a soul and to a notion crazed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSay 'Thus did Banquo.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nYou made it known to us.<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nI did so, and went further, which is now<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur point of second meeting. Do you find<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYour patience so predominant in your nature<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you can let this go? Are you so gospell'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo pray for this good man and for his issue,<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd beggar'd yours for ever?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nWe are men, my liege.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nAy, in the catalogue ye go for men;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShoughs, water–rugs and demi–wolves, are clept<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll by the name of dogs: the valued file<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDistinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe housekeeper, the hunter, every one<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAccording to the gift which bounteous nature<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHath in him closed; whereby he does receive<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParticular addition. from the bill<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat writes them all alike: and so of men.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow, if you have a station in the file,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNot i' the worst rank of manhood, say 't;<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd I will put that business in your bosoms,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhose execution takes your enemy off,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGrapples you to the heart and love of us,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho wear our health but sickly in his life,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich in his death were perfect.<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second Murderer<\/td>\nI am one, my liege,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhom the vile blows and buffets of the world<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHave so incensed that I am reckless what<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI do to spite the world.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nAnd I another<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo weary with disasters, tugg'd with fortune,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I would set my lie on any chance,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo mend it, or be rid on't.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nBoth of you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnow Banquo was your enemy.<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Both Murderers<\/td>\nTrue, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nSo is he mine; and in such bloody distance,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat every minute of his being thrusts<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAgainst my near'st of life: and though I could<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith barefaced power sweep him from my sight<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd bid my will avouch it, yet I must not,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor certain friends that are both his and mine,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhose loves I may not drop, but wail his fall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWho I myself struck down; and thence it is,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I to your assistance do make love,<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMasking the business from the common eye<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor sundry weighty reasons.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second Murderer<\/td>\nWe shall, my lord,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPerform what you command us.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nThough our lives––<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nYour spirits shine through you. Within this hour at most<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI will advise you where to plant yourselves;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAcquaint you with the perfect spy o' the time,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe moment on't; for't must be done to–night,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd something from the palace; always thought<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I require a clearness: and with him––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo leave no rubs nor botches in the work––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFleance his son, that keeps him company,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhose absence is no less material to me<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThan is his father's, must embrace the fate<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI'll come to you anon.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Both Murderers<\/td>\nWe are resolved, my lord.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MACBETH<\/td>\nI'll call upon you straight: abide within.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exeunt Murderers]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is concluded. Banquo, thy soul's flight,<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf it find heaven, must find it out to–night.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exit]<\/h3>\n

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