{"id":10953,"date":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=10953"},"modified":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T21:30:25","slug":"MacbethDtext1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/MacbethDtext1\/","title":{"rendered":"Act 4, page 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ACT 4, SCENE 2<\/b>
Setting: Fife. Macduff's castle.<\/i><\/p>\n

[Enter LADY MACDUFF, her Son, and ROSS]<\/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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWhat had he done, to make him fly the land?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSS<\/td>\nYou must have patience, madam.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nHe had none:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis flight was madness: when our actions do not,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur fears do make us traitors.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSS<\/td>\nYou know not<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhether it was his wisdom or his fear.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis mansion and his titles in a place<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFrom whence himself does fly? He loves us not;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe wants the natural touch: for the poor wren,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe most diminutive of birds, will fight,<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHer young ones in her nest, against the owl.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll is the fear and nothing is the love;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs little is the wisdom, where the flight<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo runs against all reason.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSS<\/td>\nMy dearest coz,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI pray you, school yourself: but for your husband,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe fits o' the season. I dare not speak<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nmuch further;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut cruel are the times, when we are traitors<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd do not know ourselves, when we hold rumour<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFrom what we fear, yet know not what we fear,<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut float upon a wild and violent sea<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEach way and move. I take my leave of you:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall not be long but I'll be here again:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThings at the worst will cease, or else climb upward<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo what they were before. My pretty cousin,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBlessing upon you!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nFather'd he is, and yet he's fatherless.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROSS<\/td>\nI am so much a fool, should I stay longer,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt would be my disgrace and your discomfort:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI take my leave at once.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nSirrah, your father's dead;<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd what will you do now? How will you live?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nAs birds do, mother.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWhat, with worms and flies?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nWith what I get, I mean; and so do they.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nPoor bird! thou'ldst never fear the net nor lime,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe pitfall nor the gin.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nWhy should I, mother? Poor birds they are not set for.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy father is not dead, for all your saying.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nYes, he is dead; how wilt thou do for a father?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nNay, how will you do for a husband?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWhy, I can buy me twenty at any market.<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nThen you'll buy 'em to sell again.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nThou speak'st with all thy wit: and yet, i' faith,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith wit enough for thee.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nWas my father a traitor, mother?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nAy, that he was.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nWhat is a traitor?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWhy, one that swears and lies.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nAnd be all traitors that do so?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nEvery one that does so is a traitor, and must be hanged.<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nAnd must they all be hanged that swear and lie?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nEvery one.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nWho must hang them?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWhy, the honest men.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nThen the liars and swearers are fools,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfor there are liars and swearers enow to beat<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthe honest men and hang up them.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nNow, God help thee, poor monkey!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut how wilt thou do for a father?<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nIf he were dead, you'ld weep for<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhim: if you would not, it were a good sign<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat I should quickly have a new father.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nPoor prattler, how thou talk'st!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Enter a Messenger]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Messenger<\/td>\nBless you, fair dame! I am not to you known,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThough in your state of honour I am perfect.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI doubt some danger does approach you nearly:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf you will take a homely man's advice,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBe not found here; hence, with your little ones.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo fright you thus, methinks, I am too savage;<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo do worse to you were fell cruelty,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich is too nigh your person. Heaven preserve you!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI dare abide no longer.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nWhither should I fly?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI have done no harm. But I remember now<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI am in this earthly world; where to do harm<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIs often laudable, to do good sometime<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAccounted dangerous folly: why then, alas,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDo I put up that womanly defence,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo say I have done no harm?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Enter Murderers]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat are these faces?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nWhere is your husband?<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LADY MACDUFF<\/td>\nI hope, in no place so unsanctified<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere such as thou mayst find him.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nHe's a traitor.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nThou liest, thou shag–hair'd villain!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Murderer<\/td>\nWhat, you egg!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Stabbing him]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYoung fry of treachery!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Son<\/td>\nHe has kill'd me, mother:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRun away, I pray you!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Dies]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exit LADY MACDUFF, crying 'Murder!' Exeunt Murderers, following her ]<\/h3>\n

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