Scene VII
Another part of the field.
Alarums. Enter Macbeth. | |
Macbeth |
They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, |
Enter Young Siward. | |
Young Siward | What is thy name? |
Macbeth | Thou’lt be afraid to hear it. |
Young Siward |
No; though thou call’st thyself a hotter name |
Macbeth | My name’s Macbeth. |
Young Siward |
The devil himself could not pronounce a title |
Macbeth | No, nor more fearful. |
Young Siward |
Thou liest, abhorred tyrant; with my sword |
Macbeth |
Thou wast born of woman |
Alarums. Enter Macduff. | |
Macduff |
That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! |
Enter Malcolm and old Siward. | |
Siward |
This way, my lord; the castle’s gently render’d: |
Malcolm |
We have met with foes |
Siward | Enter, sir, the castle. Exeunt. Alarums. |
Scene VIII
Another part of the field.
Enter Macbeth. | |
Macbeth |
Why should I play the Roman fool, and die |
Enter Macduff. | |
Macduff | Turn, hell-hound, turn! |
Macbeth |
Of all men else I have avoided thee: |
Macduff |
I have no words: |
Macbeth |
Thou losest labour: |
Macduff |
Despair thy charm; |
Macbeth |
Accursed be that tongue that tells me so, |
Macduff |
Then yield thee, coward, |
Macbeth |
I will not yield, |
Retreat. Flourish. Enter, with drum and colours, Malcolm, old Siward, Ross, the other Thanes, and Soldiers. | |
Malcolm | I would the friends we miss were safe arrived. |
Siward |
Some must go off: and yet, by these I see, |
Malcolm | Macduff is missing, and your noble son. |
Ross |
Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier’s debt: |
Siward | Then he is dead? |
Ross |
Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow |
Siward | Had he his hurts before? |
Ross | Ay, on the front. |
Siward |
Why then, God’s soldier be he! |
Malcolm |
He’s worth more sorrow, |
Siward |
He’s worth no more: |
Re-enter Macduff, with Macbeth’s head. | |
Macduff |
Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where stands |
All | Hail, King of Scotland! Flourish. |
Malcolm |
We shall not spend a large expense of time |
Colophon
Macbeth
was published in 1606 by
William Shakespeare.
This ebook was produced for
Standard Ebooks
by
Emma Sweeney,
and is based on a transcription produced in 1993 by
Jeremy Hylton
for the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and on digital scans available at the
HathiTrust Digital Library.
The cover page is adapted from
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth,
a painting completed in 1889 by
John Singer Sargent.
The cover and title pages feature the
League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
typefaces created in 2014 and 2009