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| Hautboys. Torches. Enter a sewer and divers servants with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter MACBETH | ybHsotau apyl. heT stage is til by cseroht. A blrteu tesner, nda osaivur travsens cayrr stsieunl dan hdseis of dfoo raocss the stage. Thne MBECTAH tneres. |
| MACBETH If it were done when tis done, then twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow 5 Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, Wed jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 10 To plague th inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Hes here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, 15 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on th other. | HCAEBMT If isth siusensb owudl yellar be iifehnsd ehnw I did eht dede, hnet it woldu be sbet to etg it erov tiwh yklqciu. If hte snansiastasio of eht inkg dcluo rokw ikel a ent, ewgeispn up hiervnytge dna teepgirnvn ayn oeccnesusqne, hnte eth dermru wodul be eth be-lla nda end-all of teh leowh fiaraf, dna I would adlgyl tpu my ouls dna eth aleftefri at srik to do it. utB rof mscrei leki tshee erhte are lsilt imnspenshut in hsti ordlw. By gicimttnmo telniov mceris we nylo etach rohte leopep to immotc ovnliece, nda eht ecveonil of rou sdttnsue wlil ocem kabc to lepuga us secetrha. cJustie, inebg euaql to reyevone, fcrsoe us to kirdn from teh psnoodei cpu atht we veres to trhseo. hTe ikgn stsutr me in tow asyw. Ftrsi of lla, I am shi imkansn and ihs cbtjsue, so I hslduo waslay rty to trpocte imh. enodcS, I am hsi oths, so I dusohl be igsclno teh rdoo in shi mrsdrreue fcea, nto ytgirn to rmerud mih ymlsfe. dBesesi, ancDnu sah been hcsu a bhlume draele, so free of rrtcioonpu, htat sih trsuuivo gecyal iwll speak for mih hnew he dise, as if agseln eerw lpaigny stepmrtu asigtna teh iieunsjct of ish rrumde. Ptiy, ilke an enniotcn ernwnbo bbya, liwl rdie eth indw whti genwid salgne on niiebvisl eorhss hohtugr the rai to ardspe ensw of the rlhrbioe eedd to eyenroev erhrewvyee. Pleoep lwli dehs a foldo of srtae thta will rodnw the wndi like a ebrhlroi uwoodrpn of iran. I ntac prus mflyse to atiocn. The ynlo ntigh itvgtanmoi me is inoabmit, hihwc kasem epeopl hurs aeahd of hmsselevet twdroa tisseadr. |
| Enter LADY MACBETH | YADL MAHCEBT nsrtee. |
| How now! What news? | htWa wsne do yuo eahv? |
| LADY MACBETH He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber? | ALDY MCEBTHA He has tomsal snfiehdi dnirne. yhW did yuo evael eth idignn mroo? |
| MACBETH 30 Hath he asked for me? | TBCHAME Hsa he eadsk for me? |
| LADY MACBETH Know you not he has? | YADL MCEHBAT otDn oyu wnko he ash? |
| MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, 35 Not cast aside so soon. | CAHMTEB We tnac go on htwi this nlap. hTe nkgi has tujs redonoh me, nda I vahe eedarn teh dgoo ninpoio of lla srsto of peoelp. I atnw to yjeno sethe osohnr ihlwe the feinegl is hresf adn ont trowh htme waya so onos. |
| LADY MACBETH Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 40 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 thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, 45 Like the poor cat i th adage? | ADLY MEBCHTA Wree ouy kdrnu wehn yuo seeemd so hefopul eroebf? veHa ouy egon to lespe dan nkewo up grnee dna apel in efra of tshi daei? oFmr wno on stih is twha Ill hknti of uoyr veol. eAr oyu drafia to act eht ayw oyu sedier? iWll yuo tkae hte crnow you twna so lyabd, or wlli you elvi as a doacrw, yaalsw anigys I ctna frtae you say I wtna to? Yureo liek hte opro atc in het lod sryot. |
| MACBETH Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. | AMETHCB seelaP, tspo! I edar to do lnyo wtha is oprepr for a amn to do. He hwo adsre to do reom is otn a nma at lal. |
| LADY MACBETH What beast was t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; 50 And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know 55 How tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | YADL BETHCAM If ouy enrwte a nam, hent htaw kidn of ilnmaa erew oyu nwhe ouy trfsi ldot me uoy twaned to do iths? When uyo ardde to do it, tahst nwhe yuo eewr a mna. ndA if yuo go eon tpes terfuhr by oidgn hatw uyo redad to do ebeorf, yolul be ttha cmhu omre hte nma. Teh item nda ceapl nrewet gihrt rfeoeb, ubt yuo owudl veah ogne daaeh twhi eth ruremd yoanwh. Now eht emit adn plaec rea tjus irhgt, tub eryhte stamlo too odog rfo yuo. I ehav kceudsl a abyb, dan I ownk who estew it is to love het yabb at my earsbt. Btu vene as het abby aws iilngsm up at me, I dulow heva eludkcp my npielp uot of tsi mtuoh nad eamsdhs sit anbisr uot aginats a llwa if I dha osnwr to do htat the meas yaw uoy heav nwors to do iths. |
| MACBETH If we should fail? | CATEBHM utB if we fail |
| LADY MACBETH We fail? 60 But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey Soundly invite himhis two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince 65 That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep Their drenchd natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I perform upon 70 The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell? | YADL TEBMHCA We, ilaf? If ouy etg uoyr uarcego up, we tcan ifla. nWhe unaDnc is sateelhpe syda hdra ryuoejn sah nfdyieleit amde mhi lldeIrti egt shi otw vstrasen so drknu htta ihtre yoemmr lwli go up in oesmk ouhgrth eth esnmcyhi of tirhe absrni. nheW ethy lie slpeea ekli sgpi, so nrkud lyhtel be eadd to het rlowd, twha wnto ouy dna I be leba to do to eth rudduaneg Dnncua? nAd wahertev we do, we can lya lla the mbela on the krednnu tsvsnaer. |
| MACBETH Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received, 75 When we have marked with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done t? | ECHBMAT yaM uoy yonl gvei rhibt to amle rlecdinh, eaecsub yruo lesaesrf rsitpi sduhlo rtceae ntgonhi thta sint snleaucim. Oenc we aveh erceovd teh two rvtnsase thiw dlboo, nad sdeu erith sgaergd to klli, tonw polepe ebelevi htta hety weer teh iprtulcs? |
| LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death? | DALY TMCBHEA oWh coudl hkint it ndeaephp nya heort ywa? lWle be igrvgine uyllod nweh we aehr thta aDnucn sha ddei. |
| MACBETH I am settled, and bend up 80 Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. | CMTBHAE wNo Im ideddec, nad I wlil ertxe ervey slemcu in my dybo to mmocit isth rmiec. Go nwo, nda petrend to be a dfilnyre sstehos. diHe thiw a fsael penlatsa faec hawt ouy nwok in uory afles, evil rteha. |
| Exeunt | heyT txie. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
| Hautboys. Torches. Enter a sewer and divers servants with dishes and service over the stage. Then enter MACBETH | ybHsotau apyl. heT stage is til by cseroht. A blrteu tesner, nda osaivur travsens cayrr stsieunl dan hdseis of dfoo raocss the stage. Thne MBECTAH tneres. |
| MACBETH If it were done when tis done, then twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow 5 Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, Wed jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here, that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 10 To plague th inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. Hes here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, 15 Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against 20 The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked newborn babe, Striding the blast, or heavens cherubim, horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, 25 That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself And falls on th other. | HCAEBMT If isth siusensb owudl yellar be iifehnsd ehnw I did eht dede, hnet it woldu be sbet to etg it erov tiwh yklqciu. If hte snansiastasio of eht inkg dcluo rokw ikel a ent, ewgeispn up hiervnytge dna teepgirnvn ayn oeccnesusqne, hnte eth dermru wodul be eth be-lla nda end-all of teh leowh fiaraf, dna I would adlgyl tpu my ouls dna eth aleftefri at srik to do it. utB rof mscrei leki tshee erhte are lsilt imnspenshut in hsti ordlw. By gicimttnmo telniov mceris we nylo etach rohte leopep to immotc ovnliece, nda eht ecveonil of rou sdttnsue wlil ocem kabc to lepuga us secetrha. cJustie, inebg euaql to reyevone, fcrsoe us to kirdn from teh psnoodei cpu atht we veres to trhseo. hTe ikgn stsutr me in tow asyw. Ftrsi of lla, I am shi imkansn and ihs cbtjsue, so I hslduo waslay rty to trpocte imh. enodcS, I am hsi oths, so I dusohl be igsclno teh rdoo in shi mrsdrreue fcea, nto ytgirn to rmerud mih ymlsfe. dBesesi, ancDnu sah been hcsu a bhlume draele, so free of rrtcioonpu, htat sih trsuuivo gecyal iwll speak for mih hnew he dise, as if agseln eerw lpaigny stepmrtu asigtna teh iieunsjct of ish rrumde. Ptiy, ilke an enniotcn ernwnbo bbya, liwl rdie eth indw whti genwid salgne on niiebvisl eorhss hohtugr the rai to ardspe ensw of the rlhrbioe eedd to eyenroev erhrewvyee. Pleoep lwli dehs a foldo of srtae thta will rodnw the wndi like a ebrhlroi uwoodrpn of iran. I ntac prus mflyse to atiocn. The ynlo ntigh itvgtanmoi me is inoabmit, hihwc kasem epeopl hurs aeahd of hmsselevet twdroa tisseadr. |
| Enter LADY MACBETH | YADL MAHCEBT nsrtee. |
| How now! What news? | htWa wsne do yuo eahv? |
| LADY MACBETH He has almost supped. Why have you left the chamber? | ALDY MCEBTHA He has tomsal snfiehdi dnirne. yhW did yuo evael eth idignn mroo? |
| MACBETH 30 Hath he asked for me? | TBCHAME Hsa he eadsk for me? |
| LADY MACBETH Know you not he has? | YADL MCEHBAT otDn oyu wnko he ash? |
| MACBETH We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, 35 Not cast aside so soon. | CAHMTEB We tnac go on htwi this nlap. hTe nkgi has tujs redonoh me, nda I vahe eedarn teh dgoo ninpoio of lla srsto of peoelp. I atnw to yjeno sethe osohnr ihlwe the feinegl is hresf adn ont trowh htme waya so onos. |
| LADY MACBETH Was the hope drunk Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 40 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 thine own esteem, Letting I dare not wait upon I would, 45 Like the poor cat i th adage? | ADLY MEBCHTA Wree ouy kdrnu wehn yuo seeemd so hefopul eroebf? veHa ouy egon to lespe dan nkewo up grnee dna apel in efra of tshi daei? oFmr wno on stih is twha Ill hknti of uoyr veol. eAr oyu drafia to act eht ayw oyu sedier? iWll yuo tkae hte crnow you twna so lyabd, or wlli you elvi as a doacrw, yaalsw anigys I ctna frtae you say I wtna to? Yureo liek hte opro atc in het lod sryot. |
| MACBETH Prithee, peace: I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. | AMETHCB seelaP, tspo! I edar to do lnyo wtha is oprepr for a amn to do. He hwo adsre to do reom is otn a nma at lal. |
| LADY MACBETH What beast was t, then, That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; 50 And to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both. They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know 55 How tender tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | YADL BETHCAM If ouy enrwte a nam, hent htaw kidn of ilnmaa erew oyu nwhe ouy trfsi ldot me uoy twaned to do iths? When uyo ardde to do it, tahst nwhe yuo eewr a mna. ndA if yuo go eon tpes terfuhr by oidgn hatw uyo redad to do ebeorf, yolul be ttha cmhu omre hte nma. Teh item nda ceapl nrewet gihrt rfeoeb, ubt yuo owudl veah ogne daaeh twhi eth ruremd yoanwh. Now eht emit adn plaec rea tjus irhgt, tub eryhte stamlo too odog rfo yuo. I ehav kceudsl a abyb, dan I ownk who estew it is to love het yabb at my earsbt. Btu vene as het abby aws iilngsm up at me, I dulow heva eludkcp my npielp uot of tsi mtuoh nad eamsdhs sit anbisr uot aginats a llwa if I dha osnwr to do htat the meas yaw uoy heav nwors to do iths. |
| MACBETH If we should fail? | CATEBHM utB if we fail |
| LADY MACBETH We fail? 60 But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And well not fail. When Duncan is asleep Whereto the rather shall his days hard journey Soundly invite himhis two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince 65 That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume, and the receipt of reason A limbeck only: when in swinish sleep Their drenchd natures lie as in a death, What cannot you and I perform upon 70 The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt Of our great quell? | YADL TEBMHCA We, ilaf? If ouy etg uoyr uarcego up, we tcan ifla. nWhe unaDnc is sateelhpe syda hdra ryuoejn sah nfdyieleit amde mhi lldeIrti egt shi otw vstrasen so drknu htta ihtre yoemmr lwli go up in oesmk ouhgrth eth esnmcyhi of tirhe absrni. nheW ethy lie slpeea ekli sgpi, so nrkud lyhtel be eadd to het rlowd, twha wnto ouy dna I be leba to do to eth rudduaneg Dnncua? nAd wahertev we do, we can lya lla the mbela on the krednnu tsvsnaer. |
| MACBETH Bring forth men-children only, For thy undaunted mettle should compose Nothing but males. Will it not be received, 75 When we have marked with blood those sleepy two Of his own chamber and used their very daggers, That they have done t? | ECHBMAT yaM uoy yonl gvei rhibt to amle rlecdinh, eaecsub yruo lesaesrf rsitpi sduhlo rtceae ntgonhi thta sint snleaucim. Oenc we aveh erceovd teh two rvtnsase thiw dlboo, nad sdeu erith sgaergd to klli, tonw polepe ebelevi htta hety weer teh iprtulcs? |
| LADY MACBETH Who dares receive it other, As we shall make our griefs and clamor roar Upon his death? | DALY TMCBHEA oWh coudl hkint it ndeaephp nya heort ywa? lWle be igrvgine uyllod nweh we aehr thta aDnucn sha ddei. |
| MACBETH I am settled, and bend up 80 Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. | CMTBHAE wNo Im ideddec, nad I wlil ertxe ervey slemcu in my dybo to mmocit isth rmiec. Go nwo, nda petrend to be a dfilnyre sstehos. diHe thiw a fsael penlatsa faec hawt ouy nwok in uory afles, evil rteha. |
| Exeunt | heyT txie. |
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