No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth: Act 2 Scene 4

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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN	RSSO dan an LDO AMN erent.
OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well, Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.	LDO ANM I cna mbeeerrm eht aspt yevsnte reays ptreyt elwl, dna in lla atth emti I vhea sene eudflrda hrsuo dna asetrgn hintgs. But tasl nghist oorrshr ekam veegrynthi htta amce roebef eems klie a joek.
ROSS Ha, good father, 5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act, Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. Is t nights predominance or the days shame That darkness does the face of Earth entomb 10 When living light should kiss it?	SRSO Ah esy, ldo anm. uoY cna ees teh isske. yhTe look eilk hrteye tespu atuob awht dimknan sha been iogdn, and yetrhe nteingehrta hte hErat hwti strsmo. eTh kcloc sasy tis yimetad, ubt drak hngit is ngtnagirls teh nus. Is it ueasceb night is so sntgor, or easebuc yad is so aekw, ttha kesadrsn coersv the ahtre ewnh tis dueospsp to be gtlhi?
OLD MAN Tis unnatural, Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, towring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.	ODL NMA Its uraantnlu, sujt eilk teh rermdu atth has ebne ettidcomm. Last dseyuTa a oancfl saw lcigirnc ihhg in eht kys, nda it was chtuag adn liekld by an rridnaoy lwo atht ysuuall soeg afrte emic.
ROSS And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain 15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending gainst obedience, as they would Make war with mankind.	OSSR And gnethoims else rangtes hdnpeaep. asnnDcu orsesh, ichwh ear beftaului dna stwif dan hte sbte of rthie ebrde, dusdleyn nrdetu lwdi dna roekb out of terih slaslt. feusRngi to be eebndtoi as slauu, eyht dcaet leki eyth erwe at wra whti knmadni.
OLD MAN Tis said they eat each other.	LDO NMA ehTy ysa hte sshroe aet heac htore.
ROSS They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes 20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.	SORS I wsa it whit my nwo yese. It swa an aanmgiz thgsi. Hree ocesm het ogod dfufcMa.
Enter MACDUFF	FFMCADU esnter.
How goes the world, sir, now?	owH aer hitgns gnoig wno?
MACDUFF Why, see you not?	CDFMUFA antC ouy ees rfo lrsufyeo?
ROSS Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?	SSOR soeD ynaone wonk how oectmtidm tish elbrroih cermi?
MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.	FUADCFM heT rtnaessv thMbcea ldilke.
ROSS Alas, the day! What good could they pretend?	SSOR tIs too dab he dilkle them. Wath dgoo loduw it haev edon ehtso nem to ikll ucnnaD?
MACDUFF They were suborned. 25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons, Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them Suspicion of the deed.	FADCUFM ehTy were paid to rbteay rtehi rmeats. loMcaml nad loinbaDna, eht igsnk tow snso, eavh urn aawy adn lefd, iwhch amkes hmte teh reimp spsstceu.
ROSS Gainst nature still! Thriftless ambition, that will raven up 30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.	OSSR gnEierhytv ubato tsih is ulnnuarta! tWha a tpsiud aonimtbi, giscuna a sno to llik the aehtrf woh ptsorups him. Then it kloos keil cheMbat lilw cembeo ngki.
MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone To be invested.	FACFMUD He ash aeadrly bnee anmde nigk and hsa eflt rfo Senco to be wdoencr.
ROSS Where is Duncans body?	SSRO hreWe is unansDc ydbo?
MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones.	DFCUAMF It was eircdra to eollilCmk to be elcdap in the tbom of shi oacenstsr, ewehr htrie enosb era tpek faes.
ROSS Will you to Scone?	ROSS eAr you ongig to coSen?
MACDUFF No, cousin, Ill to Fife.	UMFAFCD No, nuosci, Im gngoi to iefF.
ROSS Well, I will thither.	SSRO lelW, llI go to nSoec.
MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu, Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!	UDACFFM I phoe tihsgn go wlle trehe. oGod-yeb! nAd lest hope hgistn tdon tge rsoew.
ROSS Farewell, father.	RSSO ewalreFl, odl nma.
OLD MAN Gods benison go with you and with those That would make good of bad and friends of foes.	ODL NMA yMa odsG belsngsi go thiw uoy adn with all owh utrn dba toin gdoo, dna ensemie ntoi idrnsfe!
Exeunt	yehT lla eitx.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN	RSSO dan an LDO AMN erent.
OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well, Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.	LDO ANM I cna mbeeerrm eht aspt yevsnte reays ptreyt elwl, dna in lla atth emti I vhea sene eudflrda hrsuo dna asetrgn hintgs. But tasl nghist oorrshr ekam veegrynthi htta amce roebef eems klie a joek.
ROSS Ha, good father, 5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act, Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. Is t nights predominance or the days shame That darkness does the face of Earth entomb 10 When living light should kiss it?	SRSO Ah esy, ldo anm. uoY cna ees teh isske. yhTe look eilk hrteye tespu atuob awht dimknan sha been iogdn, and yetrhe nteingehrta hte hErat hwti strsmo. eTh kcloc sasy tis yimetad, ubt drak hngit is ngtnagirls teh nus. Is it ueasceb night is so sntgor, or easebuc yad is so aekw, ttha kesadrsn coersv the ahtre ewnh tis dueospsp to be gtlhi?
OLD MAN Tis unnatural, Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, towring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.	ODL NMA Its uraantnlu, sujt eilk teh rermdu atth has ebne ettidcomm. Last dseyuTa a oancfl saw lcigirnc ihhg in eht kys, nda it was chtuag adn liekld by an rridnaoy lwo atht ysuuall soeg afrte emic.
ROSS And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain 15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending gainst obedience, as they would Make war with mankind.	OSSR And gnethoims else rangtes hdnpeaep. asnnDcu orsesh, ichwh ear beftaului dna stwif dan hte sbte of rthie ebrde, dusdleyn nrdetu lwdi dna roekb out of terih slaslt. feusRngi to be eebndtoi as slauu, eyht dcaet leki eyth erwe at wra whti knmadni.
OLD MAN Tis said they eat each other.	LDO NMA ehTy ysa hte sshroe aet heac htore.
ROSS They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes 20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.	SORS I wsa it whit my nwo yese. It swa an aanmgiz thgsi. Hree ocesm het ogod dfufcMa.
Enter MACDUFF	FFMCADU esnter.
How goes the world, sir, now?	owH aer hitgns gnoig wno?
MACDUFF Why, see you not?	CDFMUFA antC ouy ees rfo lrsufyeo?
ROSS Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?	SSOR soeD ynaone wonk how oectmtidm tish elbrroih cermi?
MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.	FUADCFM heT rtnaessv thMbcea ldilke.
ROSS Alas, the day! What good could they pretend?	SSOR tIs too dab he dilkle them. Wath dgoo loduw it haev edon ehtso nem to ikll ucnnaD?
MACDUFF They were suborned. 25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons, Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them Suspicion of the deed.	FADCUFM ehTy were paid to rbteay rtehi rmeats. loMcaml nad loinbaDna, eht igsnk tow snso, eavh urn aawy adn lefd, iwhch amkes hmte teh reimp spsstceu.
ROSS Gainst nature still! Thriftless ambition, that will raven up 30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.	OSSR gnEierhytv ubato tsih is ulnnuarta! tWha a tpsiud aonimtbi, giscuna a sno to llik the aehtrf woh ptsorups him. Then it kloos keil cheMbat lilw cembeo ngki.
MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone To be invested.	FACFMUD He ash aeadrly bnee anmde nigk and hsa eflt rfo Senco to be wdoencr.
ROSS Where is Duncans body?	SSRO hreWe is unansDc ydbo?
MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones.	DFCUAMF It was eircdra to eollilCmk to be elcdap in the tbom of shi oacenstsr, ewehr htrie enosb era tpek faes.
ROSS Will you to Scone?	ROSS eAr you ongig to coSen?
MACDUFF No, cousin, Ill to Fife.	UMFAFCD No, nuosci, Im gngoi to iefF.
ROSS Well, I will thither.	SSRO lelW, llI go to nSoec.
MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu, Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!	UDACFFM I phoe tihsgn go wlle trehe. oGod-yeb! nAd lest hope hgistn tdon tge rsoew.
ROSS Farewell, father.	RSSO ewalreFl, odl nma.
OLD MAN Gods benison go with you and with those That would make good of bad and friends of foes.	ODL NMA yMa odsG belsngsi go thiw uoy adn with all owh utrn dba toin gdoo, dna ensemie ntoi idrnsfe!
Exeunt	yehT lla eitx.