No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth: Act 5 Scene 1

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Enter a DOCTOR of physic and a waiting-GENTLEWOMAN	A DOCTOR and a waiting- GENTLEWOMAN The waiting-gentlewoman is an upperclass woman whose job is to wait on the queen. GENTLEWOMAN enter.
DOCTOR I have two nights watched with you but can perceive no truth in your report. When was it she last walked?	TODRCO veI esyadt up twhi oyu for wto ngshti onw, nad I vahetn ense nya iedncvee of wtha uoy eewr lgitnak uobat. nhWe swa the astl mtei oyu wsa ehr lpnsliwegkea?
GENTLEWOMAN Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon t, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep.	ELANNGOMTWE iceSn hcabMet etnw to awr, I heva seen ehr seir orfm hre bde, ptu on her ownitnggh, nkclou her ctelos, ktae otu eoms eprap, dlof it, wriet on it, eard it, slea it up, adn hnte rtnrue to deb, nrenigmai epesla het neietr mtie.
DOCTOR A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the lineeffects of watching. In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and other actual performances, what, at any time, have you heard her say?	TOOCRD sIt alrnuatun to be esalep dna cat as if eoyur ewkaa. nWhe seh is klie itsh, ssebied awlgnki and rienromfgp sivrauo eavcsittii, haev uyo deahr hre say innhytga?
GENTLEWOMAN That, sir, which I will not report after her.	GLEEMNTNWOA She ssay osnmgheit, rsi, but I lliw nto earetp it to oyu.
DOCTOR You may to me, and tis most meet you should.	OCTORD Yuo anc ltle me. You llyrae sulohd.
GENTLEWOMAN Neither to you nor any one, having no witness to confirm my speech.	ATMNNOEGLWE I lilw not csnoefs it to uoy onr to oneyan eles, ecbseau rhtee saw no one eesl to isneswt rhe cpeesh.
Enter LADY MACBETH with a taper	YADL THEBMCA nesetr, glionhd a cnadle.
Lo you, here she comes. This is her very guise; and, upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her, stand close.	koLo, ehre hes eomsc! ishT is xclyeat ohw hse swaaly olsok, dnIa sarew shtei is fats sealep. hcaWt erh. eKpe idhden.
DOCTOR 15 How came she by that light?	RDOOTC Hwo ddi hse etg taht ncaedl?
GENTLEWOMAN Why, it stood by her. She has light by her continually. Tis her command.	EOATNLEWGNM It tdssna by hre bdesdie. Seh swaaly hsa to evah a thgli nxte to erh. shTeo ear her rsrode.
DOCTOR You see her eyes are open.	OCRTOD Yuo ees, rhe eyes ear nepo.
GENTLEWOMAN Ay, but their sense is shut.	OTENMEANLWG sYe, tub tehy tond ees yhtangin.
DOCTOR What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands.	OTDRCO ahtWs seh nigod onw? Loko hwo she rbus ehr shnda.
GENTLEWOMAN It is an accustomed action with her to seem thus washing her hands. I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.	TMGNWOELEAN ehS teofn eosd htta. Seh oloks elik essh gwnsiha ehr hdans. veI nese reh do ahtt rbeofe orf as lnog as enfetfi itemuns.
LADY MACBETH Yet heres a spot.	AYDL TAMHBEC rThsee llits a ospt heer.
DOCTOR Hark! She speaks. I will set down what comes from her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly.	OOTDRC siteLn! ehsS knagilt. llI ietrw wdno htaw she syas, so Ill rrmbeeme it ettbre.
LADY MACBETH Out, damned spot! Out, I say!One, two. Why, then, tis time to do t. Hell is murky!Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.	DLAY HTCAMBE (ignbrub hre adhsn) meoC uto, eamndd stpo! Otu, I cmondam yuo! neO, owt. OK, tsi eitm to do it nwo.elHl is yurkm!oenensNs, my dorl, sneosenn! oYu rea a lioserd, nda yte uoy rae iaradf? hWy oulhsd we be dsarce, wehn no neo cna lay hte tigul nupo us?uBt how owdul vaeh ghhottu hte lod anm ulodw veah had so hmcu doobl in imh?
DOCTOR Do you mark that?	ROOCDT iDd oyu aher hatt?
LADY MACBETH The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?What, will these hands neer be clean?No more o that, my lord, no more o that. You mar all with this starting.	ALDY HBTMCAE eTh naeth of eFif had a ifwe. reWhe is seh wno?ahtW, lilw my hasnd enrve be laenc?No mreo of htat, my lodr, no emro of ttah. oYull uirn ievetnyrgh by tgcian sraltetd ekli thsi.
DOCTOR Go to, go to. You have known what you should not.	TOORCD Now olok twah uyveo edon. vouYe rdahe meohtigns yuo tuhosdnl hvae.
GENTLEWOMAN She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of that. Heaven knows what she has known.	ENLGNWOMATE Seh adis emhngoist esh onhludts ehva dais, Im ruse of ahtt. aveneH snkwo hwta sretecs sehs pnkeieg.
LADY MACBETH Heres the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, Oh, Oh!	DALY AHECMTB I lstli ahve hte lmlse of obdol on my adhn. All teh efmsurpe of arAbai ctluodn akme my litlet hdna mlles trtebe. Oh, oh, oh!
DOCTOR What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged.	DOTCOR Whta a yavhe isgh! erH ahrte is rgacynri a veayh teighw.
GENTLEWOMAN I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole body.	TWLNENAGEOM I ondwtlu twna a earht eikl hser vnee if ouy emad me uenqe.
DOCTOR Well, well, well.	OTROCD lleW, elwl, llwe.
GENTLEWOMAN Pray God it be, sir.	WGONTMAENLE I peho ahtw sseh yganis is lewl, rsi!
DOCTOR This disease is beyond my practice. Yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep who have died holily in their beds.	RDTOOC This eaessid is eyondb my mdiealc slilks. tBu I vhae nkown ploepe who plewedkaesl nda rwente tliyug of nagiynht.
LADY MACBETH Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. Look not so pale.I tell you yet again, Banquos buried; he cannot come out on s grave.	DYAL BHTEMAC ashW yoru sahdn. tuP on oyur gwhginton. otDn olko so dtrnghieef. I letl ouy ngaai, uqnBao is ebriud. He tnonac meco tou of sih rvega.
DOCTOR Even so?	OTOCRD Is hist erut?
LADY MACBETH To bed, to bed. Theres knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come. Give me your hand. Whats done cannot be undone.To bed, to bed, to bed!	ALYD BEHTCAM To edb, to ebd! rhTees a nkgcokni at the tega. oCme, mcoe, oecm, ocem, vgie me yruo anhd. thasW ndeo onntca be nnueod. To dbe, to bed, to ebd!
Exit	YLAD CTABEMH xstie.
DOCTOR Will she go now to bed?	RTDOCO Will hse go to dbe now?
GENTLEWOMAN Directly.	NELMNAOTGWE eYs, irhgt aayw.
DOCTOR Foul whisprings are abroad. Unnatural deeds 50 Do breed unnatural troubles. Infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician. God, God forgive us all! Look after her, Remove from her the means of all annoyance, 55 And still keep eyes upon her. So, good night. My mind she has mated, and amazed my sight. I think, but dare not speak.	TCROOD liEv somurr era oging odanur. Uraluntan tacs lwil ausec asaulrnteurp algpiknweSel adn ealegktipsln eewr ridnoeedsc raarpnultsue evsnte in aSsrsepaeehk time. supernatural ihgnst to nehppa. peoePl thwi liugty adn neegdrda nimsd wlli ecsnsfo hteri etcessr to hrtei llopswi as ethy lpees. sThi wmnoa dsnee a rpiest omre athn a drotco. oGd vrigoef us lal! (to the nigtiwa- GENTLEWOMAN) Lkoo ertaf rhe. emoRve ytinhagn esh mgtih hutr hefsrel tihw. cathW erh ontlnysact. Adn now, ogdo-nhtig. Seh sah ebderwdlei my dnmi nda zmadae my eeys. I vaeh an piniono, ubt I dtno raed to ysa it out dlou.
GENTLEWOMAN Good night, good doctor.	WTNOALGEMEN oGdo gthin, good odoctr.
Exeunt	eyTh xeti.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter a DOCTOR of physic and a waiting-GENTLEWOMAN	A DOCTOR and a waiting- GENTLEWOMAN The waiting-gentlewoman is an upperclass woman whose job is to wait on the queen. GENTLEWOMAN enter.
DOCTOR I have two nights watched with you but can perceive no truth in your report. When was it she last walked?	TODRCO veI esyadt up twhi oyu for wto ngshti onw, nad I vahetn ense nya iedncvee of wtha uoy eewr lgitnak uobat. nhWe swa the astl mtei oyu wsa ehr lpnsliwegkea?
GENTLEWOMAN Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it, write upon t, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all this while in a most fast sleep.	ELANNGOMTWE iceSn hcabMet etnw to awr, I heva seen ehr seir orfm hre bde, ptu on her ownitnggh, nkclou her ctelos, ktae otu eoms eprap, dlof it, wriet on it, eard it, slea it up, adn hnte rtnrue to deb, nrenigmai epesla het neietr mtie.
DOCTOR A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the lineeffects of watching. In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and other actual performances, what, at any time, have you heard her say?	TOOCRD sIt alrnuatun to be esalep dna cat as if eoyur ewkaa. nWhe seh is klie itsh, ssebied awlgnki and rienromfgp sivrauo eavcsittii, haev uyo deahr hre say innhytga?
GENTLEWOMAN That, sir, which I will not report after her.	GLEEMNTNWOA She ssay osnmgheit, rsi, but I lliw nto earetp it to oyu.
DOCTOR You may to me, and tis most meet you should.	OCTORD Yuo anc ltle me. You llyrae sulohd.
GENTLEWOMAN Neither to you nor any one, having no witness to confirm my speech.	ATMNNOEGLWE I lilw not csnoefs it to uoy onr to oneyan eles, ecbseau rhtee saw no one eesl to isneswt rhe cpeesh.
Enter LADY MACBETH with a taper	YADL THEBMCA nesetr, glionhd a cnadle.
Lo you, here she comes. This is her very guise; and, upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her, stand close.	koLo, ehre hes eomsc! ishT is xclyeat ohw hse swaaly olsok, dnIa sarew shtei is fats sealep. hcaWt erh. eKpe idhden.
DOCTOR 15 How came she by that light?	RDOOTC Hwo ddi hse etg taht ncaedl?
GENTLEWOMAN Why, it stood by her. She has light by her continually. Tis her command.	EOATNLEWGNM It tdssna by hre bdesdie. Seh swaaly hsa to evah a thgli nxte to erh. shTeo ear her rsrode.
DOCTOR You see her eyes are open.	OCRTOD Yuo ees, rhe eyes ear nepo.
GENTLEWOMAN Ay, but their sense is shut.	OTENMEANLWG sYe, tub tehy tond ees yhtangin.
DOCTOR What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands.	OTDRCO ahtWs seh nigod onw? Loko hwo she rbus ehr shnda.
GENTLEWOMAN It is an accustomed action with her to seem thus washing her hands. I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour.	TMGNWOELEAN ehS teofn eosd htta. Seh oloks elik essh gwnsiha ehr hdans. veI nese reh do ahtt rbeofe orf as lnog as enfetfi itemuns.
LADY MACBETH Yet heres a spot.	AYDL TAMHBEC rThsee llits a ospt heer.
DOCTOR Hark! She speaks. I will set down what comes from her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly.	OOTDRC siteLn! ehsS knagilt. llI ietrw wdno htaw she syas, so Ill rrmbeeme it ettbre.
LADY MACBETH Out, damned spot! Out, I say!One, two. Why, then, tis time to do t. Hell is murky!Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.	DLAY HTCAMBE (ignbrub hre adhsn) meoC uto, eamndd stpo! Otu, I cmondam yuo! neO, owt. OK, tsi eitm to do it nwo.elHl is yurkm!oenensNs, my dorl, sneosenn! oYu rea a lioserd, nda yte uoy rae iaradf? hWy oulhsd we be dsarce, wehn no neo cna lay hte tigul nupo us?uBt how owdul vaeh ghhottu hte lod anm ulodw veah had so hmcu doobl in imh?
DOCTOR Do you mark that?	ROOCDT iDd oyu aher hatt?
LADY MACBETH The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?What, will these hands neer be clean?No more o that, my lord, no more o that. You mar all with this starting.	ALDY HBTMCAE eTh naeth of eFif had a ifwe. reWhe is seh wno?ahtW, lilw my hasnd enrve be laenc?No mreo of htat, my lodr, no emro of ttah. oYull uirn ievetnyrgh by tgcian sraltetd ekli thsi.
DOCTOR Go to, go to. You have known what you should not.	TOORCD Now olok twah uyveo edon. vouYe rdahe meohtigns yuo tuhosdnl hvae.
GENTLEWOMAN She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of that. Heaven knows what she has known.	ENLGNWOMATE Seh adis emhngoist esh onhludts ehva dais, Im ruse of ahtt. aveneH snkwo hwta sretecs sehs pnkeieg.
LADY MACBETH Heres the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, Oh, Oh!	DALY AHECMTB I lstli ahve hte lmlse of obdol on my adhn. All teh efmsurpe of arAbai ctluodn akme my litlet hdna mlles trtebe. Oh, oh, oh!
DOCTOR What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged.	DOTCOR Whta a yavhe isgh! erH ahrte is rgacynri a veayh teighw.
GENTLEWOMAN I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole body.	TWLNENAGEOM I ondwtlu twna a earht eikl hser vnee if ouy emad me uenqe.
DOCTOR Well, well, well.	OTROCD lleW, elwl, llwe.
GENTLEWOMAN Pray God it be, sir.	WGONTMAENLE I peho ahtw sseh yganis is lewl, rsi!
DOCTOR This disease is beyond my practice. Yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep who have died holily in their beds.	RDTOOC This eaessid is eyondb my mdiealc slilks. tBu I vhae nkown ploepe who plewedkaesl nda rwente tliyug of nagiynht.
LADY MACBETH Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. Look not so pale.I tell you yet again, Banquos buried; he cannot come out on s grave.	DYAL BHTEMAC ashW yoru sahdn. tuP on oyur gwhginton. otDn olko so dtrnghieef. I letl ouy ngaai, uqnBao is ebriud. He tnonac meco tou of sih rvega.
DOCTOR Even so?	OTOCRD Is hist erut?
LADY MACBETH To bed, to bed. Theres knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come. Give me your hand. Whats done cannot be undone.To bed, to bed, to bed!	ALYD BEHTCAM To edb, to ebd! rhTees a nkgcokni at the tega. oCme, mcoe, oecm, ocem, vgie me yruo anhd. thasW ndeo onntca be nnueod. To dbe, to bed, to ebd!
Exit	YLAD CTABEMH xstie.
DOCTOR Will she go now to bed?	RTDOCO Will hse go to dbe now?
GENTLEWOMAN Directly.	NELMNAOTGWE eYs, irhgt aayw.
DOCTOR Foul whisprings are abroad. Unnatural deeds 50 Do breed unnatural troubles. Infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician. God, God forgive us all! Look after her, Remove from her the means of all annoyance, 55 And still keep eyes upon her. So, good night. My mind she has mated, and amazed my sight. I think, but dare not speak.	TCROOD liEv somurr era oging odanur. Uraluntan tacs lwil ausec asaulrnteurp algpiknweSel adn ealegktipsln eewr ridnoeedsc raarpnultsue evsnte in aSsrsepaeehk time. supernatural ihgnst to nehppa. peoePl thwi liugty adn neegdrda nimsd wlli ecsnsfo hteri etcessr to hrtei llopswi as ethy lpees. sThi wmnoa dsnee a rpiest omre athn a drotco. oGd vrigoef us lal! (to the nigtiwa- GENTLEWOMAN) Lkoo ertaf rhe. emoRve ytinhagn esh mgtih hutr hefsrel tihw. cathW erh ontlnysact. Adn now, ogdo-nhtig. Seh sah ebderwdlei my dnmi nda zmadae my eeys. I vaeh an piniono, ubt I dtno raed to ysa it out dlou.
GENTLEWOMAN Good night, good doctor.	WTNOALGEMEN oGdo gthin, good odoctr.
Exeunt	eyTh xeti.