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| Drum and colors. Enter MALCOLM , SIWARD , MACDUFF , Siwards SON , MENTEITH , CAITHNESS , ANGUS , LENNOX , ROSS , and SOLDIERS , marching | MLOLCMA , dol DWRISA nad sih SNO , MDUFACF , EEIHTMTN , AESNHTICS , NGSUA , LEXONN , SOSR , adn OIRSLSDE tneer mcinghra, whit a mrmerdu dna glfa. |
| MALCOLM Cousins, I hope the days are near at hand That chambers will be safe. | LLOMCMA sKmneni, I ophe hte meti is imocgn ehnw ppoeel lliw be asef in erhit own orbomdes. |
| MENTEITH We doubt it nothing. | IHMETTEN We dont obdtu it. |
| SIWARD What wood is this before us? | RASIDW taWhs the emna of hist ostefr ibnehd us? |
| MENTEITH The wood of Birnam. | MNEEITTH raimnB dWoo. |
| MALCOLM Let every soldier hew him down a bough 5 And bear t before him. Thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host and make discovery Err in report of us. | AOMLLCM lTle veery roisedl to karbe ffo a bahnrc nad hldo it in tornf of ihm. thTa wya we nac lconaec hwo amyn of us trhee era, dna cMeabsth sesip lilw eigv mih crtnecuiaa trsepro. |
| SOLDIERS It shall be done. | RLSODEIS ellW do it. |
| SIWARD We learn no other but the confident tyrant Keeps still in Dunsinane and will endure 10 Our setting down before t. | SWIADR We eahv no wens tcepex htta eht fivoenneorctd eMhatcb is tisll in suannDnei nad illw walol us to lya eiseg to het tecals. |
| MALCOLM Tis his main hope: For, where there is advantage to be given, Both more and less have given him the revolt, And none serve with him but constraind things Whose hearts are absent too. | MLOMLCA He ntwas us to yal seeig. eeWevrrh his osilders veha an iytpournotp to leeav imh, thye do, evtahrew nrka htye rea. No neo tghfis hiwt imh xteecp mne owh are ocdrfe to, adn treih streah raetn in it. |
| MACDUFF Let our just censures 15 Attend the true event, and put we on Industrious soldiership. | MFDACUF We hdlnsout keam yan stjdnemug uilnt we vcaehei rou alog. setL go itghf kiel iorhkwadrgn sosderil. |
| SIWARD The time approaches That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have and what we owe. Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate, 20 But certain issue strokes must arbitrate. Towards which, advance the war. | DASWIR noSo wlel dfni uot hsatw ylalre srou adn ahwt itns. tsI seay rfo us to teg oru eopsh up stuj iisnttg odarnu iinghknt uobat it, btu teh yonl ywa isht is yreall ogign to be tedestl is by cleevion. So slet move rou amrsie rdwaofr. |
| Exeunt, marching | hTye ixet, nciaghmr. |
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| Drum and colors. Enter MALCOLM , SIWARD , MACDUFF , Siwards SON , MENTEITH , CAITHNESS , ANGUS , LENNOX , ROSS , and SOLDIERS , marching | MLOLCMA , dol DWRISA nad sih SNO , MDUFACF , EEIHTMTN , AESNHTICS , NGSUA , LEXONN , SOSR , adn OIRSLSDE tneer mcinghra, whit a mrmerdu dna glfa. |
| MALCOLM Cousins, I hope the days are near at hand That chambers will be safe. | LLOMCMA sKmneni, I ophe hte meti is imocgn ehnw ppoeel lliw be asef in erhit own orbomdes. |
| MENTEITH We doubt it nothing. | IHMETTEN We dont obdtu it. |
| SIWARD What wood is this before us? | RASIDW taWhs the emna of hist ostefr ibnehd us? |
| MENTEITH The wood of Birnam. | MNEEITTH raimnB dWoo. |
| MALCOLM Let every soldier hew him down a bough 5 And bear t before him. Thereby shall we shadow The numbers of our host and make discovery Err in report of us. | AOMLLCM lTle veery roisedl to karbe ffo a bahnrc nad hldo it in tornf of ihm. thTa wya we nac lconaec hwo amyn of us trhee era, dna cMeabsth sesip lilw eigv mih crtnecuiaa trsepro. |
| SOLDIERS It shall be done. | RLSODEIS ellW do it. |
| SIWARD We learn no other but the confident tyrant Keeps still in Dunsinane and will endure 10 Our setting down before t. | SWIADR We eahv no wens tcepex htta eht fivoenneorctd eMhatcb is tisll in suannDnei nad illw walol us to lya eiseg to het tecals. |
| MALCOLM Tis his main hope: For, where there is advantage to be given, Both more and less have given him the revolt, And none serve with him but constraind things Whose hearts are absent too. | MLOMLCA He ntwas us to yal seeig. eeWevrrh his osilders veha an iytpournotp to leeav imh, thye do, evtahrew nrka htye rea. No neo tghfis hiwt imh xteecp mne owh are ocdrfe to, adn treih streah raetn in it. |
| MACDUFF Let our just censures 15 Attend the true event, and put we on Industrious soldiership. | MFDACUF We hdlnsout keam yan stjdnemug uilnt we vcaehei rou alog. setL go itghf kiel iorhkwadrgn sosderil. |
| SIWARD The time approaches That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have and what we owe. Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate, 20 But certain issue strokes must arbitrate. Towards which, advance the war. | DASWIR noSo wlel dfni uot hsatw ylalre srou adn ahwt itns. tsI seay rfo us to teg oru eopsh up stuj iisnttg odarnu iinghknt uobat it, btu teh yonl ywa isht is yreall ogign to be tedestl is by cleevion. So slet move rou amrsie rdwaofr. |
| Exeunt, marching | hTye ixet, nciaghmr. |
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