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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN | SSOR nda an LDO NAM enret. |
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. | DLO NMA I can rbemeemr eht pats tevnesy asrey ttpyre lwel, nad in lla htat eimt I avhe sene frudeald urosh nda etasgrn gtshin. But tasl hsgtni rorhosr ekma tgehiryven that acem eofreb mese kile a kejo. |
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? | SOSR Ah sey, lod mna. uYo nac see hte sseik. heTy olko kile ehytre putes buoat thaw kmdnnia has nebe ndgoi, nda eertyh nethgitnrea teh Erhta twhi tssmro. heT lkocc ssya ist adeitym, btu ardk tignh is gnniatsrgl the snu. Is it ebasuce inhtg is so nsgort, or bsuaeec yda is so kawe, tath nedrskas vsreco the rhtae whne tsi udeospsp to be thgli? |
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. | DOL MNA Its rnluautna, ujst lkei eht ruderm taht ahs bene titdmcmeo. stLa Tudsyae a cflano saw irnclgic ighh in eht yks, adn it aws ucghta dna lelikd by an riyornda lwo ttha ulaslyu egso taref icme. |
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. | RSOS And sntigmoeh lese gnraest phadneep. nncDasu roshse, ihcwh are uebtaiufl nda itsfw nad the tesb of hirte erebd, ydsndeul dtuner lidw and berko out of irhet slalst. seinRfgu to be obetnied as saluu, htye atdce ikle hety reew at arw thiw nnakimd. |
OLD MAN Tis said they eat each other. | LOD NMA hTey ysa the ossehr tae ceah retoh. |
ROSS They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes 20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff. | RSOS I asw it hitw my nwo eeys. It asw an aazginm gtsih. Here seomc eht doog fdfacuM. |
Enter MACDUFF | FFUCDAM setenr. |
How goes the world, sir, now? | Hwo aer tinhgs inogg won? |
MACDUFF Why, see you not? | FUFDACM ntaC you ese rof ryoelfsu? |
ROSS Is t known who did this more than bloody deed? | ROSS oesD naenyo onkw owh mocidmtte hist rlhriboe meric? |
MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain. | AFDMUCF heT vrnseast Meachbt likdle. |
ROSS Alas, the day! What good could they pretend? | OSRS Ist too dab he iekdll meth. htWa ogod uoldw it veha deon hsteo nem to likl uaDcnn? |
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. | FCMAFUD ehTy wree pdia to reytba eirth temasr. lclamoM dna onaailnDb, eht nsikg owt noss, haev urn ayaw adn efdl, hhwic akems tmeh the impre csspsuet. |
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. | SRSO hgrivetEny atuob hist is anaunlrut! thWa a psiutd ombiitna, uscgian a son to kill het herfat hwo sppousrt mhi. nheT it sloko leki ahebMct lwli ceboem nigk. |
MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone To be invested. | FUFACMD He hsa adealyr enbe nedma inkg dan has tfel for Sneco to be roncwed. |
ROSS Where is Duncans body? | ROSS reeWh is aDnusnc ybod? |
MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones. | UAMCFFD It swa eadrcri to iemlkllCo to be epadcl in the btom of shi sesoratnc, ehwer erhti esnob ear epkt feas. |
ROSS Will you to Scone? | SRSO erA uoy iggno to oncSe? |
MACDUFF No, cousin, Ill to Fife. | FFDMUAC No, sioncu, Im igong to ifFe. |
ROSS Well, I will thither. | SRSO Wlle, lIl go to enSco. |
MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu, Lest our old robes sit easier than our new! | DMFACUF I pohe hingst go llwe hreet. oGod-yeb! ndA tles hope ngiths otnd egt oewrs. |
ROSS Farewell, father. | SOSR Fralewle, lod nma. |
OLD MAN Gods benison go with you and with those That would make good of bad and friends of foes. | DOL MNA ayM oGsd iblgenss go ithw ouy dan hitw all owh trun bad tnio ogdo, nad iemsnee itno idfnsre! |
Exeunt | eTyh lal eixt. |