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Flourish. Enter KING DUNCAN , LENNOX , MALCOLM , DONALBAIN , and attendants
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Flourish. Enter KING DUNCAN , LENNOX , MALCOLM , DONALBAIN , and attendants
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DUNCAN Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not
Those in commission yet returned?
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DUNCAN Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not
Those in commission yet returned?
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MALCOLM My liege,
They are not yet come back. But I have spoke
With one that saw him die, who did report
5 That very frankly he confessed his treasons,
Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth
A deep repentance. Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it. He died
As one that had been studied in his death
10 To throw away the dearest thing he owed
As ’twere a careless trifle.
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MALCOLM My liege,
They are not yet come back. But I have spoke
With one that saw him die, who did report
That very frankly he confessed his treasons,
Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth
A deep repentance. Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it. He died
As one that had been studied in his death
To throw away the dearest thing he owed
As ’twere a careless trifle.
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DUNCAN There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.
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DUNCAN There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.
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Enter MACBETH , BANQUO , ROSS , and ANGUS
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Enter MACBETH , BANQUO , ROSS , and ANGUS
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The sin of my ingratitude even now
Was heavy on me. Thou art so far before
That swiftest wing of recompense is slow
To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved,
20 That the proportion both of thanks and payment
Might have been mine! Only I have left to say,
More is thy due than more than all can pay.
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The sin of my ingratitude even now
Was heavy on me. Thou art so far before
That swiftest wing of recompense is slow
To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved,
That the proportion both of thanks and payment
Might have been mine! Only I have left to say,
More is thy due than more than all can pay.
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MACBETH The service and the loyalty I owe
In doing it pays itself. Your highness' part
25 Is to receive our duties, and our duties
Are to your throne and state children and servants,
Which do but what they should, by doing everything
Safe toward your love and honor.
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MACBETH The service and the loyalty I owe
In doing it pays itself. Your highness' part
Is to receive our duties, and our duties
Are to your throne and state children and servants,
Which do but what they should, by doing everything
Safe toward your love and honor.
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DUNCAN Welcome hither.
I have begun to plant thee, and will labor
That hast no less deserved, nor must be known
No less to have done so, let me infold thee
And hold thee to my heart.
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DUNCAN Welcome hither.
I have begun to plant thee, and will labor
That hast no less deserved, nor must be known
No less to have done so, let me infold thee
And hold thee to my heart.
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BANQUO There, if I grow,
The harvest is your own.
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BANQUO There, if I grow,
The harvest is your own.
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DUNCAN My plenteous joys,
35 Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are the nearest, know
We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
40 The prince of Cumberland; which honor must
Not unaccompanied invest him only,
But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deservers. (to MACBETH) From hence to Inverness,
And bind us further to you.
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DUNCAN My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are the nearest, know
We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
The prince of Cumberland; which honor must
Not unaccompanied invest him only,
But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deservers. (to MACBETH) From hence to Inverness,
And bind us further to you.
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MACBETH 45 The rest is labor which is not used for you:
I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.
So humbly take my leave.
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MACBETH The rest is labor which is not used for you:
I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.
So humbly take my leave.
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DUNCAN My worthy Cawdor!
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DUNCAN My worthy Cawdor!
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MACBETH On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be
55 Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
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MACBETH On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
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Exit
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Exit
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DUNCAN True, worthy Banquo. He is full so valiant,
And in his commendations I am fed;
It is a banquet to me.—Let’s after him,
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome:
60 It is a peerless kinsman.
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DUNCAN True, worthy Banquo. He is full so valiant,
And in his commendations I am fed;
It is a banquet to me.—Let’s after him,
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome:
It is a peerless kinsman.
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Flourish. Exeunt
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Flourish. Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Flourish. Enter KING DUNCAN , LENNOX , MALCOLM , DONALBAIN , and attendants
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Flourish. Enter KING DUNCAN , LENNOX , MALCOLM , DONALBAIN , and attendants
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DUNCAN Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not
Those in commission yet returned?
|
DUNCAN Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not
Those in commission yet returned?
|
|
MALCOLM My liege,
They are not yet come back. But I have spoke
With one that saw him die, who did report
5 That very frankly he confessed his treasons,
Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth
A deep repentance. Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it. He died
As one that had been studied in his death
10 To throw away the dearest thing he owed
As ’twere a careless trifle.
|
MALCOLM My liege,
They are not yet come back. But I have spoke
With one that saw him die, who did report
That very frankly he confessed his treasons,
Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth
A deep repentance. Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it. He died
As one that had been studied in his death
To throw away the dearest thing he owed
As ’twere a careless trifle.
|
|
DUNCAN There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.
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DUNCAN There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.
|
|
Enter MACBETH , BANQUO , ROSS , and ANGUS
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Enter MACBETH , BANQUO , ROSS , and ANGUS
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The sin of my ingratitude even now
Was heavy on me. Thou art so far before
That swiftest wing of recompense is slow
To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved,
20 That the proportion both of thanks and payment
Might have been mine! Only I have left to say,
More is thy due than more than all can pay.
|
The sin of my ingratitude even now
Was heavy on me. Thou art so far before
That swiftest wing of recompense is slow
To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved,
That the proportion both of thanks and payment
Might have been mine! Only I have left to say,
More is thy due than more than all can pay.
|
|
MACBETH The service and the loyalty I owe
In doing it pays itself. Your highness' part
25 Is to receive our duties, and our duties
Are to your throne and state children and servants,
Which do but what they should, by doing everything
Safe toward your love and honor.
|
MACBETH The service and the loyalty I owe
In doing it pays itself. Your highness' part
Is to receive our duties, and our duties
Are to your throne and state children and servants,
Which do but what they should, by doing everything
Safe toward your love and honor.
|
|
DUNCAN Welcome hither.
I have begun to plant thee, and will labor
That hast no less deserved, nor must be known
No less to have done so, let me infold thee
And hold thee to my heart.
|
DUNCAN Welcome hither.
I have begun to plant thee, and will labor
That hast no less deserved, nor must be known
No less to have done so, let me infold thee
And hold thee to my heart.
|
|
BANQUO There, if I grow,
The harvest is your own.
|
BANQUO There, if I grow,
The harvest is your own.
|
|
DUNCAN My plenteous joys,
35 Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are the nearest, know
We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
40 The prince of Cumberland; which honor must
Not unaccompanied invest him only,
But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deservers. (to MACBETH) From hence to Inverness,
And bind us further to you.
|
DUNCAN My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes,
And you whose places are the nearest, know
We will establish our estate upon
Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter
The prince of Cumberland; which honor must
Not unaccompanied invest him only,
But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine
On all deservers. (to MACBETH) From hence to Inverness,
And bind us further to you.
|
|
MACBETH 45 The rest is labor which is not used for you:
I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.
So humbly take my leave.
|
MACBETH The rest is labor which is not used for you:
I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach.
So humbly take my leave.
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|
DUNCAN My worthy Cawdor!
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DUNCAN My worthy Cawdor!
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|
MACBETH On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be
55 Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
|
MACBETH On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
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Exit
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Exit
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DUNCAN True, worthy Banquo. He is full so valiant,
And in his commendations I am fed;
It is a banquet to me.—Let’s after him,
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome:
60 It is a peerless kinsman.
|
DUNCAN True, worthy Banquo. He is full so valiant,
And in his commendations I am fed;
It is a banquet to me.—Let’s after him,
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome:
It is a peerless kinsman.
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Flourish. Exeunt
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Flourish. Exeunt
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