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William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Tragedy of Macbeth.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Scene III
Act V
[Dunsinane. A room in the castle]
Enter MACBETH, Doctor, and Attendants
Macb.Bring me no more reports; let them fly all;Till Birnam wood remove to DunsinaneI cannot taint with fear. What’s the boy Malcolm?Was he not born of woman? The spirits that knowAll mortal consequences have pronounc’d me thus:“Fear not, Macbeth; no man that’s born of womanShall e’er have power upon thee.” Then fly, false thanes,And mingle with the English epicures!The mind I sway by and the heart I bearShall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.Enter a Servant
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-fac’d loon!Where got’st thou that goose look?Serv.There is ten thousand—Macb.Geese, villain?Serv.Soldiers, sir.Macb.Go prick thy face, and over-red thy fear,Thou lily-liver’d boy. What soldiers, patch?Death of thy soul! those linen cheeks of thineAre counsellors to fear. What soldiers, whey-face?Serv.The English force, so please you.Macb.Take thy face hence.[Exit Servant.]Seyton!—I am sick at heartWhen I behold—Seyton, I say!—This pushWill cheer me ever, or disseat me now.I have liv’d long enough. My way of lifeIs fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf;And that which should accompany old age,As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,I must not look to have; but, in their stead,Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breathWhich the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.Seyton!Enter SEYTON
Sey.What’s your gracious pleasure?Macb.What news more?Sey.All is confirm’d, my lord, which was reported.Macb.I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack’d.Give me my armour.Sey.’Tis not needed yet.Macb.I’ll put it on.Send out moe horses; skirr the country round;Hang those that talk of fear. Give me mine armour.How does your patient, doctor?Doct.Not so sick, my lord,As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies,That keep her from her rest.Macb.Cure her of that.Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas’d,Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,Raze out the written troubles of the brain,And with some sweet oblivious antidoteCleanse the stuff’d bosom of that perilous stuffWhich weights upon the heart?Doct.Therein the patientMust minister to himself.Macb.Throw physic to the dogs; I’ll none of it.Come, put mine armour on; give me my staff.Seyton, send out. Doctor, the thanes fly from me.Come, sir, dispatch. If thou couldst, doctor, castThe water of my land, find her disease,And purge it to a sound and pristine health,I would applaud thee to the very echo,That should applaud again.—Pull ’t off, I say.—What rhubarb, senna, or what purgative drug,Would scour these English hence? Hear’st thou of them?Doct.Ay, my good lord; your royal preparationMakes us hear something.Macb.Bring it after me.I will not be afraid of death and bane,Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane.Doct.[Aside.]Were I from Dunsinane away and clear,Profit again should hardly draw me here.Exeunt.
