My voice is in my sword; thou bloodier villain Macb. [They fight. Thou losest labour: As easy may'st thou the intrenchant air3 With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born. Macd. Macb. Accursed be that tongue that tells me so, For it hath cow'd my better part of man! And be these juggling fiends no more believ'd, And break it to our hope.-I'll not fight with thee. And live to be the show and gaze o'the time. Painted upon a pole; and underwrit, Here may you see the tyrant. I'll not yield, Macb. I throw my warlike shield: lay on, Macduff; As easy may'st thou the intrenchant air-] That is, air which cannot be cut. palter with us in a double sense;] That shuffle with ambiguous expressions. THE following Songs are found in Sir William D'Avenant's alteration of this play, printed in 1674. The first and second of them were, I believe, written by him, being introduced at the end of the second Act, in a scene of which he undoubtedly was the author. Of the other song, which is sung in the third Act, the first words (Come away) are in the original copy of Macbeth, and the whole is found at length in Middleton's play, entitled The Witch, which has been lately printed from a manuscript in the collection of Major Pearson. Whether this song was written by Shakspeare, and omitted, like many others, in the printed copy, cannot now be ascertained. MALONE. ACT II. FIRST SONG BY THE WITCHES. 1 Witch. Speak, sister, speak; is the deed done? 2 Witch. Long ago, long ago: Above twelve glasses since have run. 3 Witch. Ill deeds are seldom slow; Nor single: following crimes on former wait: Many more murders must this one ensue, 1 Witch. He shall 3 Witch. He must spill much more blood; And become worse, to make his title good. 1 Witch. Now let's dance. 2 Witch. Agreed. 3 Witch. Agreed. 4 Witch. Agreed. Chor. We should rejoice when good kings bleed. When cattle die, about we go; What then, when monarchs perish, should we do? SECOND SONG. Let's have a dance upon the heath; Sometimes we dance in some old mill, ACT III. SCENE V. HECATE and the Three WITCHES. MUSICK AND SONG. [Within.] Hecate, Hecate, Hecate! O come away! Hec. Hark, I am call'd, my little spirit, see, Sits in a foggy cloud, and stays for me. [Exeunt. [Within.] Come away, Hecate, Hecate! O come away! Hec. I come, I come, with all the speed I may, With all the speed I may. Where's Stadling? 2. Here. [within.] Hec. Where's Puckle? 3. Here; [within.] And Hopper too, and Helway too. We want but you, we want but you: Come away, make up the count. Hec. I will but 'noint, and then I mount: I will but 'noint, &c. [Within.] Here comes down one to fetch his dues, [A Machine with Malkin in it descends. A kiss, a coll, a sip of blood; Hec. O, art thou come? What news? [Within.] All goes fair for our delight: Either come, or else refuse. Hec. Now I'm furnish'd for the flight; [Hecate places herself in the Machine. Now I go, and now I fly, While the moon shines fair; To sing, to toy, to dance, and kiss! Nor cannons' throat our height can reach. [Hecate ascends. 1 Witch. Come, let's make haste; she'll soon be back again. 2 Witch. But whilst she moves through the foggy air, Let's to the cave, and our dire charms prepare. [Exeunt. END OF VOLUME FOURTH. C. and R. Baldwin, Printers, |