For 'twould have anger'd any heart alive
To hear the men deny 't. So that, I say,
He has born all things well; and I do think,
That had he Duncan's fons under his key,

a

(As, an 't pleafe heaven, he fhall not) they fhould find What 'twere to kill a father: so should Fleance.

But peace! for from broad words, and 'caufe he fail'd
His prefence at the tyrant's feaft, I hear,

Macduff lives in difgrace. Sir, can you tell
Where he bestows himself?

Lord. The b fon of Duncan,

From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth,

d

Lives in the English court, and a is receiv'd
Of the most pious Edward with fuch grace,
That the malevolence of fortune nothing.
Takes from his high refpect. Thither Macduff
Is gone to pray the holy King, upon his aid
To wake Northumberland, and warlike & Seyward;
That by the help of thefe (with Him above
To ratify the work) we may again

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f

Give to our tables meat, fleep to our nights,

Free from our feafts and banquets bloody knives;

bis.

The three laft fo's and R. the for and P. Live for Lives; the reft read as

a The three laft fo's, shall for should. .b All before T. fons for fon; but this appears to have been only an error of the prefs in the first f. by the two fol⚫wing notes.

So the first f; the other fo's, R.

the first f.

d So the fo's; R. and P. are for is ; the reft as in fo's.

e P. and all after, except C. omit

boly.

f C. on for upon.

g T.'s duodecimo, and all after, except C, Siward,

Do

Do faithful homage, and receive free honours,

All which we pine for now.

And this report

Hath fo exasperated the king, that he

k

Prepares for fome attempt of war,

Len. Sent he to Macduff?

Lord. He did; and with an absolute, Sir, not I,

The cloudy meffenger turns me his back,

And hums, as who fhould fay, You'll rue the time,

That clogs me with this anfwer.

Len, And that well might

Advise him to a caution, t' hold what distance
His wifdom can provide. Some holy angel
Fly to the court of England, and unfold

His meffage ere he come; that a fwift bleffing
May foon return to this our fuffering country,
Under a hand accurft!

Lord. I'll fend my prayers with him,

[Exeunt,

ACT NV.

SCENE I

A dark Cave; in the middle, a great Cauldron" boilings

Thunder. Enter the three Witches,

I Witch. THRICE the brinded cat hath mew'd.

THRI

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2 Witch. Thrice and once the hedge

pig whin'd.

3 Witch. Harpier cries, 'tis time, 'tis time.

I Witch. Round about the cauldron go,

In the poifon'd' entrails throw.

[They march round the cauldron, and throw in the feveral ingredients as for the preparation of their charm.

This defcription of the fcene first put in by R.

n boiling an emendation of C; R. had put burning.

¶ P. and all after, Harper.

r W. propofes for entrails, entremes, an old word, (fays he) used for ingredients. See Skinner's Etymologicon,

• T. and all after, except C. Twice where Entremeffe is explained a mixfor Thrice.

P The three laft fo's and R,'s octavo,

bedges pig, &c.

ture.

This direction first put in by R.

Toad,

Toad, that under cold ftone,

Days and nights has, thirty one,
Swelter'd venom fleeping got;

Boil thou first i' th' charmed pot.

All. Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

"2 Witch Fillet of a fenny fnake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's fting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble.

All. Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy; maw, and gulph
Of the ravening falt fea fhark;
Root of hemlock, digg'd i' th' dark;
Liver of blafpheming Jew;
Gall of goat; and flips of yew,
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipfe;
Nofe of Turk, and Tartar's lips;
Finger of birth-ftrangled babe,
Ditch-deliver'd by a drah;
Make the gruel thick, and slab.

}

tR.'s duodecimo and all after, under the cold ftone, &c.

w P. and all after, ewlet's.

x All before P. ravin'd for raven

u P.'s duodecimo, T. W. and J. give ing. this fpeech to the first Witch.

y R. filver'd for fliver'd.

Add

Add thereto a tiger's chawdron,

For th' ingredients of our cauldron,

All. Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

2 Witch. Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good.

b

Enter Hecate, and other three Witches,
Hec, O well done! I commend your pains,
And every one shall fhare i' th' gains.
And now about the cauldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring

Inchanting all that you put in,

Mufic and a Song.

Black fpirits and white,
Blue fpirits and grey,
Mingle, mingle, mingle,
You that mingle may.

2 Witch. By the pricking of my Something wicked this way comes: Open locks, whoever knocks,

thumbs

}

z The fo's and C. ingredience. The two first fo's, cawdron, The fo's, and the other, &c.

Only the two first words of this fong are inferted in the fo's, whence R. got the remaining words we are not informed.

SCENE