...are open; and the surfeited grooms Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugged their possets, That death and nature do contend about them, Whether they live or die. MACBETH [within} Who's there? What, ho! LADY M. Alack! I am afraid they have awaked, And 'tis not done:...

...are open: And the surfeited grooms do mock their charge With snores. I have drugg'd their possets, That death and nature do contend about them, Whether they live, or die. That moment of the owl-shriek and the sleepy lift-and-fall ('Whether they live, or die') may echo the...

...at the end of the previous scene.) Do mock their charge4 with snores. I have drugged their possets,5 That Death and Nature do contend about them, Whether they live, or die. Enter Macbeth. MACBETH Who's there? What ho?6 LADY MACBETH Alack, I am afraid they have awaked, And 'tis not done;...

...Nature doe contend about them, Whether they liue, or dye. Enter Macbeth. Macb. Who's there? what hoa? Lady. Alack, I am afraid they have awak'd, And 'tis not done: th'attempt, and not the deed, Confounds vs: hearke: I lay'd their Daggers ready, He could not misse...

...are open And the surfeited grooms do mock their charge With snores. I have drugged their possets And Death and Nature do contend about them Whether they live or die [ ENTER MACBETH } MACBETH Who's there hoa LADY MACB Alack I am afraid they have awaked And 'tis not done the attempt...

...and the well-fed servants Do make a mockery of their responsibility. 1 have drugged their hot drinks, That death and nature do contend about them Whether they live or die. (Calling from upstairs.) Who's there? What, ho! Alack, I am afraid they have awaked, And 'tis not done....