Ment. The wood of Birnam. Mal. Let ev'ry foldier hew him down a bough, Sold. It fhall be done. Sey. We learn no other, but the confident tyrant Mal. 'Tis his main hope: For where there is advantage to be given, Macd. Let our " just cenfures * Attend the true event, and put we on Industrious foldiership. Sey. The time approaches, That will with due decifion make us know What we shall say we have, and what we owes [Exeunt marching. SCENE. V. * The Cafle. of Dunsinane. Enter Macbeth, Seyton, and Soldiers with drum and colours. Mach. Hang out our bahners on the outward walls; Were they not forc'd with those that should be ours, [A cry within of women. Sey. It is the cry of women, my good Lord. Macb. I have almoft forgot the taste of fears; The time has been, my fenfes would have cool'd To hear a night-fhriek, and my fell of hair Would at a difmal treatife rouze and ftir, As life were in 't. I have a fupt full with horrors; C. Dunfinane. A plat-form within ibe caftle. No defcription in fo's, Y forc'd for reinforc'd. P. 2 fell is fkin. J. a H. furfeited for fupt full. Mach. Macb. She fhould have dy'd hereafter; There would have been a time for fuch a word. The way to dufty death. Out, out, brief candle! Told by an idiot, full of found and fury, Enter a Messenger. Thou com'ft to use thy tongue: Thy story quickly. Mef. Gracious my Lord, I should report that which I fay I faw, But know not how to do 't. Macb. Well, fay, fir. ཀ Meff. As I did ftand my watch upon the hill, I look'd toward Birnam, and anon, methought, The wood began to move. Macb. Liar, and flave! [ Striking him. Mef. Let me endure your wrath if 't.be not fo.. C 7. propofes to read,―There would bave been a time for-Such a world !— Tomorrow, &c. The three laft fo's, R. P. and C. Audy for dufy; H. and W. dusky. This emendation was hinted by T. though not put in his text. e So the first f. and C; the rest, My gracious Lord, &c. f H. and C. I'd for I. P. and all after add it after say. h This direction not in the fo's. Mach. Mach. If thou fpeak'ft false, Upon the next tree fhalt thou hang alive, I pull in resolution, and begin To doubt th' equivocation of the fiend, That lies like truth. "Fear not, till * Birnam-wood If this which he avouches does appear, There is no flying hence, nor tarrying here; And wish th' eftate o' th' world were now undone. [Exeunt. i7. propofes pall for pull. k Firft f. Byrnane-zuced. In this edition it is in different places variously Spelt, viz. Byrnam, Byrnan, Birnane and Byrnane. W. and J. torcards, m_The two first fo's, T. W. J. and C. nor for no. n J. omits a. So all before P; he and all after, except C. the flate for ib` estate. SCENE SCENE VI. Before Dunfinane. • Drum and Colours. Enter Malcolm, Seyward, Macduff, and their Army with Boughs. Mal. Now, near enough. Your leavy screens throw down,I And fhew like thofe you are. You, worthy uncle, Shall with my coufin, your right noble fon, Lead our firft battle. I Worthy Macduff and we Shall take upon 's what else remains to do, According to our order. Sey. Fare you well. •Do we but find the Tyrant's power to-night, Let us be beaten if we cannot fight. Macd. Make all our trumpets speak, give them all breath, Thofe clamorous harbingers of blood and death. Enter Macbeth," [Exeunt.. [Alarums continued. Mach. They have tied me to a flake, I cannot fly, But, bear-like, I must fight the course. What's he That was not born of woman? fuch a one Am I to fear, or none. This description not in fo's. All but fo's and C. omit Drum and colours. for worthy. * P. and H. Let us but find, &c. The fo's and C. here begin the 7th P. and all after, except C. brave fcene, which they make the laft. Enter |