Shakespeare,William,1564-1616.Macbeth Macbeth Shakespeare,William,1564-1616 Clark,William George,1821-1878;William Aldis Wright,1831-1914 Creation of machine-readable version:Grady Ward,Moby Lexical Project Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup:University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.ca.150 kilobytes This version available from the University of Virginia Library Charlottesville,Virginia Publicly accessible http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modengS.browse.html 1998 Note:We have been unable to verify conclusively the exact source of this electronic text,but we believe it to be "The Globe Edition"of the Works of William Shakespeare edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright.Error checking was done against the 1866 edition noted in the "Source Description"field. These texts are public domain. About the print version Macbeth Shakespeare,William,1564-1616 Clark,William George,1821-1878;William Aldis Wright,1831-1914 The Globe Edition vii,1075p.18cm. MacMillan and Co. Cambridge 1866 Print copy consulted:UVa Library,PR2753 .C6 1866 Prepared for the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 . Macbeth Macbeth Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Clark, William George, 1821-1878; William Aldis Wright, 1831-1914 Creation of machine-readable version: Grady Ward, Moby Lexical Project Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center. ca. 150 kilobytes This version available from the University of Virginia Library Charlottesville, Virginia Publicly accessible http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modengS.browse.html 1998 Note: We have been unable to verify conclusively the exact source of this electronic text, but we believe it to be "The Globe Edition" of the Works of William Shakespeare edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. Error checking was done against the 1866 edition noted in the "Source Description" field. These texts are public domain. About the print version Macbeth Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Clark, William George, 1821-1878; William Aldis Wright, 1831-1914 The Globe Edition viii, 1075 p. 18 cm. MacMillan and Co. Cambridge 1866 Print copy consulted: UVa Library, PR2753 .C6 1866 Prepared for the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center
Published:1606 English fiction drama masculine LCSH Dramatis Personae DUNCAN king of Scotland. MALCOLM,DONALBAIN his sons. MACBETH,BANQUO generals of the king's army. MACDUFF,LENNOX,ROSS,MENTEITH,ANGUS,CAITHNESS noblemen of Scotland. FLEANCE son to Banquo. SIWARD Earl of Northumberland,general of the English forces. YOUNG SIWARD his son. SEYTON an officer attending on Macbeth. Boy,son to Macduff. An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor. A Soldier. A Porter. An Old Man LADY MACBETH LADY MACDUFF Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth. HECATE Three Witches. Apparitions. Lords,Gentlemen,Officers,Soldiers,Murderers,Attendants,and Messengers. [Scene:Scotland:England.] Act 1 Scene 1
Published: 1606 English fiction drama masculine LCSH Dramatis Personae DUNCAN king of Scotland. MALCOLM, DONALBAIN } his sons. MACBETH, BANQUO } generals of the king's army. MACDUFF, LENNOX, ROSS, MENTEITH, ANGUS, CAITHNESS } noblemen of Scotland. FLEANCE son to Banquo. SIWARD Earl of Northumberland, general of the English forces. YOUNG SIWARD his son. SEYTON an officer attending on Macbeth. Boy, son to Macduff. An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor. A Soldier. A Porter. An Old Man LADY MACBETH LADY MACDUFF Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth. HECATE Three Witches. Apparitions. Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers. [Scene: Scotland: England.] Act 1 Scene 1
[A desert place.] [Thunder and lightning.Enter three Witches] First Witch When shall we three meet again In thunder,lightning,or in rain? Second Witch When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's lost and won. Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch Where the place? Second Witch Upon the heath. Third Witch There to meet with Macbeth. First Witch I come,Graymalkin! Second Witch Paddock calls
[A desert place.] [Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches] First Witch When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? Second Witch When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's lost and won. Third Witch That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch Where the place? Second Witch Upon the heath. Third Witch There to meet with Macbeth. First Witch I come, Graymalkin! Second Witch Paddock calls
Third Witch Anon. ALL Fair is foul,and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Exeunt] Scene 2 [A camp near Forres.] [Alarum within.Enter DUNCAN,MALCOLM,DONALBAIN,LENNOX,with Attendants,meeting a bleeding Sergeant] DUNCAN What bloody man is that?He can report, As seemeth by his plight,of the revolt The newest state. MALCOLM This is the sergeant Who like a good and hardy soldier fought 'Gainst my captivity.Hail,brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil As thou didst leave it. Sergeant Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers,that do cling together And choke their art.The merciless Macdonwald-- Worthy to be a rebel,for to that
Third Witch Anon. ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Exeunt] Scene 2 [A camp near Forres.] [Alarum within. Enter DUNCAN, MALCOLM, DONALBAIN, LENNOX, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant] DUNCAN What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state. MALCOLM This is the sergeant Who like a good and hardy soldier fought 'Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil As thou didst leave it. Sergeant Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald -- Worthy to be a rebel, for to that
The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him--from the western isles Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied; And fortune,on his damned quarrel smiling, Show'd like a rebel's whore:but all's too weak: For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name-- Disdaining fortune,with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave; Which ne'er shook hands,nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements. DUNCAN O valiant cousin!worthy gentleman! Sergeant As whence the sun'gins his reflection Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break, So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come Discomfort swells.Mark,king of Scotland,mark: No sooner justice had with valour arm'd Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels, But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage, With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men Began a fresh assault. DUNCAN Dismay'd not this Our captains,Macbeth and Banquo? Sergeant Yes; As sparrows eagles,or the hare the lion. If I say sooth,I must report they were As cannons overcharged with double cracks,so they
The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him -- from the western isles Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied; And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling, Show'd like a rebel's whore: but all's too weak: For brave Macbeth -- well he deserves that name -- Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smoked with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carved out his passage Till he faced the slave; Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps, And fix'd his head upon our battlements. DUNCAN O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! Sergeant As whence the sun 'gins his reflection Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break, So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come Discomfort swells. Mark, king of Scotland, mark: No sooner justice had with valour arm'd Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels, But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage, With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men Began a fresh assault. DUNCAN Dismay'd not this Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo? Sergeant Yes; As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion. If I say sooth, I must report they were As cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they