Macbeth — William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Macbeth Layout 2 ∵ The Yale Shakespeare ∵ THE TRAGEDY of MACBETH EDITED BY CHARLTON M. LEWIS NEW HAVEN · YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS · MCMXVIII Copyright , 1918 By Yale University Press First published, August, 1918 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE The Text1 Act I1 Act II21 Act III36 Act IV55 Act V75 Notes92 Appendix A. Sources of the Play102 Appendix B. History of the Play105 Appendix C. Text of the Play108 Appendix D. Suggestions for Collateral Reading110 Index of Words Glossed111 The map opposite shows all places in Scotland that are mentioned in Macbeth , or that are of interest in the study of the play. The modern division into shires, and the names of a few important modern cities, will assist the student in identifying the old Scotland with the new . THE YALE SHAKESPEARE Edited by Wilbur L. Cross Tucker Brooke Willard Higley Durham Published under the Direction of the Department of English, Yale University, on the Fund Given to the Yale University Press in 1917 by the Members of the Kingsley Trust Association To Commemorate the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the Society The Text Layout 2 The Tragedy of Macbeth [DRAMATIS PERSONÆ Duncan , King of Scotland Malcolm , his Sons Donalbain , Macbeth , Generals of the King's Army Banquo , Macduff , Noblemen of Scotland Lennox , Ross , Menteith , Angus , Caithness , Fleance , Son to Banquo Siward , Earl of Northumberland, General of the English Forces Young Siward , his Son Seyton , an Officer attending Macbeth Boy, Son to Macduff An English Doctor A Scotch Doctor A Sergeant A Porter An Old Man Lady Macbeth Lady Macduff Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth Hecate Three Witches Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, and Messengers. The Ghost of Banquo, and other Apparitions. Scene : Scotland; in IV. iii., England .] Act I Layout 2 ACT FIRST Scene One [ A Desert Place ] Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches . First Witch . When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? Sec. Witch . When the hurlyburly 's done, When the battle's lost and won. 4 Third Witch . That will be ere the set of sun. First Witch . Where the place? Sec. Witch . Upon the heath. Third Witch . There to meet with Macbeth. First Witch . I come, Graymalkin ! 8 [ Sec. Witch .] Paddock calls. [ Third Witch .] Anon ! All . Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. Exeunt . Scene Two [ A Camp near Forres ] Alarum within. Enter King [ Duncan ], Malcolm, Donalbain, Lennox, with Attendants, meeting a bleeding Sergeant . Dun . What bloody man is that? He can report, As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt The newest state. Mal . This is the sergeant Who like a good and hardy soldier fought 4 'Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend! Say to the king the knowledge of the broil As thou didst leave it. Serg . Doubtful it stood; As two spent swimmers, that do cling together 8 And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald— Worthy to be a rebel, for to that The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him—from the western isles 12 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,— 16 Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, Which smok'd with bloody execution, Like valour's minion carv'd out his passage Till he fac'd the slave; 20 Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseam'd him from the nave to the chops , And fix'd his head upon our battlements. 23 Dun . O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! Serg . As whence the sun 'gins his reflection Shipwracking storms and direful thunders break, So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come Discomfort swells. Mark, King of Scotland, mark: 28 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 32 Began a fresh assault. Dun . Dismay'd not this Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo? Serg . Yes; As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion. If I say sooth , I must report they were 36 As cannons overcharg'd with double cracks ; so they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe: Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, Or memorize another Golgotha , 41 I cannot tell— But I am faint, my gashes cry for help. Dun . So well thy words become thee as thy wounds; 44 They smack of honour both. Go, get him surgeons. [ Exit Sergeant, attended .] Enter Ross and Angus . Who comes here? Mal . The worthy Thane of Ross. Len . What a haste looks through his eyes! So should he look That seems to speak things strange. Ross . God save the king! 48 Dun . Whence cam'st thou, worthy thane? Ross . From Fife, great king; Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky And fan our people cold. Norway himself, With terrible numbers, 52 Assisted by that most disloyal traitor, The Thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict; Till that Bellona 's bridegroom , lapp'd in proof , Confronted him with self-comparisons , 56 Point against point, rebellious arm 'gainst arm, Curbing his lavish spirit: and, to conclude, The victory fell on us.— Dun . Great happiness! Ross . That now 60 Sweno, the Norways' king, craves composition ; Nor would we deign him burial of his men Till he disbursed, at Saint Colme's Inch , Ten thousand dollars to our general use. 64 Dun . No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest . Go pronounce his present death, And with his former title greet Macbeth. Ross . I'll see it done. 68 Dun . What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won. Exeunt . Scene Three [ A Heath ] Thunder. Enter the three Witches . First Witch . Where hast thou been, sister? Sec. Witch . Killing swine. Third Witch . Sister, where thou? First Witch . A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap, 4 And munch'd, and munch'd, and munch'd: 'Give me,' quoth I: ' Aroint thee , witch!' the rum