ACT IV.
Scene I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.[4314]
Thunder. Enter the three Witches.
In the poison'd entrails throw.[4317] 5
Toad, that under cold stone[4318]
Days and nights has thirty one[4319]
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,[4320]
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog, 15
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,[4323]
[Pg 483] Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,[4324]
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf[4325]
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,[4326]
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, 25
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse,[4327]
Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangled babe 30
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,[4328]
For the ingredients of our cauldron.[4329]
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Then the charm is firm and good.
Enter Hecate to the other three Witches.[4330]
[Music and a song: 'Black spirits,' &c.
[Hecate retires.[4332]
Enter Macbeth.
What is't you do?
Howe'er you come to know it, answer me:
Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches; though the yesty waves
Confound and swallow navigation up;
Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down;[4335] 55
Though castles topple on their warders' heads;[4336]
Though palaces and pyramids do slope[4337]
Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure
Of nature's germins tumble all together,[4338]
Even till destruction sicken; answer me 60
To what I ask you.
Or from our masters?[4340]
[Pg 485]
Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten[4341] 65
From the murderer's gibbet throw
Into the flame.
Thyself and office deftly show!
Thunder. First Apparition: an armed Head.[4342]
Hear his speech, but say thou nought. 70
[Descends.
Thou hast harp'd my fear aright: but one word more,—[4346]
More potent than the first.
Thunder. Second Apparition: a bloody Child.[4347]
The power of man, for none of woman born[4348] 80
Shall harm Macbeth.[4348] [Descends.
[Pg 486]
But yet I'll make assurance double sure,[4350]
And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live;
That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, 85
And sleep in spite of thunder.
Thunder. Third Apparition: a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand.
That rises like the issue of a king,[4351]
And wears upon his baby-brow the round
And top of sovereignty?
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are:
Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill[4355]
Shall come against him. [Descends.[4356]
Who can impress the forest, bid the tree 95
Unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet bodements! good!
Rebellion's head, rise never, till the wood[4357]
Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth[4358]
Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath
To time and mortal custom. Yet my heart[4359] 100
Throbs to know one thing: tell me, if your art
Can tell so much: shall Banquo's issue ever[4360]
Reign in this kingdom?
[Pg 487]
[Hautboys.[4363]
Come like shadows, so depart!
A show of eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; Banquo's Ghost following.[4364]
Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair,[4365]
Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first.[4366]
A third is like the former. Filthy hags! 115
Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes![4367]
What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?
Another yet! A seventh! I'll see no more:
And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass[4368]
Which shows me many more; and some I see 120
That two-fold balls and treble sceptres carry:
Horrible sight! Now I see 'tis true;[4369]
For the blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me,
And points at them for his. What, is this so?[4370]
[Pg 488]
Stands Macbeth thus amazedly?[4348]
Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites,[4348][4373]
And show the best of our delights:[4348]
I'll charm the air to give a sound,[4348]
While you perform your antic round,[4348][4374] 130
That this great king may kindly say[4348]
Our duties did his welcome pay.[4348]
[Music. The Witches dance, and then vanish, with Hecate.[4375]
Stand aye accursed in the calendar!
Come in, without there!
Enter Lennox.
And damn'd all those that trust them! I did hear
The galloping of horse: who was't came by? 140
Macduff is fled to England.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook 145
Unless the deed go with it: from this moment
The very firstlings of my heart shall be[4379]
The firstlings of my hand. And even now,[4380]
[Pg 489] To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done:[4381]
The castle of Macduff I will surprise; 150
Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' the sword
His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls[4382]
That trace him in his line. No boasting like a fool;[4383]
This deed I'll do before this purpose cool:[4384]
But no more sights!—Where are these gentlemen?[4385] 155
Come, bring me where they are. [Exeunt.
Scene II. Fife. Macduff's castle.[4386]
Enter Lady Macduff, her Son, and Ross.[4387]
His flight was madness: when our actions do not,
Our fears do make us traitors.
Whether it was his wisdom or his fear. 5
His mansion and his titles, in a place
From whence himself does fly? He loves us not;
He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren,
The most diminutive of birds, will fight,[4389] 10
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.
All is the fear and nothing is the love;
As little is the wisdom, where the flight
So runs against all reason.
[Pg 490]
I pray you, school yourself: but, for your husband, 15
He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows[4391]
The fits o' the season. I dare not speak much further:[4392]
But cruel are the times, when we are traitors
And do not know ourselves; when we hold rumour[4393][4394]
From what we fear, yet know not what we fear,[4394] 20
But float upon a wild and violent sea[4395]
Each way and move. I take my leave of you:[4396]
Shall not be long but I'll be here again:[4397]
Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upward
To what they were before. My pretty cousin, 25
Blessing upon you![4398]
It would be my disgrace and your discomfort:[4398]
I take my leave at once.[4398] [Exit.
And what will you do now? How will you live?
The pitfall nor the gin.[4404] 35
[Pg 491]
My father is not dead, for all your saying.[4404][4406]
With wit enough for thee.[4404][4410]
are liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and[4414]
hang up them.
not, it were a good sign that I should quickly have a new
father.
[Pg 492]
Enter a Messenger.
Though in your state of honour I am perfect. 65
I doubt some danger does approach you nearly:
If you will take a homely man's advice,
Be not found here; hence, with your little ones.[4418]
To fright you thus, methinks I am too savage;[4418]
To do worse to you were fell cruelty,[4419] 70
Which is too nigh your person. Heaven preserve you!
I dare abide no longer. [Exit.[4420]
I have done no harm. But I remember now[4421]
I am in this earthly world, where to do harm[4422]
Is often laudable, to do good sometime 75
Accounted dangerous folly: why then, alas,
Do I put up that womanly defence,
To say I have done no harm?—What are these faces?[4423]
Enter Murderers.
Where such as thou mayst find him.
[Stabbing him.
[Pg 493]
[Exit Lady Macduff, crying'Murder!' Exeunt murderers, following her.
Scene III. England. Before the King's palace.[4428]
Enter Malcolm and Macduff.
Weep our sad bosoms empty.
Hold fast the mortal sword, and like good men
Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom: each new morn[4429]
New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows 5
Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds
As if it felt with Scotland and yell'd out
Like syllable of dolour.[4430]
What know, believe; and what I can redress,
As I shall find the time to friend, I will. 10
What you have spoke, it may be so perchance.
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,
Was once thought honest: you have loved him well;
He hath not touch'd you yet. I am young; but something[4431]
You may deserve of him through me; and wisdom[4432] 15
To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb[4433]
To appease an angry god.
[Pg 494]
A good and virtuous nature may recoil
In an imperial charge. But I shall crave your pardon;[4434] 20
That which you are, my thoughts cannot transpose:
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell:
Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,[4435]
Yet grace must still look so.[4436]
Why in that rawness left you wife and child,[4438]
Those precious motives, those strong knots of love,
Without leave-taking? I pray you,[4439]
Let not my jealousies be your dishonours,
But mine own safeties. You may be rightly just, 30
Whatever I shall think.
Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,
For goodness dare not check thee: wear thou thy wrongs;[4440]
The title is affeer'd. Fare thee well, lord:[4441]
I would not be the villain that thou think'st[4442] 35
For the whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp
And the rich East to boot.
I speak not as in absolute fear of you.
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash 40
Is added to her wounds: I think withal
There would be hands uplifted in my right;
[Pg 495] And here from gracious England have I offer
Of goodly thousands: but for all this,[4443]
When I shall tread upon the tyrant's head, 45
Or wear it on my sword, yet my poor country
Shall have more vices than it had before,
More suffer and more sundry ways than ever,
By him that shall succeed.
All the particulars of vice so grafted
That, when they shall be open'd, black Macbeth[4444]
Will seem as pure as snow, and the poor state
Esteem him as a lamb, being compared
With my confineless harms.
Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd
In evils to top Macbeth.[4445]
Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful,
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin[4446]
That has a name: but there's no bottom, none, 60
In my voluptuousness: your wives, your daughters,
Your matrons and your maids, could not fill up
The cistern of my lust, and my desire[4447]
All continent impediments would o'erbear,
That did oppose my will: better Macbeth 65
Than such an one to reign.[4448]
In nature is a tyranny; it hath been
The untimely emptying of the happy throne,
And fall of many kings. But fear not yet
To take upon you what is yours: you may 70
Convey your pleasures in a spacious plenty,[4449]
[Pg 496] And yet seem cold, the time you may so hoodwink:[4450]
We have willing dames enough; there cannot be[4451]
That vulture in you, to devour so many
As will to greatness dedicate themselves, 75
Finding it so inclined.
In my most ill-composed affection such
A stanchless avarice that, were I king,
I should cut off the nobles for their lands,
Desire his jewels and this other's house: 80
And my more-having would be as a sauce
To make me hunger more, that I should forge
Quarrels unjust against the good and loyal,[4452]
Destroying them for wealth.
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root[4453] 85
Than summer-seeming lust, and it hath been[4454]
The sword of our slain kings: yet do not fear;
Scotland hath foisons to fill up your will[4455]
Of your mere own: all these are portable,[4456]
With other graces weigh'd. 90
As justice, verity, temperance, stableness,
Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness,
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,
I have no relish of them, but abound 95
In the division of each several crime,
Acting it many ways. Nay, had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,[4457]
Uproar the universal peace, confound[4458]
[Pg 497] All unity on earth.
I am as I have spoken.
No, not to live. O nation miserable![4459]
With an untitled tyrant bloody-scepter'd,
When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again, 105
Since that the truest issue of thy throne
By his own interdiction stands accursed,[4460]
And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father
Was a most sainted king: the queen that bore thee,
Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, 110
Died every day she lived. Fare thee well![4461]
These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself
Have banish'd me from Scotland. O my breast,[4462]
Thy hope ends here!
Child of integrity, hath from my soul 115
Wiped the black scruples, reconciled my thoughts
To thy good truth and honour. Devilish Macbeth[4463]
By many of these trains hath sought to win me
Into his power; and modest wisdom plucks me
From over-credulous haste: but God above 120
Deal between thee and me! for even now
I put myself to thy direction, and
Unspeak mine own detraction; here abjure[4464]
The taints and blames I laid upon myself,
For strangers to my nature. I am yet 125
Unknown to woman, never was forsworn,[4465]
Scarcely have coveted what was mine own,
At no time broke my faith, would not betray
[Pg 498] The devil to his fellow, and delight
No less in truth than life: my first false speaking 130
Was this upon myself: what I am truly,
Is thine and my poor country's to command:
Whither indeed, before thy here-approach,[4466]
Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men,[4467]
Already at a point, was setting forth.[4468] 135
Now we'll together, and the chance of goodness[4469]
Be like our warranted quarrel! Why are you silent?[4470]
'Tis hard to reconcile.
Enter a Doctor.
That stay his cure: their malady convinces[4472]
The great assay of art; but at his touch,
Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand,
They presently amend.
A most miraculous work in this good king;
Which often, since my here-remain in England,[4474]
I have seen him do. How he solicits heaven,[4475]
[Pg 499] Himself best knows: but strangely-visited people,[4476] 150
All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye,
The mere despair of surgery, he cures,
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks,
Put on with holy prayers: and 'tis spoken,
To the succeeding royalty he leaves 155
The healing benediction. With this strange virtue
He hath a heavenly gift of prophecy,
And sundry blessings hang about his throne
That speak him full of grace.
Enter Ross.[4477]
Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot 165
Be call'd our mother, but our grave: where nothing,[4480]
But who knows nothing, is once seen to smile;
Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the air,[4481]
Are made, not mark'd; where violent sorrow seems
A modern ecstasy: the dead man's knell[4482] 170
Is there scarce ask'd for who; and good men's lives[4483]
Expire before the flowers in their caps,
Dying or ere they sicken.[4484]
Each minute teems a new one.
Which I have heavily borne, there ran a rumour
Of many worthy fellows that were out;
Which was to my belief witness'd the rather,
For that I saw the tyrant's power a-foot: 185
Now is the time of help; your eye in Scotland
Would create soldiers, make our women fight,[4488]
To doff their dire distresses.
We are coming thither: gracious England hath[4489]
Lent us good Siward and ten thousand men;[4490] 190
An older and a better soldier none
That Christendom gives out.
This comfort with the like! But I have words
That would be howl'd out in the desert air,
Where hearing should not latch them.
The general cause? or is it a fee-grief[4492]
Due to some single breast?
[Pg 501]
But in it shares some woe, though the main part
Pertains to you alone.
Keep it not from me, quickly let me have it. 200
Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound
That ever yet they heard.
Savagely slaughter'd: to relate the manner, 205
Were, on the quarry of these murder'd deer,
To add the death of you.
What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows;
Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break. 210
Let's make us medicines of our great revenge,
To cure this deadly grief. 215
Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?[4497][4498][4499]
What, all my pretty chickens and their dam[4498]
At one fell swoop?[4498]
[Pg 502]
But I must also feel it as a man:
I cannot but remember such things were,
That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on,
And would not take their part? Sinful Macduff,
They were all struck for thee! naught that I am,[4501] 225
Not for their own demerits, but for mine,
Fell slaughter on their souls: heaven rest them now!
Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.[4502]
And braggart with my tongue! But, gentle heavens,[4503]
Cut short all intermission; front to front
Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself;[4504]
Within my sword's length set him; if he 'scape,
Heaven forgive him too!
Come, go we to the king; our power is ready;
Our lack is nothing but our leave. Macbeth
Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above
Put on their instruments. Receive what cheer you may;
The night is long that never finds the day. [Exeunt.240
FOOTNOTES:
[4314] Act iv. Scene i.] Actus Quartus. Scæna Prima. F1. Actus Quintus ... F2 F3 F4.
A ... cauldron.] Capell, substantially. A dark Cave, in the middle a great Cauldron burning. Rowe.
[4315] Thrice and] Staunton and Delius. Thrice, and Ff. Twice, and Theobald. Thrice; and Steevens (1778).
hedge-pig] Hedge-Pigge F1. Hedges Pigge F2. Hedges Pig F3 F4.
[4316] Harpier] Harper Pope. Hark, her Jackson conj. Harpy Steevens conj.
cries 'Tis] cries, 'tis Ff. cries—'tis Steevens (1773). cries:—'tis Steevens (1778).
[4317] entrails] entremes Warburton conj.
[They march round the Cauldron, and throw in the several Ingredients as for the Preparation of their Charm. Rowe.
[4318] Toad, that] This toad, which Davenant's version. Toadstool, Bullock conj.
under cold] under mossy Davenant's version. under the cold Rowe (ed. 2). under coldest Steevens (1793). under a cold Staunton conj. underneath cold Keightley. under cold cold Anon. conj. under some cold Anon. conj.
[4319] has] F3 F4. ha's F1 F2. hast Hanmer.
one] one, Pope. one: Ff.
[4320] venom sleeping] venom, sleeping Delius.
[4321] Double, double] Steevens. Double, double, Ff.
[4322] Sec. Witch.] 2. Ff. 1 Witch. Pope (ed. 2).
[4323] blind-worm's] blind-worm Pope.
[4324] howlet's] owlet's Pope.
[4325] Witches'] Theobald (ed. 2). Witches Ff. Witch's Singer.
[4326] ravin'd] ravening Pope. ravin Rann (Mason conj.).
salt-sea shark] Capell. salt Sea sharke Ff. salt sea-shark Pope.
[4327] Sliver'd] Silver'd Rowe (ed. 2).
[4328] chaudron] chawdron Ff. chauldron Keightley.
[4329] ingredients] Rowe. Ingredience Ff.
cauldron] F3 F4. cawdron F1 F2.
[4330] Enter ...] Edd. (Globe ed.). Enter Hecat, and the other three Witches. Ff (Hecate, F3 F4). Enter Hecate, and other three Witches. Rowe. Enter Hecate, and other Witches. Collier. Enter Hecate. Dyce (Ritson conj.).
[4331] O] om. Anon. conj.
[4332] Black spirits, &c.] See note (VIII).
[Hecate retires.] Edd. (Globe ed.). Exit Hecate. Dyce. om. Ff.
[4333] Open ... knocks!] As in Dyce. One line in Ff.
[4334] Scene II. Pope.
[4335] bladed] bleaded Collier (Collier MS.). bearded Beisly conj.
[4336] on] o'er Collier MS.
[4337] slope] stoop Capell conj.
[4338] germins] Theobald. germaine F1 F2. germain F3 F4. germains Pope. germen Delius.
all together] Pope. altogether Ff.
[4339] thou'dst] Capell. th' hadst Ff.
[4340] masters?] Pope. masters. Ff. masters'? Capell. 'em ... 'em] them ... them Capell.
[4341] grease] Pope. greaze F1. greace F2 F3 F4. grace Rowe (ed. 2).
[4342] First Apparition ...] 1. Apparation, an Armed Head. Ff (Apparition, F3 F4). Apparition of an armed Head rises. Rowe.
[4343] power,—] power— Rowe. power. Ff.
[4344] Macbeth ... Macduff] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
[4345] [Descends.] Rowe. He Descends. Ff.
[4347] Second Apparition ...] 2 Apparition, a Bloody Childe. Ff. Apparition of a bloody Child rises. Rowe.
[4348] Be ... Macbeth.] In Reed (1803) the lines end bold, ... man, ... Macbeth.
[4349] Be ... scorn] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
[4350] assurance double] Pope, assurance: double F1. assurance, double F2 F3 F4.
[4351] What ... king,] As in Rowe. One line in Ff.
[4352] Third ...] 3 Apparation ... hand. Ff (Apparition, F3 F4). Apparition of ... rises. Rowe.
[4353] top] type Theobald conj.
to 't] om. Pope.
[4354] lion-mettled] Hyphen inserted by Pope.
[4355] Birnam] F4. Byrnam F1 F2 F3.
high Dunsinane] high Dunsmane F4. Dunsinane's high Pope.
[4356] [Descends.] Rowe. Descend. Ff.
[4357] Rebellion's head] Hanmer (Theobald conj.). Rebellious dead Ff. Rebellious head Theobald (Warburton).
[4358] Birnam] F4. Byrnan F1. Byrnam F2 F3.
[4359] heart] hart F1.
[4360] [The Cauldron sinks into the ground. Rowe.
[4361] [Thunder; and the Cauldron sinks. Horrid Musick. Capell.
[4362] know: Why] know Why S. Walker conj.
[4363] [Hautboys.] Hoboyes. F1 F2 F3. Hoboys. F4.
[4364] A show....] A show of eight Kings, and Banquo last, with a glasse in his hand. Ff. Eight Kings appear and pass over in order, and Banquo last, with a Glass in his Hand. Rowe. Eight ... order, and Banquo; the last, with a glass in his hand. Theobald. Eight ... order, the last holding a glass in his hand: with Banquo following them Hanmer.
[4365] eye-balls. And thy hair,] eye-balls; and thy hair. Collier MS.
hair] haire Ff. air Warburton (Johnson). heir Jackson conj.
[4366] is] art Collier MS.
[4367] eyes] F1. eye F2 F3 F4.
[4368] eighth] F3 F4. eight F1 F2.
[4369] Now] nay now Pope. Ay, now Steevens (1793).
[4370] What, is] Pope. What? is F1. What is F2 F3 F4.
[4371] First Witch.] Hec. Edd. conj.
[4372] Ay, ... pay.] Omit as spurious. Anon. conj.
[4373] sprites] sprights Ff.
[4374] antic] antick Theobald. antique Ff.
[4375] The Witches ... Hecate.] Edd. (Globe ed.). The Witches Dance, and vanish. Ff.
[4376] Where ... hour] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
[4377] weird] Theobald. weyard F1. wizard F2 F3. wizards F4.
sisters] sihers F2.
[4378] [Aside] Johnson.
[4379] firstlings] F1. firstling F2 F3 F4.
[4380] firstlings] firstling Rowe (ed. 2).
[4381] be it] be' t Pope.
[4382] unfortunate] th' unfortunate Heath conj.
[4383] him in] om. Johnson conj.
No ... fool;] Omit as spurious, ending lines 153, 154 do ... sights! and reading Where ... are as prose. Anon. conj.
[4384] this purpose] the purpose Hanmer.
[4385] sights] flights Collier (Collier MS. and Singer MS.). sprites Grant White.
[4386] Scene II.] Scene III. Pope.
Fife. Macduff's castle.] Macduff's Castle at Fife. Theobald. Macduff's Castle. Rowe.
[4387] Enter Lady Macduff....] Rowe. Enter Macduffes Wife.... Ff.
[4388] L. Macd.] Wife. Ff (and throughout).
[4389] diminutive] F4. diminitive F1 F3. diminiuive F2.
[4390] My ... coz] Dearest cousin Pope. My dearest cousin Theobald.
[4391] He is] He's Pope.
[4392] The fits o'] What fits or That fits Anon. conj.
season] time Pope.
[4393] know] know't Hanmer.
[4394] we hold rumour ... we] we bode ruin ... we or the bold running ... they Johnson conj.
rumour ... fear, yet] fear From rumor, and yet Becket conj.
[4395] float upon] floating on Jackson conj.
[4396] Each ... move.] Each way and wave. Theobald conj. And move each way. Capell. And each way move. Keightley (Steevens conj.). Each way, and move— Johnson conj. Each wail and moan. Jackson conj. Which way we move. Ingleby conj. And move each wave. Anon. conj.
[4397] Shall] 'T shall Hanmer. It shall Keightley.
[4398] Blessing ... discomfort:] S. Walker would end the lines yet ... fool— ... disgrace, ... discomfort.
[4399] Father'd ... fatherless] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
[4400] [Exit.] Exit Rosse. Ff.
[4401] with] on Pope.
[4402] With] On Pope.
I mean] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
[4403] Poor ... lime,] One line in Theobald. Two in Ff.
lime] F1. line F2 F3 F4.
[4404] The ... thee.] Capell ends the lines mother?... father's ... dead: ... Nay, ... buy me ... buy 'em ... wit; ... thee.
[4405] Why ... for.] One line in Pope. Two in Ff.
[4406] My father is] But my father's Capell, reading Poor ... father's as one line.
[4407] Yes ... father?] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
do] do now Capell.
[4408] buy] F3 F4. by F1 F2.
[4409] with all] F2 F3 F4. withall F1.
[4410] and yet ... thee.] As in Pope. One line in Ff.
[4411] so?] F3 F4. so. F1 F2.
[4412] Every ... hang'd.] Prose in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
[4413] the] om. F3 F4.
[4414] enow] enough Capell.
[4415] Now] om. F4.
[4416] Now, God ... father?] Prose first in Pope. Two lines in Ff.
[4417] L. Macd.] Wife. F1 F3 F4. Son. F2.
[4418] ones. To ... thus,] ones: To ... thus, F2 F3 F4. ones To ... thus. F1.
[4419] worse to you] less, to you Hanmer. worship to you Warburton. less to you, Capell.
[4420] [Exit.] Exit Messenger. Ff.
Whither] F3 F4. Whether F1 F2.
[4421] I have] I've Pope.
[4422] I am] I'm Pope.
[4423] To say ... faces?] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.]
I have] F1. I had F2 F3 F4. I'ad Pope. I'd Theobald.
[4424] First Mur.] 1. M. Capell. Mur. Ff.
[4425] shag-ear'd] F3 F4. shagge-ear'd F1 F2. shag-hair'd Dyce (Steevens conj.).
[Stabbing him.] Rowe. om. Ff.
[4426] He has] H' as Pope.
[4427] I pray] pray Pope.
[Dies.] Capell. om. Ff.
[Exit ...] Edd. (Globe ed.). Exit L. Macduff, crying Murther; Murtherers pursue her. Theobald. Exit crying Murther. Ff.
[4428] Scene III.] Scene IV. Pope.
England. Before ...] Dyce. The King of England's Palace. Rowe. A Room in Edward the Confessor's Palace. Capell. England. Steevens.
[4429] down-fall'n] downfaln Warburton (Johnson). downfall F1 F2 F3. downfal F4. down-fall Capell.
birthdom] Johnson, birthdome F1 F2 F3. birth-dome F4. birth-doom Pope. birth-dame Johnson conj.
[4430] syllable] syllables Pope.
[4431] I am] I'm Pope.
[4432] deserve] Theobald (Walburton). discerne F1 F2. discern F3 F4.
of him] om. Steevens conj.
and wisdom] 'tis wisdom Hanmer. and wisdom is it Steevens conj. and 'tis wisdom Collier conj. and wisdom 'tis or and wisdom bids Staunton conj. and wisdom 'twere Keightley.
[4433] To offer] 'Tis t' offer Nicholson conj.
[4434] But ... crave] I crave Pope. But 'crave Steevens (1793).
[4435] wear] bear F4.
[4436] still look] look still Theobald (ed. 2).
I have] I've Pope.
[4437] Perchance ... doubts.] One line in Rowe. Two in Ff.
[4438] child] childe F1. children F2 F3F4.
[4439] Without] Without so much as Anon. conj.
I pray you] om. Pope. pray you S. Walker conj. O Macduff, I pray you Anon. conj.
[4440] dare] F1F2. dares F3F4.
[4441] The] Ff. His Pope. Thy Malone.
affeer'd] Steevens, 1793 (Heath conj.). affear'd F1F2. afear'd F3. afeard F4. assur'd or affirm'd S. Walker conj. affeered Keightley.
Fare] Far F1.
[4442] think'st] think'st me Keightley.
[4443] Of] Of aid of Keightley.
but] but yet Hanmer.
[4444] open'd] ripen'd Collier MS.
[4445] evils] ills Pope.
Mal.] F1. Macb. F2 F3 F4.
[4446] smacking] F1 smoaking F2 F3 F4.
every] each Pope.
[4447] cistern] F3 F4. cesterneF1 F2.
[4448] an] a Capell.
Boundless] om. Steevens conj.
[4449] Convey] Enjoy Singer, ed. 2 (Collier MS.).
[4450] cold, the ... hoodwink:] Theobald. cold. The ... hoodwinke: Ff. cold. The ... hoodwink, Rowe. cold: the ... hoodwink: Pope.
[4451] We have] We've Pope.
[4452] loyal] royal Pope.
[4453] Sticks] Strikes Hanmer (Theobald conj.).
[4454] summer-seeming] summer-teeming Theobald (Warburton). summer-seeding Rann (Heath conj.). fume, or seething Johnson conj. summer-sinning Jackson conj. summer-seaming Staunton conj.
[4455] foisons] foysons F1 F2. poison F3 F4. foison Anon. conj.
[4456] portable] bearable A. Hunter.
[4457] Pour ... hell] Sow'r ... hate Hanmer Sour ... hell Jackson conj.
[4458] Uproar] F3 F4. Uprore F1 F2. Uproot Keightley.
[4459] Fit ... miserable!] As in Pope. One line in Ff.
[4460] accursed] accurst F2 F3 F4. accust F1.
[4461] lived] liv'd Ff.
Fare] Oh fare Pope.
[4462] Have] Rowe. Hath Ff.
[4463] thy] this Hanmer (1745).
[4464] detraction] detractions Capell. conj.
[4465] woman] F1. women F2 F3 F4.
forsworn] forsworne F1. forswore F2 F3 F4. yet forsworn Hanmer (1745).
[4467] Siward] Theobald. Seyward Ff.
[4468] Already] Ff. All ready Rowe.
at a point] at appoint Warburton.
forth] F1. foorth? F2. forth? F3 F4.
[4469] the chance of goodness] our chance, in goodness Hanmer. the chance, O goodness, Johnson conj. the chain of goodness Jackson conj.
[4470] Be like] Be-link Jackson conj. Belike Staunton.
-warranted] unwarranted Capell (corrected in MS.).
[4471] Scene V. Pope.
Well ... you?] As in Rowe. Two lines in Ff.
[4472] convinces] defeats A. Hunter.
[4473] [Exit Doctor.] Capell. Exit. Ff, after amend.
[4474] here-remain] Hyphen inserted by Pope.
[4475] I have] I've Pope.
[4476] strangely-visited] Hyphen inserted by Pope.
[4477] Scene VI. Pope.
[4478] God, betimes] Capell. God betimes Ff.
[4479] The means] Twice in F2 F3 F4.
makes] make Hanmer.
[4480] nothing] no one A. Hunter.
[4481] rend] Rowe. rent Ff.
[4482] dead man's] Johnson, dead-mans F1 F2. dead-man's F3 F4.
[4483] for who;] for whom? Pope.
[4485] O, ... true] As in Theobald. One line in Ff.
[4486] Too ... true!] Too nice, yet true! Steevens conj.
What's] What is Hanmer.
newest] new'st S. Walker conj.
[4487] goes't] gos't F1 F2 F3. go's it F4.
[4488] make our women] and make women Pope.
[4489] We are] We're] Pope.
[4490] Siward] Theobald. Seyward Ff.
[4491] latch] catch Rowe.
[4492] What ... cause?] Theobald. What concerne they, The generall cause, Ff. What? concern they The gen'ral cause? Rowe.
[4493] Hum Ha A. Hunter.
[4494] Wife ...too?] As in Capell. Two lines in Ff.
[4495] I have] I've Pope.
[4496] He has] You have A. Hunter.
All] What, all Hanmer, ending the previous line at children.
[4497] say all?] say all? what, all? Theobald.
[4498] O hell-kite ... swoop?] Put in the margin by Pope, who reads instead what, all?
[4499] O hell-kite!] O vulture! hell-kite! S. Walker conj.
All?] what, all? Pope's margin.
[4500] Dispute] Endure Pope.
do so] om. Pope.
[4501] struck] Rowe. strooke F1 F2. strook F3 F4.
[4502] anger] wrath Pope.
[4503] heavens] heav'n Pope.
[4504] Scotland and myself;] Scotland and myself, Pope. Scotland, and my selfe Ff.
[4505] Heaven] Then heaven Pope. O God, or Then God Anon. conj.
This tune] Rowe (ed. 2). This time Ff. Thus, time Jackson conj. Dunsinane.] Capell.
Ante-room ...] An Anti-chamber in Macbeth's Castle. Rowe.
