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<tr><td class="play" align="center">The Tragedy of Macbeth
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<H3>SCENE VIII. Another part of the field.</H3>

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<i>Enter MACBETH</i>
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<A NAME=speech1><b>MACBETH</b></a>
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<A NAME=1>Why should I play the Roman fool, and die</A><br>
<A NAME=2>On mine own sword? whiles I see lives, the gashes</A><br>
<A NAME=3>Do better upon them.</A><br>
<p><i>Enter MACDUFF</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech2><b>MACDUFF</b></a>
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<A NAME=4>Turn, hell-hound, turn!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech3><b>MACBETH</b></a>
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<A NAME=5>Of all men else I have avoided thee:</A><br>
<A NAME=6>But get thee back; my soul is too much charged</A><br>
<A NAME=7>With blood of thine already.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech4><b>MACDUFF</b></a>
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<A NAME=8>I have no words:</A><br>
<A NAME=9>My voice is in my sword: thou bloodier villain</A><br>
<A NAME=10>Than terms can give thee out!</A><br>
<p><i>They fight</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech5><b>MACBETH</b></a>
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<A NAME=11>Thou losest labour:</A><br>
<A NAME=12>As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air</A><br>
<A NAME=13>With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed:</A><br>
<A NAME=14>Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;</A><br>
<A NAME=15>I bear a charmed life, which must not yield,</A><br>
<A NAME=16>To one of woman born.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech6><b>MACDUFF</b></a>
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<A NAME=17>Despair thy charm;</A><br>
<A NAME=18>And let the angel whom thou still hast served</A><br>
<A NAME=19>Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb</A><br>
<A NAME=20>Untimely ripp'd.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech7><b>MACBETH</b></a>
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<A NAME=21>Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,</A><br>
<A NAME=22>For it hath cow'd my better part of man!</A><br>
<A NAME=23>And be these juggling fiends no more believed,</A><br>
<A NAME=24>That palter with us in a double sense;</A><br>
<A NAME=25>That keep the word of promise to our ear,</A><br>
<A NAME=26>And break it to our hope. I'll not fight with thee.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech8><b>MACDUFF</b></a>
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<A NAME=27>Then yield thee, coward,</A><br>
<A NAME=28>And live to be the show and gaze o' the time:</A><br>
<A NAME=29>We'll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,</A><br>
<A NAME=30>Painted on a pole, and underwrit,</A><br>
<A NAME=31>'Here may you see the tyrant.'</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech9><b>MACBETH</b></a>
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<A NAME=32>I will not yield,</A><br>
<A NAME=33>To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet,</A><br>
<A NAME=34>And to be baited with the rabble's curse.</A><br>
<A NAME=35>Though Birnam wood be come to Dunsinane,</A><br>
<A NAME=36>And thou opposed, being of no woman born,</A><br>
<A NAME=37>Yet I will try the last. Before my body</A><br>
<A NAME=38>I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff,</A><br>
<A NAME=39>And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'</A><br>
<p><i>Exeunt, fighting. Alarums</i></p>
<p><i>Retreat. Flourish. Enter, with drum and colours, MALCOLM, SIWARD, ROSS, the other Thanes, and Soldiers</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech10><b>MALCOLM</b></a>
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<A NAME=40>I would the friends we miss were safe arrived.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech11><b>SIWARD</b></a>
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<A NAME=41>Some must go off: and yet, by these I see,</A><br>
<A NAME=42>So great a day as this is cheaply bought.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech12><b>MALCOLM</b></a>
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<A NAME=43>Macduff is missing, and your noble son.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech13><b>ROSS</b></a>
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<A NAME=44>Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt:</A><br>
<A NAME=45>He only lived but till he was a man;</A><br>
<A NAME=46>The which no sooner had his prowess confirm'd</A><br>
<A NAME=47>In the unshrinking station where he fought,</A><br>
<A NAME=48>But like a man he died.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech14><b>SIWARD</b></a>
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<A NAME=49>Then he is dead?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech15><b>ROSS</b></a>
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<A NAME=50>Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow</A><br>
<A NAME=51>Must not be measured by his worth, for then</A><br>
<A NAME=52>It hath no end.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech16><b>SIWARD</b></a>
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<A NAME=53>                  Had he his hurts before?</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech17><b>ROSS</b></a>
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<A NAME=54>Ay, on the front.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech18><b>SIWARD</b></a>
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<A NAME=55>                  Why then, God's soldier be he!</A><br>
<A NAME=56>Had I as many sons as I have hairs,</A><br>
<A NAME=57>I would not wish them to a fairer death:</A><br>
<A NAME=58>And so, his knell is knoll'd.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech19><b>MALCOLM</b></a>
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<A NAME=59>He's worth more sorrow,</A><br>
<A NAME=60>And that I'll spend for him.</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech20><b>SIWARD</b></a>
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<A NAME=61>He's worth no more</A><br>
<A NAME=62>They say he parted well, and paid his score:</A><br>
<A NAME=63>And so, God be with him! Here comes newer comfort.</A><br>
<p><i>Re-enter MACDUFF, with MACBETH's head</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech21><b>MACDUFF</b></a>
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<A NAME=64>Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where stands</A><br>
<A NAME=65>The usurper's cursed head: the time is free:</A><br>
<A NAME=66>I see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl,</A><br>
<A NAME=67>That speak my salutation in their minds;</A><br>
<A NAME=68>Whose voices I desire aloud with mine:</A><br>
<A NAME=69>Hail, King of Scotland!</A><br>
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<A NAME=speech22><b>ALL</b></a>
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<A NAME=70>Hail, King of Scotland!</A><br>
<p><i>Flourish</i></p>
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<A NAME=speech23><b>MALCOLM</b></a>
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<A NAME=71>We shall not spend a large expense of time</A><br>
<A NAME=72>Before we reckon with your several loves,</A><br>
<A NAME=73>And make us even with you. My thanes and kinsmen,</A><br>
<A NAME=74>Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland</A><br>
<A NAME=75>In such an honour named. What's more to do,</A><br>
<A NAME=76>Which would be planted newly with the time,</A><br>
<A NAME=77>As calling home our exiled friends abroad</A><br>
<A NAME=78>That fled the snares of watchful tyranny;</A><br>
<A NAME=79>Producing forth the cruel ministers</A><br>
<A NAME=80>Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen,</A><br>
<A NAME=81>Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands</A><br>
<A NAME=82>Took off her life; this, and what needful else</A><br>
<A NAME=83>That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace,</A><br>
<A NAME=84>We will perform in measure, time and place:</A><br>
<A NAME=85>So, thanks to all at once and to each one,</A><br>
<A NAME=86>Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.</A><br>
<p><i>Flourish. Exeunt</i></p>