Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Make war with mankind. Old M. 'Tis said, they ate each other. Rosse. They did so; to th' amazement of mine eyes, That look'd upon't. Here comes the good Macduff.— Enter MACDuff. How goes the world, sir, now? Macd. Why, see you not? Rosse. Is't known, who did this more than bloody Malcolm, and Donalbain, the king's two sons, Rosse. 'Gainst nature still : Thriftless ambition, that will ravin up1 Thine own life's means!-Then, 'tis most like, Macd. He is already nam'd, and gone to Scone Rosse. Where is Duncan's body? Macd. Carried to Colme-kill; The sacred store-house of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones. 1 Rosse. Will you to Scone? Well, I will thither. Macd. No, cousin; I'll to Fife. Rosse. Macd. Well, may you see things well done there :— adieu that will RAVIN UP] We have had "ravin down" used precisely in the same manner in "Measure for Measure," Vol. ii. p. 15, "Like rats that racin down their proper bane. Lest our old robes sit easier than our new! Rosse. Farewell, father. Old M. God's benison go with you; and with those, That would make good of bad, and friends of foes! [Exeunt. ACT III. SCENE I. Fores. A Room in the Palace. Enter BANQUO. Ban. Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, As the weird women promis'd; and, I fear, Thou play'dst most foully for't: yet it was said, But that myself should be the root, and father And set me up in hope? But, hush; no more. Senet sounded. Enter MACBETH, as King; Lady MACBETH, as Queen; LENOX, ROSSE, Lords, Ladies, and Attendants. Mach. Here's our chief guest. Lady M. If he had been forgotten, It had been as a gap in our great feast, And all thing unbecoming. Mach. To-night we hold a solemn supper, sir, And I'll request your presence. Ban. Let your highness Command upon me?, to the which my duties For ever knit. Mach. Ride you this afternoon? Ban. Ay, my good lord. Mach. We should have else desir'd your good advice (Which still hath been both grave and prosperous) In this day's council; but we'll take to-morrow3. Ban. As far, my lord, as will fill up the time For a dark hour, or twain. Macb. Ban. My lord, I will not. Fail not our feast. Mach. We hear, our bloody cousins are bestow'd In England, and in Ireland; not confessing Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers With strange invention. But of that to-morrow; When, therewithal, we shall have cause of state Craving us jointly. Hie you to horse: adieu, Till you return at night. Goes Fleance with you? Ban. Ay, my good lord: our time does call upon us. Mach. I wish your horses swift, and sure of foot; And so I do commend you to their backs. Farewell. Let every man be master of his time [Exit BANQUO. Till seven at night. To make society LET your highness Command upon me,] So the old copies, which it seems unnecessary to alter to either Lay, as was done by Davenant in his alteration of " Macbeth," or to Set, which was recommended by Monck Mason. It is to be admitted, however, that the expression was by no means usual. 3 but we'll TAKE to-morrow.] Malone persisted in changing "take" to talk, but without the slightest pretence, the meaning being quite obvious. This is one of the instances in which opposition to Steevens induced Malone to persevere in a decided error, with what Mr. Amyot truly calls "a parade of misapplied authorities." Till supper-time alone: while then, God be with you. [Exeunt Lady MACBETH, Lords, Ladies, &c. Sirrah, a word with you. Attend those men Our pleasure? Atten. They are, my lord, without the palace gate. Mach. Bring them before us.-[Exit Atten.] To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus.-Our fears in Banquo Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares; And to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear, and under him My genius is rebuk'd, as, it is said, Mark Antony's was by Cæsar. He chid the sisters, For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd; To make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings! And champion me to the utterance"!-Who's there? 4 For Banquo's issue have I fil'd my mind:] i. e. Defiled my mind. To "file" is often used for to defile, by elision of the preposition. We meet with it in Rowland's "Looke to It, for Ile Stabbe Yee," 1604, "Ile fyle no hands upon thee." Sign. D 3 b. Other authorities are needless. 5 the SEEDS of Banquo kings !] So the old copies, which there is no sufficient reason for abandoning, especially as Macbeth is speaking of Banquo's issue throughout in the plural. And champion me to the UTTERANCE!] i. e. To extrémity; à l'outrance, Fr. Re-enter Attendant, with two Murderers. Now, go to the door, and stay there till we call. [Exit Attendant. Well then, now Was it not yesterday we spoke together? In our last conference; pass'd in probation with you, How you were borne in hand; how cross'd; the instruments; Who wrought with them; and all things else, that might, To half a soul, and to a notion craz'd, Say, "Thus did Banquo." 1 Mur. You made it known to us. Mach. I did so; and went farther, which is now Our point of second meeting. Do you To find Your patience so predominant in your nature, pray 1 Mur. We are men, my liege. Macb. Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, the valued FILE] i. e. the "file" or list in which they are valued. |