No Fear Shakespeare
Macbeth
Act 5, Scene 6
Original Text | Modern Text | |
Drum and colors. Enter MALCOLM,
SIWARD, MACDUFF, and their army,
with boughs |
MALCOLM, old SIWARD,
MACDUFF, and their army enter carrying branches, with a
drummer and flag. | |
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MALCOLM
Now near enough. Your leafy screens throw down,
And show like those you are.—You, worthy uncle,
Shall, with my cousin, your right-noble son,
Lead our first battle. Worthy Macduff and we
Shall take upon ’s what else remains to do,
According to our order.
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MALCOLM
We’re close enough now. Throw down these branches and
show them who you really are. Uncle Siward, you and your son will
lead the first battle. Brave Macduff and I will do the rest,
according to our battle plan.
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SIWARD
Fare you well.
Do we but find the tyrant’s power tonight,
Let us be beaten if we cannot fight.
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SIWARD
Good luck. If we meet Macbeth’s army tonight, let us be
beaten if we cannot fight.
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10 |
MACDUFF
Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.
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MACDUFF
Blow all the trumpets. They loudly announce the news of blood and
death.
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Exeunt | They exit. |





