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Alarums. Enter MACBETH
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Trumpets and the noise of battle.
MACBETH enters. |
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MACBETH
They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,
But, bearlike, I must fight the course. What’s he
That was not born of woman? Such a one
Am I to fear, or none.
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MACBETH
They have me tied to a stake. I can’t run away. I have to
stand and fight, like a bear.Where’s the man who
wasn’t born from a woman? He’s the only one
I’m afraid of, nobody else.
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Enter YOUNG
SIWARD
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YOUNG
SIWARD enters. |
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YOUNG SIWARD
What is thy name?
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YOUNG SIWARD
What’s your name?
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MACBETH
Thou 'lt be afraid to hear it.
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MACBETH
You’ll be afraid to hear it.
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YOUNG SIWARD
No, though thou call’st thyself a hotter name
Than any is in hell.
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YOUNG SIWARD
No I won’t, even if you were one of the worst demons in
hell.
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MACBETH
My name’s Macbeth.
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MACBETH
My name’s Macbeth.
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YOUNG SIWARD
The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.
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YOUNG SIWARD
The devil himself couldn’t say a name I hate more.
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MACBETH
No,
nor more fearful.
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MACBETH
No, nor could the devil’s name be more
frightening.
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YOUNG SIWARD
Thou liest, abhorrèd tyrant. With my sword
I’ll prove the lie thou speak’st.
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YOUNG SIWARD
You lie, you disgusting tyrant. I’ll prove with my sword
that I’m not scared of you.
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They fight and YOUNG SIWARD is slain |
They fight and YOUNG SIWARD is
killed. |
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MACBETH
Thou
wast born of woman.
But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandished by man that’s of a woman born.
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MACBETH
You were born from a woman. Swords don’t frighten me. I
laugh at any weapon used by a man who was born from a woman.
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