No Fear Shakespeare
Macbeth
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Act 5, Scene 8, Page 3
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SIWARD
Then
he is dead?
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SIWARD
So he’s dead?
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ROSS
Ay, and brought off the field. Your cause of sorrow
Must not be measured by his worth, for then
It hath no end.
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ROSS
Yes, and he’s been carried off the field. Your grief
should not be equal to his worth, because then your sorrow would
never end.
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SIWARD
Had
he his hurts before?
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SIWARD
Were his wounds on his front side?
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ROSS
Ay, on the front.
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ROSS
Yes, on his front.
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SIWARD
Why
then, God’s soldier be he!
Had I as many sons as I have hairs,
I would not wish them to a fairer death.
And so, his knell is knolled.
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SIWARD
Well then, he’s God’s soldier now! If I had as
many sons as I have hairs on my head, I couldn’t hope that
any of them would die more honorably than he did. And
that’s all there is to it.
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MALCOLM
He’s
worth more sorrow,
And that I’ll spend for him.
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MALCOLM
He is worth more mourning than that, and I will mourn for
him.
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SIWARD
He’s
worth no more.
They say he parted well and paid his score.
And so, God be with him! Here comes newer comfort.
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SIWARD
He is worth no more than that. They tell me he died well, and
settled his scores. With that, I hope God is with him! Here comes
better news.
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Enter MACDUFF with
MACBETH’s head |
MACDUFF enters, carrying
MACBETH’s head. |
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MACDUFF
Hail, king! For so thou art. Behold where stands
The usurper’s cursèd head. The time is free.
I see thee compassed with thy kingdom’s pearl,
That speak my salutation in their minds,
Whose voices I desire aloud with mine.
Hail, King of Scotland!
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MACDUFF
Hail, king! Because that’s what you are now. Look, here I
have Macbeth’s cursed head. We are free from his tyranny. I
see that you have the kingdom’s noblemen around you, and
they’re thinking the same thing as me. I want them to join
me in this loud cheer, Hail, King of Scotland!
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