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| Flourish. Enter KING DUNCAN,
LENNOX, MALCOLM,
DONALBAIN, and attendants |
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| A trumpet fanfare sounds. KING DUNCAN,
LENNOX, MALCOLM,
DONALBAIN, and their attendants
enter. |
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| | DUNCAN |
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Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not |
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Those in commission yet returned? |
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| DUNCAN |
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Has the former thane of Cawdor been executed yet? Haven't
the people in charge of that come back? |
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| | MALCOLM |
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My
liege, |
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They are not yet come back. But I have spoke |
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With one that saw him die, who did report |
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That very frankly he confessed his treasons, |
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Implored your highness' pardon, and set forth |
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A deep repentance. Nothing in his life |
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Became him like the leaving it. He died |
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As one that had been studied in his death |
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To throw away the dearest thing he owed |
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As 'twere a careless trifle. |
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| MALCOLM |
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My king, they haven't come back yet. But I spoke with
someone who saw Cawdor die, and he said that Cawdor openly confessed
his treasons, begged your highness's forgiveness, and
repented deeply. He never did anything in his whole life that looked
as good as the way he died. He died like someone who had practiced
how to toss away his most cherished possession as if it were a
worthless a piece of garbage. |
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| | DUNCAN |
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There's
no art |
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To find the mind's construction in the face. |
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He was a gentleman on whom I built |
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An absolute trust. |
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| DUNCAN |
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There's no way to read a man's mind by looking
at his face. I trusted Cawdor completely. |
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| Enter MACBETH,
BANQUO, ROSS, and
ANGUS
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MACBETH, BANQUO,
ROSS, and ANGUS
enter. |
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(to MACBETH) O worthiest cousin, |
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The sin of my ingratitude even now |
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Was heavy on me. Thou art so far before |
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That swiftest wing of recompense is slow |
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To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved, |
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That the proportion both of thanks and payment |
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Might have been mine! Only I have left to say, |
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More is thy due than more than all can pay. |
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(to MACBETH) My worthiest kinsman! Just this moment I was feeling
guilty for not having thanked you enough. You have done so much for
me so fast that it has been impossible to reward you properly. If
you deserved less, then perhaps my payment would have matched your
deeds! All I can say is that I owe you more than I can ever
repay. |
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