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Dreamweaver
[Alarums. Enter Macbeth.]
Macbeth
They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,
But, bear-like I must fight the course.—What’s he
That was not born of woman? Such a one
Am I to fear, or none.
[Enter young Siward.]
Young Siward
What is thy name?
Macbeth
Thou’lt be afraid to hear it.
Young Siward
No; though thou call’st thyself a hotter name
Than any is in hell.
Macbeth
My name’s Macbeth.
Young Siward
The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.
Macbeth
No, nor more fearful.
Young Siward
Thou liest, abhorred tyrant. With my sword
I’ll prove the lie thou speak’st.
[They fight, and young Siward is slain.]
Macbeth
Thou wast born of woman.
But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish’d by man that’s of a woman born.
[Exit.]
[Alarums. Enter Macduff.]
Macduff
That way the noise is.—Tyrant, show thy face!
If thou be’st slain and with no stroke of mine,
My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still.
I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms
Are hired to bear their staves. Either thou, Macbeth,
Or else my sword, with an unbatter’d edge,
I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be;
By this great clatter, one of greatest note
Seems bruited. Let me find him, Fortune!
And more I beg not.
[Exit. Alarums.]
[Enter Malcolm and old Siward.]
Siward
This way, my lord;—the castle’s gently render’d:
The tyrant’s people on both sides do fight;
The noble thanes do bravely in the war,
The day almost itself professes yours,
And little is to do.
Malcolm
We have met with foes
That strike beside us.
[Enter, sir, the castle.]
[Exeunt. Alarums.]