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Then I'll sit down. Give me some wine; fill full. I drink to the general joy o' the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss; Would he were here! To all, and him, we thirst, And all to all.


LORDS Our duties, and the pledge.36 [Re-enter GHOST]


MACBETH Avaunt!37


Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation38


Which thou dost glare with! LADYMACBETH


Think of this, good peers,


But as a thing of custom39: 'tis no other; Only it spoils the pleasure of the time.


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MACBETH What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The armed rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger;40 Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble: or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword;41 If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl.42


Unreal mockery, hence! [GHOST vanishes]


Why, so: being gone, I am a man again. Pray you, sit still. 110


LADYMACBETH You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, With most admired disorder.43


MACBETH Can such things be,


And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?You make me strange Even to the disposition that I owe, When now I think you can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby44 When mine is blanched45


of your cheeks, with fear. 43


You have…admired disorder: You have ruined the good time, broken up the party and earned attention with this disorderly behaviour.


and quit my sight! Let the earth hide thee! in those eyes


37 Avaunt!: Get out! 38


speculation: glimmer of life/ comprehension


36 pledge: toast


Macbeth


39 thing of custom: a habit


40


Hyrcan tiger: a tiger from Hyrcania (a wild place, located mainly in present-day Iran)


41 42 Hence, horrible shadow!


dare me…sword: Challenge me to a swordfight in the desert.


If trembling…a girl: If I shake then you may call me a baby girl.


44 ruby: red 45 blanched: turned pale 75


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