牛津书虫《麦克白》

牛津书虫 《麦克白》 ACT ONE Scene One

A desert place．

[Thunder and lightning．Enter three Witches]

First Witch

When shall we three meet again

In thunder，lightning，or in rain？

Second Witch

When the hurlyburly's done，

When the battle's lost and won．

Third Witch

That will be ere the set of sun．

First Witch

Where the place？

Second Witch

Upon the heath．

Third Witch

There to meet with Macbeth．

First Witch

I come，Graymalkin！

Second Witch

Paddock calls．

Third Witch Anon． ALL

Fair is foul，and foul is fair：

Hover through the fog and filthy air．

[Exeunt ]

Scene Two

A camp near Forres．

[Alarum within．Enter DUNCAN，MALCOLM，DONALBAIN，LENNOX，with Attendants，meeting a bleeding Sergeant ] DUNCAN

What bloody man is that？He can report，

As seemeth by his plight，of the revolt

The newest state．

MALCOLM

This is the sergeant

Who like a good and hardy soldier fought

'Gainst my captivity．Hail，brave friend！

Say to the king the knowledge of the broil

As thou didst leave it．

Sergeant

Doubtful it stood；

As two spent swimmers，that do cling together

And choke their art．The merciless

Macdonwald──

Worthy to be a rebel，for to that

The multiplying villanies of nature

Do swarm upon him—from the western isles

Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied；

And fortune，on his damned quarrel smiling，

Show'd like a rebel's whote：but all's too weak：

For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name—

Disdaining fortune，with his brandish'd steel，

Which smoked with bloody execution，

Like valour's minion carved out his passage

Till he faced the slave；

Which ne'er shook hands，nor bade farewell to him，

Till he unseam'd him from the navel to the chaps，

And fix'd his head upon our battlements． DUNCAN

O valiant cousin！worthy gentleman！

Sergeant

As whence the sun 'gins his reflection

Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break，

So from that spring whence comfort seem'd to come

Discomfort swell．Mark，king of Scotland，mark：

No sooner justice had with valour arm'd

Compell'd these skipping kerns to trust their heels，

But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage，

With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men

Began a fresh assault． DUNCAN

Dismay'd not this

Our captains，Macbeth and Banquo？ Sergeant Yes；

As sparrows eagles，or the hare the lion．

If I say sooth，I must report they were

As cannons overcharged with double cracks，so they

Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe：

Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds，

Or memorise another Golgotha，

I cannot tell．

But I am faint，my gashes cry for help． DUNCAN

So well thy words become thee as thy wounds；

They smack of honour both．Go get him surgeons．

[Exit Sergeant，attended]

Who comes here？

[Enter ROSS]

MALCOLM

The worthy thane of Ross． LENNOX

What a haste looks through his eyes！So should he look

That seems to speak things strange． ROSS

God save the king！ DUNCAN

Whence camest thou，worthy thane？ ROSS

From Fife，great king；

Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky

And fan our people cold．Norway himself，

With terrible numbers，

Assisted by that most disloyal traitor