Then live, Macduff, what need I fear of thee?
But yet I'll make assurance double sure
And take a bond of fate. Thou shalt not live,106
That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies
And sleep in spite of thunder.
Thunder. Third Apparition, a Child Crowned, with a tree in his hand.
What is this
That rises like the issue of a king
110 And wears upon his baby brow the round And top of sovereignty?
ALL Listen, but speak not to't.
THIRD APPARITION
Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care
Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are.
Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him. Descends.
MACBETH That will never be.
117 Who can impress the forest, bid the tree 118 Unfix his earthbound root? Sweet bodements, good.
Rebellious dead rise never till the Wood
120 Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth 121 Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath To time and mortal custom. Yet my heart
Throbs to know one thing. Tell me, if your art
124 Can tell so much: Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom?
ALL Seek to know no more.
MACBETH
I will be satisfied. Deny me this,
And an eternal curse fall on you! Let me know.
Why sinks that cauldron? and what noise is this?
Hautboys.
FIRST WITCH Show!
130 SECOND WITCH Show!