Tragedy of Macbeth - 1893 Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH. PERSONS REPRESENTED. Duncan, King of Scotland. Malcolm. )hisSons. DONALBAIN, J Macbeth, ) Generals of his Arm Banquo, i Macd... more »uff, Lennox, Ross, Menteth, Angus, Cathness, Fleance, Son to Banquo. SlWARD, Earl of Northumberland, General of the English forces. Thanes of Scotland. Young SlWARU, his Son. Seyton, an Officer attending on Macbeth. Boy, Son to Macduff. An English Doctor. A Scotch Doctor. A Soldier. A Porter. An old Man, Lady MACBETH. "Lady MACDUFF. Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth. HECATE, and Witches. Lords, Gentlemen, Officers, Soldiers, Murderers, Attendants, Messengers, and Apparitions. SCENE, in the end of the fourth Act, in England; through the rest of the Play, in Scotland. ACT I. Scene I. — An Open Place. Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches. j Witch. When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, and in rain ? 2 Witch. When the hurlyburly'sl done, When the battle's lost and won. 3 W/A-A. That will be ere th' set of Sun. 1 Witch. Where the place? 2 Witch. Upon the heath. 3 Witch. There to meet with Macbeth. 1 Witch. / come, graymalkin ! 2 Witch. Paddock calls : — Anon/3 All. Fair is foul, and foul is fair:4 Hover through the fog and filthy air. [Exeunt. 1 The origin and sense of this word are thus given by Peacham in his Garden of Eloquence, 1577 : " Onomatopeia, when we invent, devise, fayne, and make a name imitating the sound of that it signifyeth, as Aurfyiurfy, for an uprore and tumultuous stirre." Thus also in Holinshed : " There were such Aurlie turtles kept in every place, to the great danger of overthrowing the whole state of all government in this land." 2 Graymalkin is an old name for a gray cat. — Paddock is toad; and toad- st...« less