DUNCAN,
           King of Scotland

    MACBETH,
           Thane of Glamis and Cawdor,
         a general
               in the King's army

    LADY MACBETH,
           his wife

    MACDUFF,
           Thane of Fife,
         a nobleman of Scotland

    LADY MACDUFF,
           his wife

    MALCOLM,
           elder son of Duncan

    DONALBAIN,
           younger son of Duncan

    BANQUO,
           Thane of Lochaber,
         a general
               in the King's army

    FLEANCE,
           his son

    LENNOX,
           nobleman of Scotland

    ROSS,
           nobleman of Scotland

    MENTEITH nobleman of Scotland

    ANGUS,
           nobleman of Scotland

    CAITHNESS,
           nobleman of Scotland

    SIWARD,
           Earl of Northumberland,
         general of the English forces

    YOUNG SIWARD,
           his son

    SEYTON,
           attendant to Macbeth

    HECATE,
           Queen of the Witches

    The Three Witches

    Boy,
           Son of Macduff

    Gentlewoman attending on Lady Macbeth

    An English Doctor

    A Scottish Doctor

    A Sergeant

    A Porter

    An Old Man

    The Ghost of Banquo
           and other Apparitions

    Lords,
           Gentlemen,
         Officers,
           Soldiers,
         Murtherers,
           Attendants,
         and Messengers

    SCENE:
        Scotland and England
 
  ACT I. SCENE I. 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.

    ALL.

    Paddock calls.

    Anon!

    Fair is foul,
           and foul is fair.

    Hover through the fog
           and filthy air.

    Exeunt.

 
  SCENE II. 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