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Alarums. Enter MACBETHMACBETH
They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,YOUNG SIWARD
But, bear-like, I must fight the course. What's he
That was not born of woman? Such a one
Am I to fear, or none.
Enter YOUNG SIWARD
What is thy name?MACBETH
Thou'lt be afraid to hear it.YOUNG SIWARD
No; though thou call'st thyself a hotter nameMACBETH
Than any is in hell.
My name's Macbeth.YOUNG SIWARD
The devil himself could not pronounce a titleMACBETH
More hateful to mine ear.
No, nor more fearful.YOUNG SIWARD
Thou liest, abhorred tyrant; with my swordMACBETH
I'll prove the lie thou speak'st.
They fight and YOUNG SIWARD is slain
Thou wast born of womanMACDUFF
But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.
Exit
Alarums. Enter MACDUFF
That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face!SIWARD
If thou be'st slain and with no stroke of mine,
My wife and children's ghosts will haunt me still.
I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms
Are hired to bear their staves: either thou, Macbeth,
Or else my sword with an unbatter'd edge
I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be;
By this great clatter, one of greatest note
Seems bruited. Let me find him, fortune!
And more I beg not.
Exit. Alarums
Enter MALCOLM and SIWARD
This way, my lord; the castle's gently render'd:MALCOLM
The tyrant's people on both sides do fight;
The noble thanes do bravely in the war;
The day almost itself professes yours,
And little is to do.
We have met with foesSIWARD
That strike beside us.
Enter, sir, the castle.
Exeunt. Alarums
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