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[Enter Servant.]
The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon.^6
Where got’st thou that goose look?
Servant. There is ten thousand—
Macbeth. Geese, villain?
Servant. Soldiers, sir.
Macbeth. Go prick thy face and over-red thy fear.
Thou lily-livered boy. What soldiers, patch?^7
Death of thy soul! Those linen^8 cheeks of thine
Are counselors to fear. What soldiers, whey-face?
Servant. The English force, so please you.
Macbeth. Take thy face hence. [Exit Servant.]
Seyton!—I am sick at heart.
When I behold—Seyton, I say!—This push^9
Will cheer me ever, or disseat^10 me now.
I have lived long enough. My way of life
Is fall’n into the sear,^11 the yellow leaf,
And that which should accompany old age,
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have; but, in their stead,
Curses not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath,
Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Seyton!
[Enter Seyton.]
Seyton. What’s your gracious pleasure?
Macbeth. What news more?
Seyton. All is confirmed, my lord, which was reported.
Macbeth. I’ll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked.
Give me my armor.
Seyton. ’Tis not needed yet.
Macbeth. I’ll put it on.
Send out moe^12 horses, skirr^13 the country round.
Hang those that talk of fear. Give me mine armor.
How does your patient, doctor?
Doctor. Not so sick, my lord,
As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies
That keep her from her rest.
Macbeth. Cure her of that.
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out^14 the written troubles of the brain,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote10- loon fool.
15 7. patch fool.- linen pale as linen.
20 9. push effort.- disseat dethrone.
- the sear withered state.
253035 12. moe more.- skirr scour.
40- Raze out erase.
antidote (AN tuh doht) n. remedy
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Exclamatory Phrases Review Macbeth’s
exclamation in line 20. Remind students
that Shakespeare uses exclamatory phrases
throughout the play. Phrases like “Go to,
go to!” (Scene i, line 43) and “Death of
thy soul!” (Scene iii, line 16) express strong
emotion and call attention to significant
moments in the play. The text also uses
exclamation marks to indicate thatsomeone is shouting, as in the following
speech. Here, Macbeth’s urgent shouts
for his servant contrast with the evil king’s
despairing soliloquy, which the character
delivers more softly:
Seyton!—I am sick at heart./When I
behold—Seyton, I say!—This push/Will
cheer me ever, or disseat me now./Ihave lived long enough. My way of life/
Is fall’n into the sear, the yellow leaf,/
And that which should accompany old
age,/As honor, love, obedience, troops
of friends,/I must not look to have;
but, in their stead,/Curses not loud but
deep, mouth-honor, breath,/Which the
poor heart would fain deny, and dare
not./Seyton! (Scene iii, lines 19–29)Whole-Class Learning 339
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