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Died^36 every day she lived. Fare thee well!
These evils thou repeat’st upon thyself
Hath banished me from Scotland. O my breast,
Thy hope ends here!
Malcolm. Macduff, this noble passion,
Child of integrity, hath from my soul
Wiped the black scruples, reconciled my thoughts
To thy good truth and honor. Devilish Macbeth
By many of these trains^37 hath sought to win me
Into his power; and modest wisdom^38 plucks me
From over-credulous haste: but God above
Deal between thee and me! For even now
I put myself to thy direction, and
Unspeak mine own detraction,^39 here abjure
The taints and blames I laid upon myself,
For^40 strangers to my nature. I am yet
Unknown to woman, never was forsworn,
Scarcely have coveted what was mine own,
At no time broke my faith, would not betray
The devil to his fellow, and delight
No less in truth than life. My first false speaking
Was this upon myself. What I am truly,
Is thine and my poor country’s to command:
Whither indeed, before thy here-approach,
Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men,
Already at a point,^41 was setting forth.
Now we’ll together, and the chance of goodness
Be like our warranted quarrel!^42 Why are you silent?
Macduff. Such welcome and unwelcome things at once
’Tis hard to reconcile.
[Enter a Doctor.]
Malcolm. Well, more anon. Comes the King forth, I pray you?
Doctor. Ay, sir. There are a crew of wretched souls
That stay^43 his cure: their malady convinces
The great assay of art;^44 but at his touch,
Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand,
They presently amend.^45
Malcolm. I thank you, doctor.
[Exit Doctor.]
Macduff. What’s the disease he means?
Malcolm. ’Tis called the evil:^46
A most miraculous work in this good King,
Which often since my here-remain in England
I have seen him do. How he solicits heaven,110- Died prepared for heaven.
integrity (ihn TEHG ruh tee) n. moral 115
uprightness- trains enticements.
- modest wisdom prudence.
120 - detraction slander.
- For as. 125
130- at a point prepared. 135
- the chance... quarrel May our
chance of success equal the
justice of our cause.
140- stay wait for.
- convinces... art defies the
efforts of medical science.
sanctity (SANGK tuh tee) n. holiness;
goodness - presently amend immediately
recover.
145- evil scrofula (SKROF yuh luh),
skin disease called “the king’s
evil” because it was believed
that it could be cured by the
king’s touch.
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Challenge
Presentation Review Scene iii, lines 146–153,
and discuss the common medieval belief that
scrofula could be cured by the king’s touch. Note
that scrofula is a disease with swelling in the
lymph nodes of the neck, probably a form of
tuberculosis. Have partners work togetherto research other common sicknesses and the
strange, unorthodox cures people throughout
history have believed would cure them. Suggest
options such as toothaches, skin diseases, fever,
nosebleeds, or the plague. Have pairs present
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