Of dire combustion and confus'd events 64
New hatch'd to the woeful time. The obscure bird
Clamour'd the livelong night: some say the earth
Was feverous and did shake.
Macb. 'Twas a rough night.
Len. My young remembrance cannot parallel
A fellow to it. 69
Enter Macduff.
Macd. O horror! horror! horror! Tongue nor heart
Cannot conceive nor name thee!
| | Macb. | What's the matter? |
| Len. |
Macd. Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! 72
Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope
The Lord's anointed temple, and stole thence
The life o' the building!
Macb. What is 't you say? the life? 76
Len. Mean you his majesty?
Macd. Approach the chamber, and destroy your sight
With a new Gorgon: do not bid me speak;
See, and then speak yourselves.
Awake! awake! 80
Ring the alarum-bell. Murder and treason!
Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! awake!
Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,
And look on death itself! up, up, and see 84
The great doom's image! Malcolm! Banquo!
64 combustion: uproar
65 obscure bird: owl
69 fellow: equal
79 Gorgon: a monster who turned beholders to stone
85 great doom's image: likeness of Judgment Day
