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138 A Restoration Version of Act III 

ACT, III. SCENE, I. 

Enter Banquo. 

Banq. Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, 
As the three Sisters promised; but I fear 
Thou plaid'st most foully for't: yet it was said 
It should not stand in thy Posterity: , 

But that my self should be the Root and Father 
Of Many Kings; they told thee truth. 
Why, since their promise was made good to thee, 
May they not be my Oracles as well? 

Enter Macbeth, Lenox, and Attendants. 

Macb. Here's our chief Guest, if he had been forgotten, 
It had been want of musick to our Feast. 
To night we hold a solemn Supper, Sir : 
And all request your presence. 

Banq. Your Majesty lays your command on me, 
To which my duty is to obey. 

Macb. Ride you this afternoon? 

Banq. Yes, Royal, Sir. 

Macb. We should have else desired your good advice, 
(Which still hath been both grave and prosperous) 
In this days Counsel; but we'll take tomorrow. 
Is't far you ride? 

Banq. As far, Great Sir, as will take up the time: 
Go not my horse the better, 
I must become a borrower of the night, 
For a dark hour or two. 

Macb. Fail not our Feast. 

Banq. My Lord, I shall not. 

Macb. We hear our bloudy Cousins are bestovv'd 
In England, and in Ireland; not confessing 
Their cruel Parricide; filling their hearers 
With strange invention. But, of that to morrow. 
Goes your Son with you? 

Banq. He does, and our time now calls upon us.