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A Restoration Version of Act III 141 

1. Mur. And I another, 

So weary with disasters, and so inflicted by fortune, 
That I would set my life on any chance, 
To mend it, or to lose it. 
Macb. Both of you know Banquo vVas your enemy. 

2. Mur. True, my Lord. 

Macb. So is he mine ; and though I could 
With open power take him from my sight, 
And bid my will avouch it : yet I must not ; 
For certain friends that are both his and mine; 
Whose loves I may not hazard ; would ill 
Resent a publick process : and thence it is 
That I do your assistance crave, to mask 
The business from the common eye. 

2. Mur. We shall, my Lord, perform what you command 
us. 

1. Mur. Though our lives 

Macb. Your spirits shine through you. 
Within this hour, at most, 
I will advise you where to plant your selves; 
For it must be done tonight : 

And something from the Palace; always remember'd, 
That you keep secrecy with the proscribed Father. 
Flean, his Son too, keeps him company; 
Whose absence is no less material to me 
Than that of Banquo's : he too must embrace the fate 
Of that dark hour. Resolve your selves apart. 

Both Mur. We are resolved my Liege. 

Macb. I'll call upon you streight. 

(Ex. Murth. 
Now, Banquo, if thy soul can in her flight 
Find Heaven, thy happiness begins tonight. (Ex. 

Enter Macduff, and Lady Macduff. 
Macd. It must be so. Great Duncan's bloody death