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18 Macbeth 



[Act I 



And munch'd, and munch'd, and munch'd. 'Give 

me,' quoth I : 
'Aroint thee, witch !' the rump-fed ronyon cries. 
Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master o' the Tiger ; 
But in a sieve I'll thither sail, 
And, like a rat without a tail, 
I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do. 

Second Witch. I'll give thee a wind. 

First Witch. Thou'rt kind. 

Third Witch. And I another. 

First Witch. I myself have all the other ; 
And the very ports they blow, 
All the quarters that they know 
P the shipman's card. 
I'll drain him dry as hayj 
Sleep shall neither night nor day 
Hang upon his pent-house lid; 20 

He shall live a man forbid : 
Weary se'nnights nine times nine 
Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine: 
Though his bark cannot be lost, 
Yet it shall be tempest-tost. 
Look what I have. 

Second Witch. Show me, show me. 

First Witch. Here I have a pilot's thumb, 
Wreck'd as homeward he did come. 

[Drum within. 

Third Witch. A drum, a drum ! 30 

Macbeth doth come.