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Scene ill] Macbeth 19 

All. The weird sisters, hand in hand, 
Posters of the sea and land, 
Thus do go about, about : 
Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, 
And thrice again, to make up nine. 
Peace ! the charm's wound up. 

Enter Macbeth and Banquo 

Macbeth. So foul and fair a day I have not seen. 

Banquo. How far is't call'd to Forres? What 

are these 

So witherd, and so wild in their attire, 40 

That look not like the inhabitants o* the earth, 

And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught 

That man may question ? You seem to understand 

me, 

By each at once her choppy finger laying 

Upon her skinny lips: you should be women, 

And yet your beards forbid me to interpret 

That you are so. 

Macbeth. Speak, if you can : what are you? 

First Witch. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, 

thane of Glamis ! 

Second Witch. All hail, Macbeth ! hail to thee, 

thane of Cawdor ! 

Third Witch. All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be 

king hereafter! 50 

How does the use of rhyme add to the vividness of this 
scene? 

48-50 How do these predictions resemble the original 
prophecies as given in Holinshed? See notes.