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20 Macbeth [Act I 

Banquo. Good sir, why do you start, and seem 
to fear 
Things that do sound so fair? V the name of 

truth, 
Are ye fantastical, or that indeed 
Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner 
You greet with present grace and great prediction 
Of noble having and of royal hope, 
That he seems rapt withal : to me you speak not : 
If you can look into the seeds of time, 
And say which grain will grow and which will not, 
Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear eo 

Your favours nor your hate. 

First Witch. Hail! 

Second Witch. Hail ! 

Third Witch. Hail! 

First Witch. Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. 

Second Witch. Not so happy, yet much happier. 

Third Witch. Thou shalt get kings, though thou 
be none: 
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo ! 

First Witch. Banquo and Macbeth, all hail! 

Macbeth. Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me T0 
more: 
By Sinel's death I know I am thane of Glamis ; 
But how of Cawdor ? the thane of Cawdor lives, 
A prosperous gentleman ; and to be king 
Stands not within the prospect of belief, 

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