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Scene V] Macbeth 27 

The Prince of Cumberland ; which honour must 
Not unaccompanied invest him only, 40 

But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine 
On all deservers. [To Macbeth] From hence to 

Inverness, 
And bind us further to you. 

Macbeth. The rest is labour, which is not us'd 
for you : 
I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful 
The hearing of my wife with your approach ; 
So humbly take my leave. 

Duncan. My worthy Cawdor! 

Macbeth. [Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! 
that is a step 
On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, 
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires ! 50 

Let not light see my black and deep desires : 
The eye wink at the hand ; yet let that be 
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see. [Exit. 

Duncan. True, worthy Banquo ; he is full so valiant, 
And in his commendations I am fed ; 
It is a banquet to me. Let's after him, 
Whose care is gone before to bid us welcome : 
It is a peerless kinsman. [Flourish. Exeunt. 

The Letter 
Scene 

Scene V. Inverness. A Room in Macbeth 3 s Castle 

Enter Lady Macbeth, reading a letter 

Lady Macbeth [Reads]. 'They met me in the day 



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