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Scene IV] Macbeth 71 

I drink to the general joy o' the whole table, 
And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss ; 90 
Would he were here ! to all and him we thirst, 
And all to all. 

Lords. Our duties, and the pledge. 

Re-enter Ghost 

Macbeth. Avaunt ! and quit my sight ! let the 
earth hide thee ! 
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold ; 
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes 
Which thou dost glare with. 

Lady Macbeth. Think of this, good peers, 

But as a thing of custom : 'tis no other ; 
Only it spoils the pleasure of the time. 
. Macbeth. What man dare, I dare: 
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, 100 

The arm'd rhinoceros, or the' Hyrcan tiger; 
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves 
Shall never tremble : or be alive again, 
And dare me to the desert with thy sword; 
If trembling I inhabit then, protest me 
The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow ! 
Unreal mockery, hence! [Exit Ghost. 

Why, so : being gone, 
I am a man again. [The Lords rise.] Pray you, sit still. 

Lady Macbeth. You have displac'd the mirth, 
broke the good meeting, 
With most admir'd disorder.