Ment.
The English power is near, led on by Malcolm,
His uncle Seyward, and the good Macduff.
Revenges burn in them: for their dear causes
‡ ^noteWould to the bleeding and the grim alarm
Excite the mortified man.

Ang.
Near Birnam wood
Shall we well meet them; that way are they coming.

Cath.
Who knows if Donalbaine be with his brother?

Len.
For certain, Sir, he is not: I've a file
Of all the gentry; there is Seyward's son,
And many unruff'd youths, that even now
Protest their first of manhood.

Ment.
What does the tyrant?

Cath.
Great Dunsinane he strongly fortifies;
Some say he's mad: others that lesser hate him
Do call it valiant fury: but for certain,
He cannot buckle his distemper'd cause
Within the belt of rule.

Ang.
Now do's he feel
His secret murthers sticking on his hands;
Now minutely, revolts upbraid his faith-breach;
Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in love: now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.

Ment.
Who then shall blame

His pester'd senses to recoyl, and start,
When all that is within him does condemn
It self, for being there?

Cath.
Well, march we on,
To give obedience where 'tis truly ow'd:
Meet we the med'cine of the sickly weal,
And with him pour we, in our country's purge,
Each drop of us.

Len.
Or so much as it needs,
To dew the sovereign flower, and drown the weeds.
Make we our march towards Birnam. [Exeunt.

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