Mal.
I would the friends we miss were safe arriv'd.

Seyw.
Some must go off: and yet by these I see,
So great a day as this is cheaply bought.

Mal.
Macduff is missing, and your noble son.

Rosse.
Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt;
He only liv'd but 'till he was a man,
The which no sooner had his prow'ss confirm'd,
In the unshrinking station where he fought,
But like a man he dy'd.

Seyw.
Then is he dead?

Rosse.
Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow
Must not be measur'd by his worth, for then
It hath no end.

Seyw.
Had he his hurts before?

Rosse.
Ay, on the front.

Seyw.
Why then, God's soldier be he!
Had I as many sons as I have hairs,
I would not wish them to a fairer death:
And so his knell is knoll'd.

Mal.
He's worth more sorrow,
And that I'll spend for him.

Seyw.
He's worth no more;
They say he parted well, and paid his score,
So God be with him. Here comes newer comfort. Enter Macduff with Macbeth's head.

Macd.
Hail, King! for so thou art. Behold, where stands
Th'usurper's cursed head; the time is free:
I see thee compast with thy kindgom's peers,
That speak my salutation in their minds:
Whose voices I desire aloud with mine.
Hail King of Scotland!

All.
Hail, King of Scotland! [Flourish.

Mal.
We shall not spend a large expence of time,
Before we reckon with your sev'ral loves,
And make us even with you. Thames and kinsmen,
Henceforth be Earls, the first that ever Scotland
In such an honour nam'd. What's more to do
Which would be planted newly with the time,
As calling home our exil'd friends abroad
That fled the snares of watchful tyranny,
Producing forth the cruel ministers
Of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like Queen;
(Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands
Took off her life;) this, and what needful else

That calls upon us, by the grace of ^{c note}heaven
We will perform in measure, time and place:
So thanks to all at once, and to each one,
Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone. [Flourish. Exeunt omnes.

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