Macb. What man dare, I dare:
Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, 100
The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger;[4245]
Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves
Shall never tremble: or be alive again,[4246]
And dare me to the desert with thy sword;
If trembling I inhabit then, protest me[4247] 105
The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow![4248]
Unreal mockery, hence! [Exit Ghost.[4249]
Why, so: being gone,
I am a man again. Pray you, sit still.
Lady M. You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting,[4250]
With most admired disorder.[4251]
Macb. Can such things be,[4251][4252] 110
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,[4252]
Without our special wonder? You make me strange[4252]
Even to the disposition that I owe,[4253]
When now I think you can behold such sights,[4254]
And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,[4255] 115
When mine is blanch'd with fear.
Ross. What sights, my lord?[4256]
Lady M. I pray you, speak not; he grows worse and worse;
Question enrages him: at once, good night:
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Len. Good night; and better health 120
Attend his majesty!
Lady M. A kind good night to all![4257]
[Exeunt all but Macbeth and Lady M.
Macb. It will have blood: they say blood will have blood:[4258]
Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;[4259]
Augures and understood relations have[4259][4260]
By maggot-pies and choughs and rooks brought forth[4261] 125
The secret'st man of blood. What is the night?
Lady M. Almost at odds with morning, which is which.