THIRD WITCH
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!50
BANQUO
Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear
Things that do sound so fair? [To the Witches] I' th'name of truth, Are ye fantastical, or that indeed53
Which outwardly ye show? My noble partner
You greet with present grace and great prediction55
Of noble having and of royal hope,
That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not.57
If you can look into the seeds of time58
And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear60
Your favors nor your hate.
FIRST WITCH Hail!
SECOND WITCH Hail!
THIRD WITCH Hail!
FIRST WITCH
Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.
SECOND WITCH
Not so happy, yet much happier.66
THIRD WITCH
Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.67
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!
FIRST WITCH
Banquo and Macbeth, all hail!
MACBETH
70 Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more: 71 By Finel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis, But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives,
A prosperous gentleman; and to be king
Stands not within the prospect of belief,
No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence