ends of foes.
Exeunt omnes.
III.1Enter Banquo.
BANQUO
Thou hast it now-king, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
As the weird women promised; and I fear
Thou play'dst most foully for't. Yet it was said
It should not stand in thy posterity,4
But that myself should be the root and father
Of many kings. If there come truth from them—
As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine-7
Why, by the verities on thee made good,
May they not be my oracles as well
And set me up in hope? But hush, no more.10
Sennet sounded. Enter Macbeth as King, Lady
[Macbeth as Queen], Lennox, Ross, Lords, and Attendants.
MACBETH
Here's our chief guest.
LADY MACBETH If he had been forgotten, It had been as a gap in our great feast,
And allthing unbecoming.13
MACBETH
14 Tonight we hold a solemn supper, sir, And I'll request your presence.
BANQUO Let your highness
Command upon me, to the which my duties
Are with a most indissoluble tie
Forever knit.
MACBETH Ride you this afternoon?
BANQUO
Ay, my good lord.
MACBETH