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Macb. What man dare, I dare:

Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,

The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger;

Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves

Shall never tremble: or be alive again,

And dare me to the desert with thy sword;

If trembling I inhabit then, protest me

The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow!

Unreal mockery, hence!

Why, so; being gone,

I am a man again. Pray you, sit still.

Lady M. You have displac'd the mirth, broke the good meeting,

With most admir'd disorder.

Macb. Can such things be

And overcome us like a summer's cloud,

Without our special wonder? You make me strange

Even to the disposition that I owe,

When now I think you can behold such sights,

And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,

When mine are blanch'd with fear.

Ross. What sights, my lord?

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

Attend his majesty!

Lady M. A kind good-night to all!

Exeunt Lords [and Attendants].

 101 Hyrcan: Hyrcanian, trans-Caspian

105 inhabit: stay at home

106 baby of a girl; cf. n.

110 admir'd: wonderful

112, 113 strange to; cf. n.

118 Question: talk

