_Alarums. Enter_MACBETH.[4621]
_Macb._ They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,[4622]
But bear-like I must fight the course. What's he
That was not born of woman? Such a one
Am I to fear, or none.
_Enter young_ SIWARD.[4623]
_Yo. Siw._ What is thy name?
_Macb._ Thou'lt be afraid to hear it.
_Yo. Siw._ No; though thou call'st thyself a hotter name[4624]
Than any is in hell.
_Macb._ My name 's Macbeth.
_Yo. Siw._ The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.
_Macb._ No, nor more fearful.
_Yo. Siw._ Thou liest, abhorred tyrant; with my sword[4625] 10
I'll prove the lie thou speak'st.
[_They fight, and young Siward is slain._[4626]
_Macb._ Thou wast born of woman.
But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born. [_Exit._
_Alarums. Enter_ MACDUFF.
_Macd._ That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face!
If thou be'st slain and with no stroke of mine, 15
My wife and children's ghosts will haunt me still.
I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms
Are hired to bear their staves: either thou, Macbeth,[4627]
Or else my sword, with an unbatter'd edge,[4628]
I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shouldst be; 20
By this great clatter, one of greatest note
Seems bruited: let me find him, fortune![4629][4630]
And more I beg not.[4629] [_Exit. Alarums._[4631]
_Enter_ MALCOLM _and old_ SIWARD.
_Siw._ This way, my lord; the castle's gently render'd:
The tyrant's people on both sides do fight; 25
The noble thanes do bravely in the war;
The day almost itself professes yours,[4632]
And little is to do.
_Mal._ We have met with foes[4633]
That strike beside us.
_Siw._ Enter, sir, the castle.
[_Exeunt. Alarum._[4634]