DUNCAN
So well thy words become thee as thy wounds;
They smack of honour both.Go get him surgeons.
[Exit Sergeant,attended]
Who comes here?
[Enter ROSS]
MALCOLM
The worthy thane of Ross.
LENNOX
What a haste looks through his eyes!So should he look
That seems to speak things strange.
ROSS
God save the king!
DUNCAN
Whence camest thou,worthy thane?
ROSS
From Fife,great king;
Where the Norweyan banners flout the sky
And fan our people cold.Norway himself,
With terrible numbers,
Assisted by that most disloyal traitor
The thane of Cawdor,began a dismal conflict;
Till that Bellona's bridegroom,lapp'd in proof,
Confronted him with self-comparisons,
Point against point rebellious,arm'gainst arm.
Curbing his lavish spirit:and,to conclude,
The victory fell on us.
DUNCAN
Great happiness!
ROSS
That now
Sweno,the Norways'king,craves composition:
Nor would we deign him burial of his men
Till he disbursed at Saint Colme's inch
Ten thousand dollars to our general use.
DUNCAN
No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive
Our bosom interest:go pronounce his present death,
And with his former title greet Macbeth.
ROSS
I'll see it done.
DUNCAN
What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won.
[Exeunt]
Scene Three
A heath near Forres.
[Thunder.Enter the three Witches]
First Witch
Where hast thou been,sister?
Second Witch
Killing swine.
Third Witch