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• Macbeth: Dramatis Personæ.
• Act I.
• Scene I.—: a Desert Heath.
• Scene Ii.—: a Camp Near Forres.
• Scene Iii.—: a Heath.
• Scene Iv.—: Forres. a Room In the Palace.
• Scene V.—: Inverness.macbeth’scastle.
• Scene Vi.—: the Same. Before the Castle.
• Scene Vii.—: the Same. a Room In the Castle.
• Act II.
• Scene I.—: Inverness. Court Within the Castle.
• Scene Ii.—: the Same.
• Scene Iii.—: the Same.
• Scene Iv.—: the Same. Without the Castle.
• Act III.
• Scene I.—: Forres. a Room In the Palace.
• Scene Ii.—: the Same. Another Room In the Palace.
• Scene Iii —: the Same. a Park, With a Road Leading to the Palace.
• Scene Iv.—: the Same. a Room of State In the Palace.
• Scene V.—: a Heath.
• Scene Vi.—: Forres. a Room In the Palace.
• Act IV.
• Scene I.—: a Cavern. In the Middle, a Boiling Cauldron.
• Scene Ii.—: Fife.macduff’scastle.
• Scene Iii.—: England. Before Theking’spalace.
• Act V.
• Scene I.—: Dunsinane. a Room In the Castle.
• Scene Ii.—: the Country Near Dunsinane.
• Scene Iii.—: Dunsinane. a Room In the Castle.
• Scene Iv.—: Country Near Birnam Wood.
• Scene V.—: Dunsinane. Within the Castle.
• Scene Vi.—: the Same. a Plain Before the Castle.
• Scene Vii.—: the Same. Another Part of the Plain.

Scene I.—

A desert Heath.

Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches.

First Witch.

When shall we three meet again

In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Sec. Witch.

When the hurlyburly’s done,

When the battle’s lost and won.

Third Witch.

That will be ere the set of sun.

First Witch.

Where the place?

Sec. Witch.

Upon the heath.

Third Witch.

There to meet with Macbeth.

First Witch.

I come, Graymalkin!

Sec. Witch.

Paddock calls.

Third Witch.

Anon.

All.

Fair is foul, and foul is fair:

Hover through the fog and filthy air.

[Exeunt.