Act 3, Scene 1 
Enter BANQUO
BANQUO enters.Ere the bat hath flown 
His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecate's summons 
The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums 
Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done
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MACBETH
Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men, 
As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, 
curs, 
Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept 
All by the name of dogs.This I made good to you 
In our last conference, passed in probation with you, 
How you were borne in hand, how crossed, the 
instruments, 
Who wrought with them, and all things else that 
might 
To half a soul and to a notion crazed 
Say, "Thus did Banquo." MACBETH
Well, did you think about what I said? You should 
know that it was Banquo who made your lives 
hell for so long, which you always thought was 
my fault. But I was innocent. I showed you the 
proof at our last meeting. I explained how you 
were deceived, how you were thwarted, the 
things that were used against you, who was 
working against you, and a lot of other things that
would convince even a half-wit or a crazy person 
to say, "Banquo did it!"Let your remembrance 
Apply to Banquo; present him eminence, 
Both with eye and tongue: unsafe the while that we 
Must lave our honors in these flattering streams, 
And make our faces vizards to our hearts, 
Disguising what they are.The valued file 
Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, 
The housekeeper, the hunter, every one 
According to the gift which bounteous nature 
Hath in him closed, whereby he does receive 
Particular addition, from the bill 
That writes them all alike.No Fear Shakespeare - Macbeth (by SparkNotes) 
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SECOND MURDERER
 I am one, my liege, 
Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world 
Have so incensed that I am reckless what 
I do to spite the world.BANQUO
My lord, I won't miss it. 
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MACBETH
We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed 
In England and in Ireland, not confessing 
Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers 
With strange invention.Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown 
And put a barren scepter in my grip, 
Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, 
No son of mine succeeding.Just 
as hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, 
mutts, shaggy lapdogs, swimming dogs, and 
wolf-dog crossbreeds are all dogs.Fear Shakespeare - Macbeth (by SparkNotes) 
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MACBETH
I wish your horses swift and sure of foot, 
And so I do commend you to their backs.Act 3, Scene 2, Page 2 
LADY MACBETH
LADY MACBETHNo Fear Shakespeare - Macbeth (by SparkNotes) 
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Come on, gentle my lord, 
Sleek o'er your rugged looks.Before the bat flies through the 
castle, and before the dung beetle makes his little
humming noise to tell us it's nighttime, a dreadful
deed will be done.If 't be so, 
For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; 
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered; 
Put rancors in the vessel of my peace 
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel 
Given to the common enemy of man, 
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!If this is true, then I've 
tortured my conscience and murdered the 
gracious Duncan for Banquo's sons.Now, if you have a station in the file, 
Not i' th' worst rank of manhood, say 't, 
And I will put that business in your bosoms, 
Whose execution takes your enemy off, 
Grapples you to the heart and love of us, 
Who wear our health but sickly in his life, 
Which in his death were perfect.Fear Shakespeare - Macbeth (by SparkNotes) 
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Exeunt MURDERERS The MURDERERS exit.BANQUO
Ay, my good lord.MACBETH
Argh!