If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
it were done quickly. if th' assassination
could trammel up the consequence and catch
with his surcease success, that but this blow
might be the be-all and end-all here,
but here, upon this bank and {shoal} of time,
we'd jump the life to come. but in these cases
we still have judgement here, that we but teach
bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
to plague th' inventor. this even-handed justice
commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
to our own lips. he's here in double trust:
first, as i am his kinsman and his subject,
strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
who should against his murderer shut the door,
not bear the knife myself. besides, this Duncan
hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been
so clear in his great office, that his virtues
will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against
the deep damnation of his taking-off;
and pity, like a naked newborn babe
2006-11-15
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