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Macduff, Lines 102b-114a
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Act 4,
Scene 3
Lines 102b-114a

Macduff performs a speech from Act 4, Scene 3 of myShakespeare's Macbeth. 

Macduff

                                       Fit to govern!
No, not to live. O nation miserable,
With an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered,
When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again,
Since that the truest issue of thy throne
By his own interdiction stands accursed,
And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father
Was a most sainted king. The queen that bore thee,
Oftener upon her knees than on her feet,
Died every day she lived. Fare thee well.
These evils thou repeat'st upon thyself
Have banished me from Scotland. O my breast,
Thy hope ends here.