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Macduff, Lines 53-57a
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Act 5,
Scene 7
Lines 53-57a

Macduff performs a speech from Act 5, Scene 7 of myShakespeare's Macbeth. 

Macduff

Then yield thee, coward,
And live to be the show and gaze o' the time.
We'll have thee, as our rarer monsters are,
Painted on a pole and underwrit,
'Here may you see the tyrant.'

Macbeth

[Macbeth and Macduff exit, fighting. Trumpets sound the signal for retreat. Malcolm, Siward, Ross, and other thanes enter to the sound of a military band, surrounded by their banners]

Malcolm

Siward

Malcolm

Ross

Siward

Ross

Siward

Ross

Siward

Malcolm

Siward

[Re-enter Macduff with Macbeth's head]

Macduff

All

[Trumpets sound]

Malcolm

[Trumpets. All exit.]