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Macbeth

Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more:
By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis;
But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives,
A prosperous gentleman. And to be king
Stands not within the prospect of belief,
No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence
You owe this strange intelligence, or why
Upon this blasted heath you stop our way
With such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you.
[Witches vanish]

Banquo

The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,
And these are of them. Whither are they vanished?

Macbeth

Into the air; and what seemed corporal melted
As breath into the wind. Would they had stayed.

Banquo

Were such things here as we do speak about,
Or have we eaten on the insane root
That takes the reason prisoner?

Tailor

But how did you desire it should be made?

Grumio

Marry, sir, with needle and thread.

Tailor

But did you not request to have it cut?

Grumio

Thou hast faced many things.    

Tailor

I have.

Grumio

Face not me; thou hast braved many men, brave     
not me; I will neither be faced nor braved. I say unto thee,
I bid thy master cut out the gown, but I did not bid him
cut it to pieces. Ergo, thou liest.    

Katherina

I never saw a better-fashioned gown,
More quaint, more pleasing, nor more commendable.
Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.    

Petruchio

Why, true, he means to make a puppet of thee.    

Tailor

She says your worship means to make a puppet of her.

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