He’ll waste away, kept exhausted for eighty-one weeks. I’ll keep him at sea until his fresh water runs out so he’s as dry as hay. I myself control the winds from all the other points of the compass, and thus I can control access to any port. I’ll give you control of a wind from one direction. I’m going to sail there in a kitchen strainer to overtake his ship, and take on the form of a tailless rat so I can sneak on board. Her husband, the captain of the ship Tiger, is on his way to Aleppo. There was a sailor's wife with chestnuts in her lap, which she ate, and ate, and ate. Where have you been, sister? Second Witch While Macbeth wanders around in a haze, Banquo makes excuses for his war buddy until Macbeth finally snaps out of it, and they all head off to meet the king. There’s just one problem: to make that happen, he’d have to murder Duncan, and he can’t help but envision how he might pull that off. But Macbeth, muttering to himself, begins to imagine that he actually could become king. But Banquo’s a little worried, too: couldn’t the witches be agents of evil, sent to lead them to their own demise? Maybe. Macbeth and Banquo are starting to wonder if there really might be something to the witches’ prophecies. Ross tells him he’s about to become the Thane of Cawdor (so the witches were onto something), because the previous thane is now a traitor. Macbeth and Banquo are busy marveling over the mysterious witches when Ross and Angus arrive to tell Macbeth that the king wants him. As they start to leave, Macbeth begs them to stay, wanting to know more about their prophecies, but the witches are already gone. The three witches tell Banquo that his descendants will be kings, but he won’t. Banquo wants to know if they’re telling the truth-and he wants to know what lies ahead in his future, too. The witches greet a rather bewildered Macbeth as the “Thane of Glamis,” “Thane of Cawdor,” and “king hereafter.” Since he was, in fact, the Thane of Glamis, and he’s about to become the Thane of Cawdor, we can’t help but wonder if “king hereafter” might hold some water as well.
The witches are back, and they finally get to meet Macbeth, who’s got Banquo in tow.