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Excerpt from The Shakespeare Water-Cure: A Burlesque Comedy in Three Acts Lady Macbeth. Here have we boarded now these six long months - ever since that doleful day when we fled Scotland in such haste. Things were not exactly pleasant there when we came away. There had been a slight struggle for the crown, which ended rather unfortunately for King Duncan and his family who happened to be staying in our own castle at the time. But all's fair in love and war, and I never could see why the nobility and gentry chose to make it so unpleasant for us afterwards. Banquo in particular gave us a good deal of trouble, and I believe it took some time before he was finally settled. The whole thing did not amount to much, and never bothered me in the least; but it worried Macbeth considerably, for he was yet but young in deed, and needed seasoning. In fact, all this rather unhinged Macbeth's mind, and utterly ruined his digestion; he got into the way of seeing ghosts whenever we gave a dinner-party, and so he gradually took to drink, and has never been the same man since. Each day sees him more of a prey to whims and whisky. So long as that unfortunate prejudice against us prevails in our native country I suppose we shall be obliged to stay in this wretched establishment, whose owner dubs it by courtesy a Water-Cure. Only this morning the wretch waylaid me with a bill, the which I cannot pay, for ducats are not ready in my purse; my last went to that fool Bassanio when he staked his all at poker weeks ago. Unless we raise the money by this coming eve the landlord swears that we must go. Oh! lordly family of great Macbeth, why should we sink to such a level of disgrace that common people glory in thy fall? Enter Shylock, L. Ha! here comes the usurer! Perhaps from him I may gain help. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.