A cikin Ingila, Ross ya sanar da Macduff cewa "birninsa yana mamaki; matarsa da jarirai / Savagely slaughter'd" (IV.iii.204<unk>05). Lokacin da wannan labarin na kisan danginsa ya isa gare shi, Macduff yana cike da baƙin ciki kuma ya yi rantsuwa da fansa. Yarima Malcolm, ɗan Duncan, ya yi nasarar tayar da sojoji a Ingila, kuma Macduff ya haɗu da shi yayin da ya hau zuwa Scotland don kalubalanci sojojin Macbeth. mamayewa yana da goyon bayan masarautan Scotland, waɗanda suka firgita kuma suka firgita da halayyar Macbeth da kisan kai. Malcolm ya jagoranci rundunar, tare da Macduff da Ingilishi Dunward (Elderman), Earl na Northumberland, a kan Castle.
Gidan Dunsinane