Safe in a ditch he bides, with twenty trenched gashes on his head, the least a death to nature

Safe in a ditch he bides, with twenty trenched gashes on his head, the least a death to nature

The line "Safe in a ditch he bides, with twenty trenched gashes on his head, the least a death to nature" is a powerful and evocative image from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. This line is spoken by the character Malcolm in Act 2, Scene 3, as he describes the brutal murder of King Duncan by Macbeth.