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Shakespeare, William - Macbeth Act IV, Scene 1
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Macbeth Act IV, Scene 1 - William Shakespeare
1 WITCH ~ Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.
2 WITCH ~ Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd.
3 WITCH ~ Harpier cries:-'tis time! 'tis time!
1 WITCH ~ Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.-
Toad, that under cold stone,
Days and nights has thirty-one;
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot!
ALL ~ Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
2 WITCH ~ Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,-
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
ALL ~ Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
3 WITCH. Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf;
Witches' mummy; maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark;
Root of hemlock digg'd i the dark;
Liver of blaspheming Jew;
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse;
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips;
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,-
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our caldron.
ALL ~ Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.