Macbeth - Page 57

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,

Adder's fork, and blindworm's sting,16

Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing—

For a charm of powerful trouble

Like a hellbroth boil and bubble.

ALL

Double, double toil and trouble,20

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

THIRD WITCH

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,

23 Witch's mummy, maw and gulf 24 Of the ravined salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digged i' th' dark,

Liver of blaspheming Jew,

Gall of goat, and slips of yew

Slivered in the moon's eclipse,

Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,

30 Finger of birth-strangled babe 31 Ditch-delivered by a drab 32 Make the gruel thick and slab.

33 Add thereto a tiger's chawdron For th' ingredience of our cauldron.

ALL

Double, double toil and trouble,

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

SECOND WITCH

Cool it with a baboon's blood,

38 Then the charm is firm and good.

Enter Hecate and the other three Witches.

HECATE

O, well done! I commend your pains,

40 And every one shall share i' th' gains.

And now about the cauldron sing

Like elves and fairies in a ring,

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