_1st Witch._ Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed.
_2d Witch._ Thrice: and once the hedgehog whined.
_3d Witch._ Harpier cries:--'Tis time, 'tis time:
_1st Witch._ Round about the caldron go:
In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad, that under the cold stone,
Days and nights hast 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.
_2d 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.
_3d Witch._ Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf;
Witches' mummy; maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt sea shark;
Root of hemlock, digged 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;
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our caldron.
_All._ Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and, caldron, bubble.
_2d Witch._ Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
_W. Shakespeare_