Page 2137 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3

ACT IV IT

Scene I IT

Thunder. Enter the three Witches.

FIRST WITCH
Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed.

SECOND WITCH
Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined.

THIRD WITCH
Harpier cries! ’Tis time, ’tis time!

FIRST WITCH
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poisoned entrails throw:

Toad that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one.
Sweltered venom, sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’the charmèd pot.

ALL
Double, double, toil and trouble; [10]

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

SECOND WITCH
Fillet of a fenny snake
In the cauldron 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,