The Witches Spell
"Three times the brinded cat
has mewed," said the first witch. "Thrice plus one the hedgehog
whined," said the second. "Harpier cries: it's time, it's
time!" the third said. The first witch moved closer to the
boiling cauldron. "Round about the cauldron go: Then in unison the witches chanted
into the cauldron: "Double, double, toil and
trouble, The second witch came to the
cauldron for her contribution to the spell. "Fillet of a marsh snake, The witches then chanted together. "Double, double, toil and
trouble, Then the third of the Weird Sisters
came forward to the cauldron to say her piece of the spell. "Scale of dragon, tooth of
wolf, Again they said in unison: "Double, double toil and
trouble, The second witch then finalised the
spell: "Cool it with baboon's blood, The completion of the spell summoned
Hecate "Oh, well done! I commend your
pains Hecate Exits. - By William Shakespeare, MacBeth
In the poisoned entrails throw.
Toad that under cold stone
Days and nights, thirty-one
Vicious venom its sleeping got,
Boil it first in this charmed pot!"
Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
In the cauldron boil and bake:
Eye of newt and toes of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blindworm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
fire burn and cauldron bubble!"
Witch's mummy, guts and gullet
Of the fed salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock, dug in the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat and slips of yew
Felled in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-delivered by a slag:
Last, a tiger's entrails.
Our pot will create what entails."
Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
Then the charm is firm and good."
And everyone shall share in the gains.
And now about the cauldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in."
