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Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, |
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Witches' mummy, maw and gulf |
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Of the ravined salt-sea shark, |
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Root of hemlock digged i' th' dark, |
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Liver of blaspheming Jew, |
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Gall of goat and slips of yew |
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Slivered in the moon's eclipse, |
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Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips, |
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Finger of birth-strangled babe |
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Ditch-delivered by a drab, |
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Make the gruel thick and slab. |
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Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, |
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For the ingredients of our cauldron. |
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| THIRD WITCH |
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Here come some more ingredients: the scale of a dragon, a
wolf's tooth, a witch's mummified flesh, the
gullet and stomach of a ravenous shark, a root of hemlock that was
dug up in the dark, a Jew's liver, a goat's bile,
some twigs of yew that were broken off during a lunar eclipse, a
Turk's nose, a Tartar's lips, the finger of a baby
that was strangled as a prostitute gave birth to it in a ditch.
(to the ingredients) Make this
potion thick and gluey. (to the other
WITCHES) Now let's add a
tiger's entrails to the mix. |
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Double, double toil and trouble, |
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Fire burn and cauldron bubble. |
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| ALL |
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Double, double toil and trouble, |
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Fire burn and cauldron bubble. |
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| | SECOND WITCH |
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Cool it with a baboon's blood, |
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Then the charm is firm and good. |
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| SECOND WITCH |
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We'll cool the mixture with baboon blood. After that the
charm is finished. |
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| Enter HECATE and the other three
WITCHES
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HECATE enters with three other
WITCHES. |
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| | HECATE |
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Oh well done! I commend your pains, |
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And every one shall share i' th' gains. |
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And now about the cauldron sing, |
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Like elves and fairies in a ring, |
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Enchanting all that you put in. |
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| HECATE |
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Well done! I admire your efforts, and all of you will share the
rewards. Now come sing around the cauldron like a ring of elves and
fairies, enchanting everything you put in. |
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| Music and a song: “Black
spirits,” &c. HECATE retires |
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| Music plays and the six WITCHES sing a
song called “Black Spirits.”
HECATE leaves. |
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| | SECOND WITCH |
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By the pricking of my thumbs, |
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Something wicked this way comes. |
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Open, locks, |
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Whoever knocks. |
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| SECOND WITCH |
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I can tell that something wicked is coming by the tingling in my
thumbs. Doors, open up for whoever is knocking! |
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