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Then thrice under a brier doth creep,Which at both ends was rooted deep,And over it three times doth leap,' Her magick much availing:Then on Proserpina doth call,And so upon her spell doth fall,Which here to you repeat I shall, Not in one tittle failing.
"By the croaking of the frog;By the howling of the dog;By the crying of the hog; Against the storm arising;By the evening curfeu-bell;By the doleful dying knell;O let this my direful spell, Hob, hinder thy surprising.
By the mandrakes dreadful groans;By the lubricans sad moans;By the noise of dead mens bones In charnel-houses rattling;By the hissing of the snake,The rustling of the fire-drake,I charge thee this place forsake, Nor of Queen Mab be prattling.
