Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, 16
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
All. Double, double, toil and trouble; 20
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Third Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, 24
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse, 28
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab: 32
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.
All. Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 36
Sec. Witch. Cool it with a baboon's blood;
Then the charm is firm and good.
Enter Hecate.
Hec. O! well done! I commend your pains,
And every one shall share i' the gains. 40
And now about the cauldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in.
Music and a song, 'Black Spirits,' &c.
16 fork: forked tongue
17 howlet's: owl's
23 mummy: medicine made from mummies
gulf: throat (?)
24 ravin'd: ravenous (?), glutted (?)
31 Ditch-deliver'd: born in a ditch
drab: low woman
32 slab: sticky
33 chaudron: entrails
