But make amends now: Get you gone, And at the pit of Acheron [Exeunt the Three WITCHES. SPIRITS descend in HECATE's Chair. 1 Spir. Hecate, Hecate, Hecate ! O, come away! Hec. Hark! I am call'd ;—my little spirit, see, Sits in a foggy cloud, and waits for me. 2 Spir. Hecate, Hecate, Hecate! O, come away! Hec. I come, I come, with all the speed I may.— Where's Stadlin? 3 Spir. Here; Hec. Where's Puckle? 4 Spir. Here; 5 Spir. And Hoppo too, and Hellwaine too; 6 Spir. We want but you, we want but you. Enter the Chorus of WITCHES. Chor. Come away, make up the count. From churchyard yew, I will but 'noint, and then I mount. 1 Spir. Why thou stay'st so long, I muse. [HECATE places herself in her Chair. Now I go, and now I fly, Malkin, my sweet spirit, and I. While the moon shines fair, To sing, to toy, to dance and kiss! We fly by night 'mongst troops of spirits. Chor. We fly by night 'mongst troops of spirits. [HECATE and the SPIRITS ascend, the WITCHES exeunt. ACT THE FOURTH. SCENE I. A Cave-in the Middle, a Cauldron boiling. Thunder. The Three WITCHES discovered. 1 Witch. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. 2 Witch. Thrice: and once the hedge-pig whin'd. 3 Witch. Harper cries;-'tis time, 'tis time. 1 Witch. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw.— Toad, that under the cold stone, Eye of newt, and toe of frog, All. Double, double toil and trouble; 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf; Make the gruel thick and slab: All. Double, double toil and trouble; 1 Witch. Cool it with a baboon's blood, Enter HECATE, SPIRITS, and the Chorus of WITCHES. Hec. O, well done! I commend your pains; And every one shall share i'the gains. And now about the cauldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Music and Song. Hec. Black spirits and white, Chor. Around, around, around, about, about; All ill come running in, all good keep out ! 4 Spir. Here's the blood of a bat. Hec. Put in that, put in that. 5 Spir. Here's Libbard's brain. Hec. Put in a grain. 6 Spir. Here's juice of toad, and oil of adder; Those will make the charm grow madder. Hec. Put in all these ; 'twill raise a pois'nous stench! Hold-here's three ounces of a red hair'd wench. Chor. Around, around, around, about, about; All ill come running in, all good keep out! Hec. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes : Open, locks, whoever knocks. [Noise without. [Exeunt all but the Three WITCHES. Enter MACBETH. Macb. How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags? What is't you do? All. A deed without a name. Macb. I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me To what I ask you. 1 Witch. Speak. 2 Witch. Demand. 3 Witch. We'll answer. 1 Witch. Say, if thou'dst rather hear it from our mouths, Or from qur masters'? Macb. Call them, let me see them. ,1 Witch. Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten Her nine farrow :-Grease, that's sweaten From the murderer's gibbet, throw Into the flame. All. Come, high, or low; Thyself, and office, deftly show. [Thunder. FIRST APPARITION, an armed Head, rises. Macb. Tell me, thou unknown power,1 Witch. He knows thy thought; Hear his speech, but say thou nought. App. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of Fife.-Dismiss me:-Enough. [Descends. Macb. Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution thanks; Thou hast harp'd my fear aright:-But one word more 1 Witch. He will not be commanded: Here's an other, More potent than the first. [Thunder. SECOND APPARITION, a bloody Child, rises. App. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth !-- App. Be bloody, bold, and resolute: laugh to scorn The power of man; for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. [Descends. Macb. Then live, Macduff; What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; And sleep in spite of thunder. [Thunder. |