Double, double, toil and trouble: A Guide to the Witches' Chants Fillet of a fenny snake , In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, 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; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Third Witch Double, Double Toil and Trouble - Shakespeare A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder. Enter the three Witches. 1 WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. 2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd. 3 WITCH. Harpier cries:'tis time! 'tis time! 1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one; Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! ALL.

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. 2 WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. 3 WITCH. Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf; Witches' mummy; maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark; 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; Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips; Finger of birth-strangled babe Make the gruel thick and slab: Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, For the ingrediants of our caldron. ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. 2 WITCH.

Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good. Song of the Witches: “Double, double toil and trouble” by William Shakespeare | Poetry Foundation Song of the Witches: “Double, double toil and trouble” by William Shakespeare Song of the Witches: “Double, double toil and trouble” Related Poem Content Details Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good. Notes: Discover this poem's context and related poetry, articles, and media. Poet Song of the Witches: “Double, double toil and trouble” Related Poem Content Details Biography While William Shakespeare’s reputation is based primarily on his plays, he became famous first as a poet.

With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early 19th century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditionally been pushed to the margins of the Shakespeare industry. Yet the study of his nondramatic poetry can illuminate Shakespeare’s activities as a poet emphatically of his own age, especially in the period of extraordinary literary ferment in the last ten or twelve years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Shakespeare’s exact birth date remains unknown. He was baptized in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564, his mother’s third child, but the first to survive infancy. This has led scholars to conjecture that he was born on April 23rd, given the era’s convention of baptizing newborns on their third day. Shakespeare’s father, John Shakespeare, moved to... Double, Double Toil and Trouble | MAGIC: THE GATHERING Double, Double Toil and Trouble Posted in Serious Fun on July 2, 2013 By Bruce Richard Bruce's games invariably involve several friends, crazy plays, and many laughs.

Bruce believes that if anyone at your table isn't having fun, then you are doing it wrong. Share Article Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of Newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog. Festering Goblin has always been a card I love. When I got my copies of "Uncle Fester" during Onslaught, he regularly went in decks. He was a Goblin I loved to sacrifice. I liked the art and just the idea of referring to him as Uncle Fester . I seriously considered building an Addams Family theme deck just because of Uncle Fester . Well, it looks like Uncle Fester has a bigger brother. Festering Newt, while not a Goblin (but hey, Salamanders need love too!), offers everything that Uncle Fester can give you. The obvious is blocking a 2/2 creature and trading with it, but there are plenty of games when you can sacrifice Festering Newt during an opponent's combat with another opponent, just to make sure that a creature that was almost dead, actually died.

It was great watching Uncle Fester come back from the graveyard again and again to chump block and cause all kinds of trouble with combat math, and I'm looking forward to doing that again with Festering Newt. ...unless a Bogbrew Witch is in play. The Witch makes Festering Newt into a real issue. It was one thing to have Uncle Fester trade with a 2/2 early in the game, but his value disappears as the creatures get so much bigger. Festering Newt, with a Bogbrew Witch on the battlefield, makes everyone nervous. When your opponents can't attack or block unless their creatures have at least 6 toughness, it really limits what can be done. I can picture the Newt as a major defender while your opponents attack each other. Besides, everyone knows that a Newt by itself isn't all that impressive. 1 But a Witch can take a Newt and really make it something to be feared! The real problem with cards that refer to other cards is getting them both in play at the same time. To make that happen with some consistency, you are going to want a card that tutors for creatures. Thankfully, black has several good tutors you can use.

The problem with those cards is that they use up another space in your decklist. Now you have several copies of a tutor, Festering Newt, and Bogbrew Witch. I have heard, however, that Witches know how to find Newts. For two mana, Bogbrew Witch will find a Festering Newt for you! She probably only wants the eye, so you can use the rest. Using the Witch gives you a creature that will stop many attacks against you. Most players simply won't throw their armies of creatures at you if they know you can stop a 5/5 in its tracks with just a Newt. The downside with the Witch is that it brings the Newt into play tapped, so you can't simply activate it when you need a blocker. You need the Newt sitting on the board untapped and ready to go if you are hoping to block. There are times when you will want to sacrifice Festering Newt and no one is attacking you or is willing to block your 1/1 Newt. Being able to give a creature -4/-4 is great, but you really want to be able to do that when you want to do it, not when an opponent let's you.

This means that you are going to want to consider a "sac outlet." Cards that ask you to sacrifice a creature you control as part of a cost for something else are referred to as sac outlets. In black, there are plenty of sac outlets. You can probably find one that gives you a benefit you were looking for. Damage and card drawing are two of the more favored options, with Blasting Station and Altar's Reap being examples of those options. Once again, you will be adding another card to your deck, but it is probably worth it. The downside is getting it into play. For all of this to work, you need all three cards and will probably want a tutor to get the sac outlet onto the battlefield. Yeah, I'm setting up another card just like I did the last time. Bet you can't guess what Bubbling Cauldron does? Sacrifice a creature and gain 4 life. This first ability isn't too exciting. If you are about to lose a creature, spending two mana doesn't seem like a lot to gain 4 life, but I'm not sure that I want to spend a card and two mana to sacrifice a creature just to gain 4 life.

It is good in a pinch but not enough all by itself. Thankfully, this card gets much better. Now sacrificing Newts is a whole different story! This is why this triumvirate of cards shine in multiplayer games! Gaining 4 life and taking 4 from a single opponent is nothing to complain about, but when you are in a four-player game, you'll gain 12 life and everyone else will lose 4 life. That is a serious point swing! I can easily picture a scenario where you sacrifice a Newt then on the next turn you search for the second Newt and get it on the battlefield for the next round! So, 24 life gained and each opponent loses 8 life. This is the sort of combination that will demand immediate attention from your opponents. If they plan to deal with you using their creatures, they should take care, since I haven't even mentioned the two instances of -4/-4 from the dying Newts! It should be remembered that if you are using Bogbrew Witch to put the Bubbling Cauldron onto the battlefield, it comes out tapped. You will likely want to wait until the end step before your turn starts to activate the Witch and get her Cauldron.

So what is the net result? Bogbrew Witch: You have a 1/3 blocker for four mana. You might want to consider activating her ability and giving the Witch a Cauldron in which to stir her brew. Bubbling Cauldron: You can sacrifice a creature to gain 4 life. If you don't have a spare creature, then I expect your Cauldron will be safe from any artifact destruction since it doesn't threaten anyone. Festering Newt: You have a 1/1 with a minor ability that your opponents will be happy to see you use before a Bogbrew Witch shows up to make him truly nasty. Bogbrew Witch and Bubbling Cauldron: You can block some creatures and sacrifice a creature to get 4 life. Perhaps a Festering Newt would improve your lot? Bogbrew Witch and Festering Newt: Ahh, you have a pretty solid defense and you are likely threatening to do a lot more. Perhaps one of your opponents will decide that killing your Newt now is better than waiting for the Cauldron to appear and cost him or her life as well.

Bubbling Cauldron and Festering Newt: You are a minor threat to creatures, since the Newt will give one of them -1/-1, but really, everyone is waiting for you to throw your Newt into the Bubbling Cauldron as part of the bigger life gain and loss. Bogbrew Witch, Festering Newt, and Bubbling Cauldron: The trifecta! If you give a Witch a Newt to throw in her Cauldron, your opponents lose 4 life each, you gain all that life, and one of their creatures is taking a serious hit! Now how should we get the Festering Newt back onto the battlefield so we can do it again? No no, that's all the cards I have. You'll have to figure that one out on your own! Bogbrew Witch | Art by Eric Deschamps Vorthos I love the flavorful references to other cards. We last saw this in Magic 2012 with the Scepter of Empires , Crown of Empires , and Throne of Empires . The joy with the current threesome is that they offer a benefit when only two of them are in play, as opposed to requiring all three.

And with the Bogbrew Witch able to search for the other two pieces of the puzzle, it is much more likely to see all three of these in play than all parts of the Empire. While these cards do have some interesting play in multiplayer games, for me, they have kicked my Vorthos into high gear.

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I can't promise it will be an all-star in your next game, but the rest of the cards stay on theme: Double, double toil and trouble Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of Newt, and toe of frog, Wood of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting... 1: I was going to make a bad political pun here, but I figure Gingrich is probably some low-hanging fruit that I should just let pass without comment.( return ) 2: My thanks to John Dale Beety, who pointed me to a variety of Shakespeare-related Magic cards . I went a different route, but there are many different options when it comes to Shakespeare and theme decks. ( return ) Bruce Richard The Three Witches Spell in Macbeth – Double, Double Toil and Trouble The Three Witches Spell in Macbeth – Double, Double Toil and Trouble October 29th, 2008 The Three Witches Spell from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is great to read or listen to for Halloween.

Some of the lines in this speech are offensive to our twenty-first century ears, and I hesitated to print it here, on a site with significant family traffic. But rather than censor the greatest writer in the English language, I think it’s better to present his words honestly, and I encourage my readers with children to use the opportunity to discuss the changes in attitudes that society has gone through in the four hundred years since Shakespeare lived. Below is The Witches Spell from Act 4, Scene 1, of Macbeth. I’ve added annotations in parentheses below any lines where I thought it’d be helpful for the meaning. I’ve also posted a couple of interesting renditions from YouTube of this scene. One is a “straight” rendition. The other is by David Solomons. He did a very Halloween-like singing rendition of it. At the end, I posted the whole spell as a poem, so you can read it all the way through without distractions. Enjoy! -Mama Lisa SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three Witches First Witch Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.

(Brinded means tawny or streaked.) Second Witch Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. (A hedge-pig is a hedgehog.) Third Witch Harpier cries ‘Tis time, ’tis time. (A harpier is believed to be a harpy which is a Greek and Latin mythological monster – having a woman’s head and body, but with a bird’s wings and claws.) First Witch Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter’d venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot. ALL Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Second Witch Fillet of a fenny snake, (Fenny means coming from a bog) In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, (An adder is a venomous snake) Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing, (An owlet is a young owl) For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

ALL Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Third Witch Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witches’ mummy, maw and gulf (Witches’ mummy was a medicinal substance) (Maw is the stomach, gulf is the throat) Of the ravin’d salt-sea shark, (Ravin’d means ravenous) Root of hemlock digg’d i’ the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat, and slips of yew (Gall is bile, slip of yew means a cutting from a yew tree) Silver’d in the moon’s eclipse, (Sliver’d means to cut off a piece) Nose of Turk and Tartar’s lips, Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-deliver’d by a drab, (Drab = whore â these lines mean the baby was delivered in a ditch by a whore). Make the gruel thick and slab: (Slab means viscid/semi-liquid) Add thereto a tiger’s chaudron, (Chaudron is a coppery color) For the ingredients of our cauldron.

ALL Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Second Witch Cool it with a baboon’s blood, Then the charm is firm and good. Witches Spell Poem Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Harpier cries ‘Tis time, ’tis time. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter’d venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witches’ mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravin’d salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg’d i’ the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat, and slips of yew Silver’d in the moon’s eclipse, Nose of Turk and Tartar’s lips, Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-deliver’d by a drab, Make the gruel thick and slab: Add thereto a tiger’s chaudron, For the ingredients of our cauldron. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, Then the charm is firm and good. Good, just what I need to celebrate IDES of march Jacquez Campbell July 31st, 2009 at 8:06 am I agree with you. Itâs a perfect rhyme for Halloween. The clever thing about Shakespeare is how he used different types of rhyme and verse for his different characters. The witches also speak in verse but it’s done in a way that sets them apart from other characters.

In fact, they often chant in a sing-song way that sounds a lot like a scary nursery rhyme. The meter and the rhyme kind of make the chanting seem a little silly and benign at first but as they start throwing out words like “hell-broth” and “eye of newt” and “finger of birth-strangled babe,” things start to get scary. If you want to get more formal, many of their lines are delivered in what’s called “trochaic tetrameter” with “rhymed couplets.” For more information on what exactly these are and how to explain them to even younger kids, there is an excellent site called Shmoop where Macbeth is explained in a simple down to earth style. Maracate MACBETH, Act 4, Scene 1 Thunder. Enter the three WITCHES. First Witch 1 Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. Second Witch 2 Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Third Witch 3. Harpier: Apparently the name of the familiar spirit of Third Witch.

The name suggests "Harpy," which in Greek mythology is a loathsome monster with the head and chest of a woman, and the remainder of its body in the shape of a predatory bird. 3 Harpier cries "'Tis time, 'tis time." 4 Round about the cauldron go; 5. In the poison'd entrails throw: throw the poisoned entrails in. 5 In the poison'd entrails throw. 6 Toad, that under cold stone 7-8. Days ... got: has for thirty-one days and nights sweated out venom while sleeping. 7 Days and nights has thirty-one 8 Swelter'd venom sleeping got, 9 Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. ALL 10. double: In Shakespeare's time, "double" also meant "deceptive." 10 Double, double toil and trouble; 11 Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch 12 Fillet of a fenny snake, 13 In the cauldron boil and bake; 14 Eye of newt and toe of frog, 15 Wool of bat and tongue of dog, 16 Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, 17 Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, 18 For a charm of powerful trouble, 19 Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. ALL 20 Double, double toil and trouble; 21 Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Third Witch 22 Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, 23. mummy: medicine made from mummified flesh. maw and gulf: stomach and gullet. 24. ravin'd: ravenous. 25. hemlock: a poisonous plant. 23 Witches' mummy, maw and gulf 24 Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark, 25 Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, 26 Liver of blaspheming Jew, 27. Gall: gallbladder; bile. yew a tree considered a symbol of sadness.

28. Sliver'd: cut off. 27 Gall of goat, and slips of yew 28 Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse, 29. Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips: Both Turks and Tartars were considered to be cruelly violent. 29 Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips, 30 Finger of birth-strangled babe 31. drab: whore. To get rid of her baby on the sly, the whore would deliver it in a ditch and then strangle it. 32. slab: sticky. 33. chaudron: entrails. 31 Ditch-deliver'd by a drab, 32 Make the gruel thick and slab. 33 Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, 34 For the ingredients of our cauldron. ALL 35 Double, double toil and trouble; 36 Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Second Witch 37 Cool it with a baboon's blood, 38 Then the charm is firm and good. ** Enter HECAT and the other three WITCHES. HECATE 39-44. Enter HECAT ...

[Exit HECATE.]: The general opinion of Shakespeare scholars is that everything between Hecate's entrance and her exit was inserted after Shakespeare wrote the play. A song by the name of "Black spirits" appears in a later play, Thomas Middleton's The Witch, which was performed about 1615. Open the text of the song . 39 O well done! I commend your pains; 40 And every one shall share i' the gains; 41 And now about the cauldron sing, 42 Live elves and fairies in a ring 43 Enchanting all that you put in. Music and a song: "Black spirits, etc." [Exit HECATE.] 48 How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags! 49 What is't you do? ALL A deed without a name. MACBETH 50. that which you profess: i.e., the demonic arts in which you are expert. 50 I conjure you, by that which you profess, 51 Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: 52 Though you untie the winds and let them fight 53. yesty: yeasty, foamy.

53 Against the churches; though the yesty waves 54. Confound and swallow navigation up: i.e., destroy and drown all ships at sea. 55. bladed corn be lodged: ripe grain be beaten down [by storms]. 56. warders: keepers, guardians. 57. slope: bend. 54 Confound and swallow navigation up; 55 Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; 56 Though castles topple on their warders' heads; 57 Though palaces and pyramids do slope 58-60. though the treasure / Of nature's germains tumble all together, / Even till destruction sicken: though the most precious seeds of nature fall into utter chaos, even to the point that death and destruction get sick of their own work. 58 Their heads to their foundations; though the treasure 59 Of nature's germains tumble all together, 60 Even till destruction sicken, answer me 61 To what I ask you. First Witch 62 Say, if thou'dst rather hear it from our mouths, 63 Or from our masters? MACBETH Call 'em; let me see 'em.

First Witch 64 Pour in sow's blood, that hath eaten 65. nine farrow: litter of nine. 65-66. grease that's sweaten / From the murderer's gibbet The "murderer's gibbet" is the gallows where a murderer is hung, and where the corpse was often left to hang as a warning to others. After about ten days in warm weather the liquefied fat of the corpse sweats through the skin, drips down, and forms puddles of grease. 65 Her nine farrow; grease that's sweaten 66 From the murderer's gibbet throw 67 Into the flame. 68. Thyself and office: yourself and your function. 68 Thyself and office deftly show! an armed Head: a head wearing a helmet. This apparition may foreshadow Macbeth's beheading by Macduff. Image Source: Thunder. FIRST APPARITION, an armed Head. MACBETH 69 Tell me, thou unknown power First Witch 70 Hear his speech, but say thou nought. First Apparition 71 Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!

beware Macduff; 72 Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough. He descends: The apparition is probably lowered through a trap door, as though sinking to hell. He descends. 73. caution: warning. 73 Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks; 74. Thou hast harp'd my fear aright: you have touched the exact note of what I fear. 74 Thou hast harp'd my fear aright. But one word more First Witch 75 He will not be commanded. Here's another, 76 More potent than the first. a bloody Child.: This apparition foreshadows the hidden meaning of the prophecy that "none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth." < More. > Thunder. SECOND APPARITION, a bloody Child. Second Apparition 82 Then live, Macduff; what need I fear of thee? 83 But yet I'll make assurance double sure, 84. take a bond of fate: get a guarantee from fate. thou shalt not live: i.e., you, Macduff, must die. 85. That: so that.

The "pale-hearted fear" is Macbeth's own; despite being told that "none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth," he fears Macduff. 84 And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; 85 That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, 86 And sleep in spite of thunder. Thunder. THIRD APPARITION, a Child crowned, with a tree in his hand. What is this 87. like: in the likeneness of. the issue of a king: the descendant of a king. 88. round / And top of sovereignty: i.e., royal crown. 87 That rises like the issue of a king, 88 And wears upon his baby-brow the round 89 And top of sovereignty? ALL Listen, but speak not to't. Third Apparition 90 Be lion-mettled, proud; and take no care 91. Who chafes, who frets: i.e., who gets hot and bothered. conspirers: conspirators [against Macbeth].

Dunsinane Hill 91 Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: 92 Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until 93 Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill 94 Shall come against him. Descend. 95. impress: draft as soldiers. 95 Who can impress the forest, bid the tree 96. bodements: prophecies. 96 Unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet bodements! good! 97. Rebellious dead: i.e., Banquo? Duncan? Editors often change this phrase to "Rebellious head," meaning "an armed force of rebellion on the march." 99-100. live ... custom: i.e., live out a full life, and die only of old age, as is customary. 101. art: magic. 97 Rebellious dead, rise never till the wood 98 Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth 99 Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath 100 To time and mortal custom.

Yet my heart 101 Throbs to know one thing: tell me, if your art 102. issue: descendants. 102 Can tell so much, shall Banquo's issue ever 103 Reign in this kingdom? ALL Seek to know no more. MACBETH ALL 110 Show his eyes, and grieve his heart; 111. Come like shadows, so depart: Come like shadows (spirits, ghosts), and leave the same way. 111 Come like shadows, so depart! A show of eight KINGS, [the eighth] with glass: mirror. a glass in his hand, and BANQUO last. MACBETH 112. Thou ... Banquo: you look too much like the ghost of Banquo. Down!: Macbeth is demanding that the spirit sink out of sight. 114. other: second. is like: matches. 112 Thou art too like the spirit of Banquo. Down! 113 Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair, 114 Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the first. 115 A third is like the former.

Filthy hags! 116. Start, eyes!: jump [out their sockets], [my] eyes! Macbeth doesn't want to see any more. 116 Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes! 117 What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? 118 Another yet! A seventh! I'll see no more: 119. bears a glass: holds a mirror. 119 And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass 120 Which shows me many more; and some I see 121. two-fold balls and treble scepters: This indicates kingship of both England and Scotland. < More. > 121 That two-fold balls and treble scepters carry: 122 Horrible sight! Now, I see, 'tis true; 123. blood-bolter'd: with hair matted with blood. 123 For the blood-bolter'd Banquo smiles upon me, 124 And points at them for his. [Apparitions vanish.] First Witch 125-132. Ay, sir . .

pay: It is the opinion of many Shakespearean scholars that lines 125-132 were inserted after Shakespeare wrote the play, in order to introduce the dance of the witches. Those scholars also believe that Shakespeare didn't intend the witches to dance. 126. amazedly: as in a trance. 127. sprites: spirits. 130. antic round: wild dance. 131. That: in order that. 125 Ay, sir, all this is so. But why 126 Stands Macbeth thus amazedly? 127 Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites, 128 And show the best of our delights: 129 I'll charm the air to give a sound, 130 While you perform your antic round, 131 That this great king may kindly say, 132. Our duties did his welcome pay: our ceremonies repaid the welcome he gave us. This is snide; Macbeth, rather than welcoming the witches, called them "hags" and demanded information from them. 132 Our duties did his welcome pay. Music. The Witches dance and vanish.

MACBETH 133 Where are they? Gone? Let this pernicious hour 134 Stand aye accursed in the calendar! 135. Come in, without there: come in, whoever is there, outside. 135 Come in, without there! Enter LENNOX. 143 Ay, my good lord. MACBETH [Aside.] 144-146. Time ... with it : time, you forestall my dreadful exploits; the always-fleeing purpose is never overtaken unless the deed goes with it. In all probability, Macbeth's "purpose" had been to kill Macduff. Now he is angry with himself that he let slip his chance to do so. He reflects that we never catch up with what we intend to do unless we do it right away. 147. firstlings: first born. 144 Time, thou anticipatest my dread exploits: 145 The flighty purpose never is o'ertook 146 Unless the deed go with it; from this moment 147 The very firstlings of my heart shall be 148 The firstlings of my hand.

And even now, 149 To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done: 150 The castle of Macduff I will surprise; 151. Seize upon Fife: take possession of Fife [Macduff's castle and all his land]. 151 Seize upon Fife; give to the edge o' the sword 152 His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls 153. That trace him in his line: follow him in his family line; i.e., are related to him in any way. Macbeth plans to wipe out anyone who might have any possible claim to Fife. 153 That trace him in his line. No boasting like a fool; 154 This deed I'll do before this purpose cool. 155 But no more sights!Where are these gentlemen? 156 Come, bring me where they are. Exeunt.

Question: Double, double toil and trouble. What creature's eye do witches need for their broth?
Answer: Newt