...supposition. Crying is one of the technical terms appropriated to the noise made by birds of prey. 2 Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron...powerful trouble ; Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. AH. Double, double toil and trouble . Fire, burn ; and, cauldron, bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon,...

...the cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the ope to gain by yon. Cor. Well then, I pray, your price...1 Cit. The price is, to ask it kindly. Cor. Kindly sung, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing. For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble....

...the charmed pot ! AIL Double, double toil ana trouble ; Ftre,bum ; and, cauldron, bubble. 2 Wilch. Fillet of a fenny snake, • In the cauldron boil...Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing. For a charm of powerful rroiiwe, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. AU. Double, double toil and trouble ; Fire, burn ; and,...

...with ocean. All this scene lacks is Shakespeare's Weird Sisters cackling away in trochaic tetrameter: Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and...Adder's fork, and blindworm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing — For a charm of pow'rful trouble Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double,...

...without a pleasant distraction coming from the insect world. Chapter 7 The Most Misunderstood Wildlife Fillet of a fenny snake In the cauldron boil and bake....newt and toe of frog Wool of bat and tongue of dog Adder 'sfork and blind-worm 's sting, Lizard's leg and owlet s wing. Fora charm of powerful trouble...

...the house, and do as I have told you." 44 The witches of Macbeth had no gruesomer nor exotic brews: "Fillet of a fenny snake, / In the cauldron boil and...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" (4. 1. 12-19)....

...245 Index 251 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and...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...

...first in the charmed pot. ALL Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. SECOND WITCH Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil...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...

...lips, the firelight giving their weird faces an eerie glow. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool...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. This is the recipe...

...trouble; Fire, burn; and, cauldron, bubble. Fillet of a fennv' snake. 'fenny: from boggy ground (a fen). In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe...powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Notice the words Shakespeare uses and take another look at Millay's "Counting-Out Rhyme" (page 4),...