LXIII
Medea's preparations for her magic potion are like the incantations of the witches in Macbeth, Act IV, Sc. I.
"Round about the caldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.
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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:
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Witches' mummy; maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark," etc.