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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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Maw of ravening salt-sea shark,

Root of hemlock digged in the dark,” etc.