1st Witch.
Why, how now, Hecate? you look angerly.

Hec.
Have I not reason, beldams, as you are,
Saucy, and overbold? How did you dare
To trade and traffic with Macbeth,
In riddles, and affairs of death;
And I, the mistress of your charms,
The close contriver of all harms,
Was never call'd to bear my part,
Or show the glory of our art?
But make amends now: Get you gone,
And at the pit of Acheron^{1 note}

Meet me i' the morning; thither he
Will come to know his destiny.
Your vessels, and your spells, provide,
Your charms, and everything beside:
I am for the air; this night I'll spend
Unto a dismal-fatal end.
Great business must be wrought ere noon:
Upon the corner of the moon
There hangs a vaporous drop profound;
I'll catch it ere it come to ground:
And that, distill'd by magic slights,
Shall raise such artificial sprights,
As, by the strength of their illusion,
Shall draw him on to his confusion:

1st Spirit. (within)
Hecate, Hecate, Hecate! O, come away,

Hec.
Hark! I am call'd;—my little spirit, see,
Sits in a foggy cloud, and stays for me.

2nd Spirit (enters)
Hecate, Hecate, Hecate!^{2 note} O, come away!

Hec.
I come, I come, with all the speed I may.
Where's Stadlin?

3rd Spirit (enters)
Here;

Hec.
Where's Puckle?

4th Spirit (enters)
Here;

5th Spirit (enters)
And Hoppo too, and Hellwaine too,

6th Spirit (enters)
We want but you, we want but you.

Chorus.
Come away, make up the count.

Hec.
With new fall'n dew,
From Church-yard yew,
I will but 'noint, and then I mount.
Now I'm furnish'd for my flight,

Now I go, now I fly.
Malkin, my sweet spirit, and I.
O, What a dainty pleasure 'tis,
  To ride in the air,
  When the moon shines fair,
And sing, and dance, and toy, and kiss!
Over woods, high rocks, and mountains,
Over seas, and misty fountains,
Over steep towers, and turrets,
We fly by night 'mongst troops of spirits.

Chorus.
We fly by night 'mongst troops of spirits. Hecate ascends into the air—the Witches disappear. THE MIST DISPERSES, AND DISCOVERS A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE ISLAND OF IONA. END OF ACT THIRD.

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