_Hec._ Hip; hip or flank. Where is the acopus? _Fire._ You shall have acopus, forsooth. _Hec._ Stir, stir about, whilst I begin the charm. A CHARM SONG, (_The Witches going about the Cauldron_). Black spirits, and white; red spirits, and gray; Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may. Titty, Tiffin, keep it stiff in; Firedrake, Puckey, make it lucky; Liard, Robin, you must bob in. Round, around, around, about, about; All ill come running in; all good keep out! _1st Witch._ Here’s the blood of a bat. _Hec._ Put in that; oh, put in that. _2d Witch._ Here’s libbard’s-bane. _Hec._ Put in again. _1st Witch._ The juice of toad; the oil of adder. _2d Witch._ Those will make the yonker madder. _Hec._ Put in: there’s all, and rid the stench. _Fire._ Nay, here’s three ounces of the red-hair’d wench. _All._ Round, around, around, &c. _Hec._ See, see enough: into the vessel with it. There; ‘t hath the true perfection. I’m so light At any mischief: there’s no villainy But is in tune, methinks. _Fire._ A tune! ’Tis to the tune of damnation then. I warrant you that song hath a villainous burthen. _Hec._ Come, my sweet sisters; let the air strike our tune, Whilst we show reverence to yond peeping moon. [_The Witches dance, and then exeunt_. I will conclude this account with Mr. Lamb’s observations on the distinctive characters of these extraordinary and formidable personages, as they are described by Middleton or Shakespear.