Read the excerpt from act 4 scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. The witches are gathered around their cauldron, creating a potion.First Witch. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.Second Witch. Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.Third Witch. Harpier cries ’Tis time, ’tis time.First Witch. Round about the cauldron go;In the poison’d entrails throw.Toad, that under cold stoneDays and nights has thirty-oneSwelter’d venom sleeping got,Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.
A
“Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.”B
“Harpier cries ’Tis time, ’tis time”C
“Round about the cauldron go”D
“In the poison’d entrails throw”