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Double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

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  1. Lines chanted by three witches in the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, as they mix a potion.

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Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

From Time Magazine Archive

Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire, burn; and, cauldron, bubble.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire, burn; and, cauldron, bubble.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

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