SCENE II

Near the heights of Toulon. Enter three WITCHES,

FIRST WITCH.

Where hast thou been sister?

SECOND WITCir.

Sailing down ihc Rhône.

THIRD wiTcn.

Sister , where thou ?

FIRST WITCH.

To Lyons fated town.

A soldiers wife had spangles in her gown.

Give me, quoth I ; — A royn trec, hag ,

The ill starr'd vixen cries ;

Her husband's to the combat gone,

To head the tirailleurs ;

But on a switch. Fil thither speed,

And like the fox of subtle breed;

ni do, ni do, ni do.

SECOND "wiTCH.

ni give thee a broom.

FIRST WITCII.

Thou art kind.

THIRD WITCH.

And I another,

FIRST WITCH.

I myseîf hâve hâve ail the other ; AH the marches that tliey make , And the very^points they take , In the trench and tented plain :

I will drench him sore with rain Weary picquets, nine times nine, Shall he mount without the linc ; He shall dwindle like a ghost, Though his carcase be not lost :

Look what I bave !

SECOND WITCH.

Show me , Show me.

Fir.sii AviTCH.

llerc 1 havc a corporals ihuml) Slain , as homcwar.l hc did coinc.

[yl drum wUntn.]

ST\CO>D WITCIl.

A drum, a drum, a dnim; Napoléon Cxsar's corne