| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 49915 |
| QUOTATION: | Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. 2nd Witch, in Macbeth, act 4, sc. 1, l. 14-9. The parts of creatures include the forked tongue of the poisonous adder, and the “sting” of the blind-worm, a lizard that is in fact harmless. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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