Hecate and the Witches

Voices above. Come away, come away,
Hecate, Hecate, come away.
Hecate. I come, I come, I come, I come,
With all the speed I may,
With all the speed I may.
Where's Stadlin?
Voice above. Here.

Hecate. Where's Puckle?
Voice above. Here,
And Hoppo too, and Hellwain too;
We lack but you, we lack but you;
Come away, make up the count.
Hecate. I will but 'noint, and then I mount.

[A spirit like a cat descends.]

Voice above. There's one comes down to fetch his dues,
A kiss, a coll, a sip of blood;
And why thou stayest so long
I muse, I muse,
Since the air's so sweet and good.
Hecate. O, art thou come?

What news, what news?
Spirit. All goes still to our delight:
Either come, or else
Refuse, refuse.

Hecate. Now I'm furnished for the flight.
Now I go, now I fly,
Malkin my sweet spirit and I.
O what a dainty pleasure 'tis
To ride in the air
When the moon shines fair,
And sing and dance, and toy and kiss!

Over woods, high rocks, and mountains,
Over seas, our mistress' fountains,
Over steeples, towers, and turrets,
We fly by night, 'mongst troops of spirits:
No ring of bells to our ears sounds,
No howls of wolves, no yelps of hounds;
No, not the noise of water's breach,
Or cannon's throat our height can reach.