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Did William Shakespeare say “Double, double toil and trouble”?

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Did William Shakespeare say “Double, double toil and trouble”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to William Shakespeare. Source and location below.

Enter the three Witches. 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 stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. ALL. Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. SECOND WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, ACT IV. SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. · ¶3241 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #100 · source

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