And the fairies brought the mirror and laid it in the middle circle,
and they all walked round three times, chanting again the song
beginning "At the hour of one." When they had done this the queen
stood still, and said:

"Stand and watch to see what you can see."

And as she looked she said:

"The mirror shines unto me
That the witch we can see
Has three devils inside of she."

Immediately the witch had a fit, and the three fairies had a hard
job to keep the three devils quiet; indeed, they could not do so,
and the queen had to go herself with her wand, for fear the devils
should burst the witch asunder, and she said, "Come out three evil
spirits, out of thee."

And they came gnashing their teeth, and would have killed all the
fairies, but the queen said:

"Begone, begone, begone! you evil spirits, to the place of your
abode," and suddenly the sky turned bright as fire, for the evil
spirits were trying their spleen against the fairies, but the queen
said, "Collect, collect, collect, into one fierce ball," and the
fiery sky collected into one ball of fire more dazzling than the
sun, so that none could look at it except the queen, who wore a
black silk mask to protect her eyes. Suddenly the ball burst with a
terrific noise, and the earth trembled.