And fates expired could renew againe,
Of endlesse life he might him not depriue,
But vnto hell did thrust him downe aliue,
With flashing thunderbolt ywounded sore:
Where long remaining, he did alwaies striue
Himselfe with salues to health for to restore,
And slake the heauenly fire[197], that raged euermore.
There auncient Night arriuing, did alight xli
From her nigh[198] wearie waine, and in her armes
To Æsculapius brought the wounded knight: