Wherewith the hellish fiends he doth confound.

And in her other hand a cup she hild,

The which was with Nepenthe to the brim vpfild.

Nepenthe is a drinck of souerayne grace, xliii

Deuized by the Gods, for to asswage

Harts grief, and bitter gall away to chace,

Which stirs vp anguish and contentious rage:

In stead thereof sweet peace and quiet age[63]

It doth establish in the troubled mynd.

Few men, but such as sober are and sage,