[Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon]; 635

And yet more med’cinal is it than [that Moly]

That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave.

[He called it Hæmony], and gave it me,

And bade me keep it as of sovran use

’Gainst all enchantments, [mildew blast, or damp], 640

Or [ghastly Furies’ apparition].

I pursed it up, but little reckoning made,

Till now that this extremity compelled.

But now I find it true; for by this means