Of magic, and invoke the aid of Hecate;

The woe-producing sacrifices then prepare,

And let the sacred flames through all our courts resound.

Chorus: No force of flame or raging gale,

Or whizzing bolt so fearful is,580

As when a wife, by her lord betrayed,

Burns hot with hate.

Not such a force is Auster's blast,

When he marshals forth the wintry storms;

Nor Hister's headlong rushing stream,