On land or sea, among the stars of heaven,

Or in the depths of hell, can keep thee safe

Beyond the deadly reach of Hercules.

Deianira: Some great disaster doth my mind presage.745

Hyllus: Hie thee to Juno's shrine, the victor's realm;

This refuge waits thee 'midst the loss of all.

Deianira: Tell what disaster hath o'erta'en me now.

Hyllus: That glory and sole bulwark of the world,

Whom in the place of Jove the fates had given750

To bless the earth, O mother, is no more.