Or stung by [2751]serpent so pestiferous?

Or put on shirt that's dipt in Nessus' blood?

My pain's past cure; physic can do no good.

[2752]Nec ira deum tantum, nec tela, nec hostis,

Quantum sola noces animis illapsa.

Jove's wrath, nor devils can

Do so much harm to th' soul of man.

Quamcunque malam rem quaeris, illic reperies:

What need more words? 'tis calamities inn,

Where seek for any mischief, 'tis within;