But now all is hatred, and what was dearest is sick. Jason has betrayed his own children and my mistress and lies down in a royal marriage, having married the daughter of Creon, who rules this land. And Medea, poor wretch, dishonored, cries out the oaths and calls back the right hands they clasped, the greatest pledge there is, and calls on the gods to witness what return she is getting from Jason.

Now everything has turned to hatred, and νοσεῖ τὰ φίλτατα, "what is dearest is sick." The nurse's verb is the ordinary Greek word for being ill. Jason has betrayed his children and Medea to marry the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth. Medea, ἠτιμασμένη, "dishonored," cries out the oaths and calls back the right hands, the clasped hands that sealed a promise, πίστιν μεγίστην, "the greatest pledge." The language is that of a broken oath: Jason swore by the gods, and Medea calls those same gods to witness.