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Diana's bud, Cupid's flower
Mythological Allusion
Act 4,
Scene 1
Lines 72-73

An description of the antidote (from Diana's bud) for the love juice which came from Cupid's arrow in Act 4, Scene 1 of myshakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

Oberon

Dian's bud o'er Cupid's flower
Hath such force and blessèd power.

Diana's bud is used to produce the antidote for the love juice which came from the flower hit by Cupid's arrow.  Since Diana is the goddess of chastity, this represents a case of the forces of chastity overpowering the forces of sex.