L. 185. _n'ai point passé l'âge_ 'où l'on est robuste' is understood.

L. 186. _La force et le travail, que je n'ai point perdus_, a hendyadis

for 'la force de travailler.'

Ll. 188 ff. In the same way Ulysses (_Od._ xv. 317) declares to Eumaeus

that he is ready to do all kind of menial work to earn a livelihood.