Note 101 — BOOK XIII[1] (continued 2)
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Cf. Boileau, Le Lutrin, Canto I.:
Quand Sidrac, à qui l'âge allonge le chemin, Arrive dans la chambre, un bâton à la main....—B.
When Sidrac, for whom age prolongs his weary road, His stick in his right hand, arrives at the abode....—T.