1 The years of Nestor nothing were to his,
years > [age] Nestor > (See 209.48:4) to > [compared with]
2 Nor yet Methuselah, though longest lived;
Methuselah > (Who lived 969 years according to Gen. 5.27)
3 For he remembered both their infancies: 4 No wonder then, if he were deprived 5 Of native strength now, that he them survived.
native > natural; innate
6 His chamber all was hung about with rolls, 7 And old records from ancient times derived, 8 Some made in books, some in long parchment scrolls, 9 That were all worm-eaten, and full of canker holes.
209.58
Amidst them all he in a chaire was set,
2 Tossing and turning them withouten end;
But for he was vnhable them to fet,
4 A litle boy did on him still attend,
To reach, when euer he for ought did send;
6 And oft when things were lost, or laid amis,
That boy them sought, and vnto him did lend.
8 Therefore he Anamnestes cleped is,
And that old man Eumnestes, by their propertis.
1 Amidst them all he in a chair was set,