. All the familiar colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus, of Roterdam, concerning men, manners, and things . inifhd your Relation j but as I find my felf at prefent, Ihave enough to do to travel my [i] Roman Stations. Ogy.^oman ones, you who never faw Rome ? Men. Ill tell you,after that manner I walk about my Houfe, I go to myStudy, and take care of my Daughters Chaftity j thence Igo into my Shop, and fee what my Servants are doing;then into the Kitchen, and fee if any thing be amifs there;and fo from one Place to another, what my Wife, and whatmy Children are doing, taking care that every one be a
. All the familiar colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus, of Roterdam, concerning men, manners, and things . inifhd your Relation j but as I find my felf at prefent, Ihave enough to do to travel my [i] Roman Stations. Ogy.^oman ones, you who never faw Rome ? Men. Ill tell you,after that manner I walk about my Houfe, I go to myStudy, and take care of my Daughters Chaftity j thence Igo into my Shop, and fee what my Servants are doing;then into the Kitchen, and fee if any thing be amifs there;and fo from one Place to another, what my Wife, and whatmy Children are doing, taking care that every one be at hisBufinefs. Thefe are my Roman Stations. Ogy. But St. Ja-meswould take care of thefe things for you. Men. The HolyScriptures enjoin me to look after them my felf, but I donot find any Text to leave them to the Saints. [i] StatioHes Komanas. Statio is a Word of a wide Signification ; butErafmus probably refers to the Stations, Walks, or Proceffions, mad€ inRome in certain Churches, or in the Streets, before Reliques, (§c. withPrayers to obtain the Favour of God, and the Saints, or I X ® T 0- [348 3
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