Ga. Never; but I have been often solicited to it by some, that call you into a Monastery, as into a Port from a Shipwreck.
Er. Say you so? Were they in Hopes of a Prey?
Ga. They set upon both me and my Parents with a great many crafty Persuasions; but I have taken a Resolution not to give my Mind either to Matrimony or Priesthood, nor to be a Monk, nor to any Kind of Life out of which I can't extricate myself, before I know myself very well.
Er. When will that be?
Ga. Perhaps never. But before the 28th Year of ones Age, nothing should be resolved on.
Er. Why so?
Ga. Because I hear every where, so many Priests, Monks and married Men lamenting that they hurried themselves rashly into Servitude.
Er. You are very cautious not to be catch'd.
Ga. In the mean Time I take a special Care of three Things.
Er. What are they?