Po. And let me die if I don't put him down in my Book so too.
Br. And besides that, I'll set him in Gold in my little Chapel, among the choicest of my Saints.
Po. And if I had a Fortune to my Mind, I'd have him in Diamonds.
Br. He shall stand in my Library, the very next to St. Jerome.
Po. And I'll have him in mine too.
Br. If they were grateful, every one who loves Learning and Languages, especially, the holy Tongues, would do so too.
Po. Truly it is no more than he deserves. But han't you some Scruple upon your Mind, in as much as he is not yet canoniz'd by the Authority of the Bishop of Rome?
Br. Why, pray, who canoniz'd (for that's the Word) St. Jerome? Who canoniz'd St. Paul, or the Virgin Mary? Pray tell me whose Memory is most sacred among all good Men? Those that by their eminent Piety, and the Monuments of their Learning and good Life, have entitled themselves to the Veneration of all Men; or Catherine of Sien, that was sainted by Pius the Second, in favour of the Order and the City?
Po. You say true: That's the right Worship, that by the Will of Heaven, is paid to the Merits of the Dead, whose Benefits are always sensibly felt.
Br. And can you then deplore the Death of this Man? If long Life be a Blessing, he enjoyed it. He has left behind him immortal Monuments of his Vertue, and by his good Works, consecrated his Name to Immortality. He is now in Heaven, out of the Reach of Misfortunes, conversing with St. Jerome himself.