Co. But in the mean Time, in what Corner of the Earth have you hid yourself all this While?
Pa. In Rome.
Co. But is it possible that in so publick a Place no Body should know you were alive?
Pa. Good Men are no where in the World so much incognito as there, so that in the brightest Day you shall scarce see one in a throng'd Market.
Co. Well, but then you're come home loaden with Benefices.
Pa. Indeed I hunted after them diligently, but I had no Success; for the Way of Fishing there is according to the Proverb, with a golden Hook.
Co. That's a foolish Way of Fishing.
Pa. No Matter for that, some Folks find it a very good Way.
Co. Are they not the greatest Fools in Nature that change Gold for Lead?
Pa. But don't you know that there are Veins of Gold in holy Lead?