Footnote 312: "That young men travel under some tutor, or grave servant,
I allow well: so that he be such a one that hath some entrance into the
language, and hath been in the country before; whereby he may be able to
tell them what things are worthy to be seen in the country where they
go: what acquaintances they are to seek; what exercises or discipline
the place yieldeth. For else young men shall go hooded, and look abroad
little" (Essays: Of Travel).
Footnote 313: Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1651-2, No, 51. It
will be seen from the above letter that fear of a change in their son's
religion was still a very real one in the minds of parents. See also A
Letter of Advice to a Young Gentleman of an Honorable Family, Now in his
Travels beyond the Seas. By a True Son of the Church of England,
London, 1688. The writer hopes that above all things the young man may
return "A well-bred Gentleman, a good Scholar, and a sound Christian."
Footnote 314: "Newly printed at Paris, and are to be sold in London, by
John Starkey, 1670." Lassels, a Roman Catholic, passed most of his life
abroad. He left Oxford for the College of Douay. See D.N.B.
Footnote 315: The Voyage of Italy, Preface to the Reader.
Footnote 316: Op. cit., Preface to the Reader.
Footnote 317: Thomas Carte, Life of James, Duke of Omond, vol.