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Erasmus put this in his 1514 dialogue "Julius Excluded From Heaven" (Julius II is being examined by St Peter at the gates):

PETER: [...] hope it won't be too tiresome for you to answer a few clumsy questions about the details. Who, for example, are these little curly-headed striplings?

JULIUS: I brought them up for my diversion.

https://www.tamaqua.k12.pa.us/cms/lib/PA01000119/Centricity/Domain/119/Julius%20Excluded%20From%20Heaven%20bY%20Erasmus.pdf

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Excluded_from_Heaven

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