"[W]hoever leads an auspicious life here and governs the commonwealth rightly, as my most noble father did, who promoted all piety and banished all ignorance, has a most certain way to heaven."
— Auspicious

January 1, 1970

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King Edward VI to his stepmother, Dowager Queen, Katherine Parr, February 7, 1547. (Harley MS 5087, art. 34, fol.14r.) in:, Janel Mueller, ed., Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence, 2011 University Of Chicago Press, p. 128-129.