Note 430 — Chapter XV · (continued 2)

One of these, for instance, writes to him: “Vale amplissime Pole quem si in meis auguriis aliquid veri est adhuc Regem Angliæ videbimus.” His answer may acquit him of vulgar selfishness: “I know not where you found your augury. If you can divine the future, divine only what I am to suffer for my country, or for the Church of God, which is in my country.

For me, the heavier the load of my affliction for God and the Church, the higher do I mount upon the ladder of felicity.”—Epist. Reg. Pol. Vol. III. pp. 37-39.