'Sir Thomas More's mother, sawe in her sleepe the number of children she should have, written as it were in her marriage ring; and the forms, shapes, and countenances of them all. One was very dim and obscure, and could skarcelie be discerned; for of one she suffered by an untimelie byrth - an aborsement. Another she saw full bright and beautiful, and fairer than all the rest; whereby, no doubt, was this lampe of England prefigured.' - Life of Sir Thomas More.