St Thomas More The Four Last Things develops More s advice to his daughter Margaret to meditate on Death Judgement Pain and Joy as medicinal herbs in the battle against the spiritual sicknesses of pride covetousness lust anger gluttony envy and sloth More crafted The Supplication of Souls in response to a defamatory political tract against the Roman Catholic Church In it he swiftly reduces to absurdities the charges set forth on the greed and corruption of the English clergy and the controversial topic of Purgatory He sets the record straight in a clear precise and humorous style A Dialogue on Conscience is a collection of letters and dialogue between More s stepdaughter Alice Alington Margaret and More himself Written while imprisoned in the Tower of London by King Henry VIII More adheres to his course while the others struggle to understand why he refuses to take the oath which ultimately cost him his life