From Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", The Man of Law's Tale, lines 470-483

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Constance drifts across the sea

From The Canterbury Tales:
The Man of Law's Tale
lines 470-483: Why was Constance not killed in Syria?

470	Men myghten asken why she was nat slayn?
	Eek at the feeste who myghte hir body save?
	And I answere to that demande agayn,
	Who saved Danyel in the horrible cave,
	Ther every wight save he, maister and knave,
475	Was with the leoun frete, er he asterte?
	No wight but God, that he bar in his herte.

470	Men might well ask: But why was she not slain?
	And at that feast who could her body save?
	And I reply to that demand, again:
	Who saved young Daniel in the dreadful cave
	Where every other man, master and knave,
475	Was killed by lions before he might up-start?
	No one, save God, whom he bore in his heart.

God liste to shewe his wonderful myracle

In hir, for we sholde seen his myghty werkis.

Crist, which that is to every harm triacle,

480 By certeine meenes ofte, as knowen clerkis,

Dooth thyng for certein ende, that ful derk is

To mannes wit, that for oure ignorance

Ne konne noght knowe his prudent purveiance.

God willed to show this wondrous miracle

Through her, that we should see his mighty works;

And Christ who every evil can dispel,

480 By certain means does oft, as know all clerks,

Do that whereof the end in darkness lurks

For man's poor wit, which of its ignorance

Cannot conceive His careful purveyance.

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From The Man of Law's Tale, lines 484-497:
Why has Constance not drowned while drifting at sea?