Tho gan she hym ful bisily to preche Of Cristes come, and of his peynes teche, And manye pointes of his passioun; How Goddes Sone in this world was withholde To doon mankynde pleyn remissioun, That was ybounde in synne and cares colde.

Tho gan she hym ful bisily to preche
Of Cristes come, and of his peynes teche,
And manye pointes of his passioun;
How Goddes Sone in this world was withholde
To doon mankynde pleyn remissioun,
That was ybounde in synne and cares colde.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Second Nun’s Tale. Cecilia teaches Tiburtius about the role of Christ the Son of God in coming to this world to redeem mankind from sin through his suffering and death by crucifixion.

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