Greet was the drede and eek the repentance
Of hem that hadden wrong suspecioun
Upon this sely innocent, Custance;
And for this miracle, in conclusioun,
And by Custances mediacioun,
The kyng – and many another in that place –
Converted was, thanked be Cristes grace!
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale. The people are full of fear and repentance over the suspicions they had about the innocence of Constance. And because of the miracle they just witnessed and through Constance’s mediation, King Alla and his fellow pagans are converted to Christianity.