Under an hethen castel, atte laste, Of which the name in my text noght I fynde, Custance, and eek hir child, the see up caste. Almyghty God, that saveth al mankynde, Have on Custance and on hir child som mynde, That fallen is in hethen hand eft soone, In point to spille, as I shal telle yow soone.

Under an hethen castel, atte laste,
Of which the name in my text noght I fynde,
Custance, and eek hir child, the see up caste.
Almyghty God, that saveth al mankynde,
Have on Custance and on hir child som mynde,
That fallen is in hethen hand eft soone,
In point to spille, as I shal telle yow soone.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale. Constance’s ship washed up alongside a heathen castle. The Man of Laws asks the God that saves all mankind to have a thought for Constance and her child in this heathen land, where they are about to come into mortal danger.

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