"My throte is kut unto my nekke boon," Seyde this child, "and as by wey of kynde I sholde have dyed, ye, longe tyme agon. But Jesu Crist, as ye in bookes fynde, Wil that his glorie laste and be in mynde."

"My throte is kut unto my nekke boon,"
Seyde this child, "and as by wey of kynde
I sholde have dyed, ye, longe tyme agon.
But Jesu Crist, as ye in bookes fynde,
Wil that his glorie laste and be in mynde."

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Prioress’ Tale. The Prioress tells how the young boy overcomes death through Jesus. Even though his throat is cut he is enabled by Jesus to sing his Alma Redemptoris Mater hymn.

Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes