Read the excerpt from the canterbury tales."think what a safeguard it must be for youthat i, who can absolve both high and lowwhen soul from body is about to go, should chance to fall in with your company! let me suggest that our host here begin, since he’s the one who’s most wrapped up in sin. step forward, mister host—your offering first, and you can kiss the relics, every one! all for a penny! out now with your purse! ”which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt? a-chaucer criticizes the idea of preserving holy relics from the saints. b-chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase. c-chaucer highlights the need for confession before death. d-chaucer highlights the sinful indulgences of the church leaders.

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim