But, sires, o word forgat I in my tale: I have relikes and pardoun in my male, As faire as any man in Engelond, Whiche were me yeven by the popes hond.

But, sires, o word forgat I in my tale:
I have relikes and pardoun in my male,
As faire as any man in Engelond,
Whiche were me yeven by the popes hond.

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner’s Tale. The greedy Pardoner is completely shameless in his hypocrisy and attempts to sucker money from people. After admitting to the pilgrims that he pawns off old rags and bones as false relics from the saints to church congregations, he then tries to sell the same "relics" to the pilgrims.

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