"Nay, nay!" quod he, "thanne have I Cristes curs!
Lat be," quod he, "it shal nat be, so theech!
Thou woldest make me kisse thyn olde breech,
And swere it were a relyk of a seint,
Though it were with thy fundement depeint!
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner’s Tale. The Host responds furiously to the Pardoner’s hypocrisy and blatent con trick, in selling pardons and fake relics and inviting the Host to kneel down and kiss his "relics." The Pardoner would swear his old underpants was a relic of a saint, even though it was stained by the Pardoner’s backside, the Host claims.