i speak in churches said the pardoner "i always speak about the same think. I say in Latin, "Radix malorum est cupiditas" that means, The love of money is the cause of all evil." It is the cause of all wrong doing and of all the bad things which can happen to a men
i sell pardons things which make god forgive men. God will then pardons them for any evil which they have done.
"after i've spoken to the people, I bring out my things.
these are bones or bits of cloth or other things. i say that they have belonged to saints, But i don't really know that. people believe me and so i get money from them. i tell the people that the love of money is the cause of all evil, but i do all this in order to get money. i don't live like a poor man. oh no! i must have good clothes and good food. The poor people give me the money to buy these things. i sell them pardons, and so they are happy."
the pardoner's story is a very good story. it is surprising for a bad man to tell such a good story. this was the story.