among the pilgrims there were two men who hated each other. One was a summoner and the other a friar. A summoner calls people to go before a high officer of the Church when they have done some wrong. A friar asks people for money because he promised not to tell about people's wrong-doing.
the friar hated the summoner and he said to the pilgrims, I'm going to tell a story about summoners. the summoner said, U'll tell a story about friars. But the friar said, I will tell my story first.
So the friar began.
There was once an archdeacon - a great man in the Church. He was a bad man. If people gave him money, he let them do whatever they wanted.
A summoner worked for him. This man watched people quietly. He caught them when they did bad things. Then he said to them, You must leave the Church. We won't let you come into the church to pray if you don't give me money.