He reviews the problems of his time in allegoric from: vices and virtues appear as characters in the story. Piers sees Lady Mede (i.e. Bribery) trick clerics and even the king ,but Conscience exposes her, and in the poet's dream the king decides that he will in future be ruled by Conscience and Reason. The Seven Deadly Sins repent and give an account of themselves - in the passage on Gluttony there is a wonderful portrait of a medieval tavern and its customers. When the converted sinners decide to undertake a pilgrimage, Piers offers to guide them if they first help him plough his land.