“He said he had a gobbet of the sail Saint Peter had the time when he made bold/ To walk the waves, till Jesu Christ took hold. He had a cross of metal set with stones,/ And, in a glass, a rubble of pigs’ bones.” (715). With these relics, he manipulates unknowing, innocent followers of Christ by having them purchase symbolic souvenirs of faith, which are likely counterfeit. “And with these relics, any time he found/ Some poor up-country parson to astound,/ In one short day, in money down, he drew/ More than the parson in a month or two…” (720) However, the Pardoner is aware of his swindling ways, devaluing the meaning and intent of his profession. “And by his flatteries and prevarication,/ Made monkeys of the priest and congregation.” (725) He knows he is lying, but the wealth from his position in the clergy is worth more to him than helping others in