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After getting a drink, the Pardoner begins his Prologue. He tells the company about his occupation¡Xa combination of itinerant preaching and selling promises of salvation. His sermon topic always remains the same: Radix malorum est Cupiditas, or ¡§greed is the root of all evil.¡¨ He gives a similar sermon to every congregation and then breaks out his bag of ¡§relics¡¨¡Xwhich, he readily admits to the listening pilgrims, are fake. He will take a sheep¡¦s bone and claim it has miraculous healing powers for all kinds of ailments. The parishioners always believe him and make their offerings to the relics, which the Pardoner quickly pockets.
The Pardoner admits that he preaches solely to get money, not to correct sin. He argues that many sermons are the product of evil intentions. By preaching, the Pardoner can get back at anyone who has offended him or his brethren. In his sermon, he always preaches about covetousness, the very vice that he himself is gripped by. His one......

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