The Pardoner

Part I of Essay
Before telling his tale, briefly summarizes his teaching methods. He frequently quotes "Radix malorium est" (Love of money is the root of all evil) as his doctrine. He targets the so-called good sinners, saying there isn't much he can do for the sinners who are really bad. ....

Part II of Essay
.... equally guilty of sin, he can still make others repent. His only concern is that, realizing their sinfulness; they give him money to benefit from his pardons. All the money he gets he seems to regard as his own, he does not care if he takes from very poor people, so that their children starve, so long as he can enjoy himself. tells the tale of three young men drinking at an inn. After a coffin passes by the inn, the three learn that the dead person was a friend of theirs, killed by somebody named Death. The three men decide to find this Death ....