Geoffrey Chaucer — "A vernycle hadde he sowed upon his cappe. / His walet lay biforn hym in his lapp…"

A vernycle hadde he sowed upon his cappe. / His walet lay biforn hym in his lappe, / Bretful of pardoun, come from Rome al hoot.
Geoffrey Chaucer — Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval · Canterbury Tales

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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Pardoner's showy display of fake religious items and freshly acquired pardons, a 'weird' caricature of religious charlatanism.

Date: c. 1387-1400

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