Lordings

Thought of the day:
"Lordings," quod he, "in chirches whan I preche,
I peyne me to han an hauteyn speche,
And ring it out as round as gooth a belle,
For I can al by rote that I telle.
My theme is alwey oon, and evere was
Radix malorum est Cupiditas."1

-from Pardoner's Prologue of The Canterbury Tales.

1 Avarice (the love of money) is the root of all evil.