Meed is False’s fiancée and Holy Church’s enemy. Although she has been instructed by God to marry Truth (due to the fact that her mother, Amends, is a righteous woman), she disobeys. The King tries to marry her off to Conscience, but to no avail. Meed is a lavishly dressed woman who tries to endear herself to everyone through her extravagant gifts—something Conscience pegs as sinful.
Meed Quotes in Piers Plowman
The Piers Plowman quotes below are all either spoken by Meed or refer to Meed. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Passus III
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She makes men misbehave many score times.
In trust of her treasures she troubles a great many.
…Poisoned popes, impaired Holy Church.
…She’s as common as the cartway to comers and goers,
To monks, to messengers, to leper-men in hedges.
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Meed Quotes in Piers Plowman
The Piers Plowman quotes below are all either spoken by Meed or refer to Meed. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Passus III
Quotes
She makes men misbehave many score times.
In trust of her treasures she troubles a great many.
…Poisoned popes, impaired Holy Church.
…She’s as common as the cartway to comers and goers,
To monks, to messengers, to leper-men in hedges.
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