Both Uses of
deceit
in
The Pardoner's Tale
- *jests, deceits Then pain I me to stretche forth my neck, And east and west upon the people I beck, As doth a dove, sitting on a bern;* *barn My handes and my tongue go so yern,* *briskly That it is joy to see my business.†
deceits = acts of lying to or misleading someone
- Hazard* is very mother of leasings,* [*gambling, **lies]
And of deceit, and cursed forswearings:*deceit = act of lying to or misleading someone
Definition:
the act of lying to or misleading someone