Now Glutton begins to go to shrift And takes his way toward the church to tell his sins. But Betty the brewer bade him good morning And she asked him where he was going. “To Holy Church,” he said, “to hear mass, And then I shall be shriven and sin no more.” “I’ve good ale, good friend,” said she. “Glutton, will you try it?” “Have you,” he asked, “any hot spices?” “I have pepper and peony and a pound of garlic, A farthing-worth of fennel seed for fasting days.” Piers the Plowman Passus V Piers the Plowman is a fifteenth century Middle English religious narrative. This particular passage is part…