The priest in the pilgrimage group had contempt for summoners and equated them with the devil, even claiming that the summoner had sworn an oath to the devil and that he was evil. Furthermore, the summoner used prostitutes to inform on his clients, and took advantage of old widows and impoverished people. Chaucer painted the priest as honest and wrote that he also believed that summoners were evil, because if you swear an oath to something, you are bound to it. 

A woman in the group told a story about another woman who intervened to save a rapist and had mercy on him. Subsequently, the women in the pilgrimage then said that they wished women were in authority in society. Clamoring for more autonomy, the women said they wanted more freedom from their husbands and that men should let women make their own decisions.

Chaucer next told a familiar tale about God’s knowledge and man’s free will. After the last story about how women should have more power, Chaucer warned men about listening to their wives. He stated that all men have free will, but should still obey God’s will over everything else. 

In another story, a powerful judge lusted towards a girl and wished to defile her. She had virtue though, and refused his advances. The girl decided to risk her death to remain chaste. Sadly, her father was wrongfully convicted of the murder by the judge, then exiled. This story is presented as a lesson of virtue. Chaucer told the audience to forsake sin before it forsakes you.