The Gospel According to the Mark of Silver is a work from the Carmina Burana later used to satirise Pope Leo X (1513–1521), who was famous for his profligate spending of church money.
So the poor man went away and sold his coat and his shirt and everything he owned and gave it to the cardinals and doorkeepers and chamberlains.
However, the Lord Pope heard that his cardinals and ministers had been lavishly bribed by the cleric, and he was sick even to death.
The Lord pope summoned his cardinals and ministers and said to them, "Brethren, be vigilant lest anyone deceive you with empty words.
Although it is fairly short, the Gospel's scathing commentary was typical of the time, and its sentiments (against abuses of monetary power, such as papal decadence or simony) are reflected in many other poems of the Middle Ages, including The Apocalypse of Bishop Golias and The Simonie (also known as Poem on the Evil Times of Edward II)[3]