King John and the Abbot of Canterbury: Summary and Analysis

King John and the Abbot of Canterbury - Anonymous, England(before 1695) King John hears that the abbot of Canterbury was living a very luxurious life. He had a hundred men in his house to serve. He had a lot of expensive ornaments. The king was envious of the abbot and he called him to the palace. Then the king accused the abbot that was plotting against the king. Abbot denied the king’s accusation. He replayed that he was enjoying what he had. Then the king asked him three questions. If Abbot could not answer the questions, the king would kill him. The first question was what his worth was? Then he asked how much time he would take to go-round of the earth? And the last question was what he was thinking. Abbot could not reply to those questions because the questions were very difficult and deep to answer for the questions from the king. Abbot went to Oxford and Cambridge University to get answers from the scholars, but no intelligent person could answer those questions. He left his hop…