Who wrote I stand up like a scholar in pulpit And when the ignorant people all do sit I preach as you have heard me say before And tell a hundred false japes less or more?

Answer 1

CANTERBURY TALES: THE PARDONER'S PROLOGUE AND TALE, by Geoffrey Chaucerlines 103 to 106 inclusive:

• 103 I stand up like a scholar in pulpit,
• 104 And when the ignorant people all do sit,
• 105 I preach, as you have heard me say before,
• 106 And tell a hundred false japes, less or more.

Answer 2

Chaucer wrote these lines as part of "The Canterbury Tales." The speaker is the character known as the Pardoner, who is a hypocritical and corrupt clergyman. He mocks the idea of true scholarly preaching and admits to telling numerous false stories to deceive the ignorant people.

Answer 3

That the narrator feels superior to the people he's talking about