How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
[…] Ah, ye hope
To revel down my villas while I gasp
Bricked o'er with beggar's mouldy travertine
Which Gandolf from his tomb-top chuckles at!
Nay, boys, ye love me—all of jasper, then!
'Tis jasper ye stand pledged to, lest I grieve. (64-69)
Greed infects everything in the bishop's life, including his relationship with his sons. He appeals to their own greed ("You do want my villas, don't you?") in order to get the jasper stone that he wants for himself. It's like some big seven-layer dip of greediness is at work here—yuck.
Quote #5
And have I not Saint Praxed's ear to pray
Horses for ye, and brown Greek manuscripts,
And mistresses with great smooth marbly limbs?
—That's if ye carve my epitaph aright, (73-76)
Yet again, the bishop appeals to his sons' greed, only this time he plans to use his religious authority to arrange a hook-up from Saint Praxed. Now, we don't know too many saints (or bishops), but we're pretty sure it doesn't work that way.