"O Lord!" quod he, "if so were that I myghte
Have al this tresor to myself allone,
Ther is no man that lyveth under the trone
Of God that sholde lyve so murye as I!"
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner’s Tale. The youngest rioter who went to town has the exactly same thought as his two companions who remained behind to guard the gold, killing the others so he would have all the gold for himself. No man would live as merry a lifestyle as he, he thinks.