THE CANTERBURY TALES

THE KNIGHT

• DISTINGUISHED
• TRUTH
• HONOR
• GENEROUSNESS
• COURTESY

THE SQUIRE

• LOVER AND CADET
• A LAD OF FIRE
• WONDERFUL AGILITY, AND STRENGTH
• IN HOPE TO WIN HIS LADY'S GRACE

THE YEOMAN

• HE KNEW THE WHOLE OF WOODCRAFT UP AND DOWN
• HIS HEAD WAS LIKE A NUT
• HIS FACE WAS BROWN
• DRESSED IN YEOMAN STYLE

THE NUN

• HER WAY OF SMILING WAS VERY SIMPLE AND COY
• SHE SANG A SERVICE, WITH A FINE INTONING THROUGH HER NOSE
• SHE SPOKE DAINTILY IN FRENCH
• SHE USED TO WEEP IF BUT SHE SAW A MOUSE CAUGHT IN A TRAP

THE MONK

• RODE THE COUNTRY
• HUNTING WAS HIS SPORT
• MANLY MAN
• WHEN HE RODE, A MAN MIGHT HEAR JINGLING IN A WHISTLING WIND.

THE FRIAR

• A VERY FESTIVE FELLOW
• MELLOW
• HIGHLY BELOVED
• INTIMATE

THE MERCHANT

• Forking beard
• High on his horse he sat
• Expert in dabbling in Exchanges
• An excellent fellow

OXFORD CLERIC

• NOT TOO FAT
• HOLLOW LOOK
• SOBER STARE
• UNWORLDLY

THE LAWYER

• WARY AND WISE
• DISCREET
• FAME
• HIGH POSITION

THE FRANKLIN

• WHITE AS A DAISY PETAL WAS HIS BEARD
• HIGH-COLORED AND BENING
• LIVED FOR PLEASURE AND HAD ALWAYS DONE
• HE MADE HIS HOUSEHOLD FREE TO ALL THE COUNTY.

THE GUILDSMEN

• CARPENTER
• WEAVER
• CARPET MAKER
• DYER

THE COOK

• STOOD ALONE
• COULD ROAST
• COULD BOIL
• COULD DISTINGUISH LONDON ALE BY THE TASTE

THE SKIPPER

• THE SUN HAD TANNED HIS COLOR BROWN
• HE WAS AN EXCELLENT FELLOW
• THE NICER RULES OF CONSCIENCE HE IGNORED
• HARDY HE WAS

THE DOCTOR

• NO ONE ALIVE COULD TALK AS WELL AS HE
• GROUNDED IN ASTRONOMY
• WATCHED HIS PATIENT CAREFULLY
• HE WAS A PERFECT PRACTICING PHYSICIAN

THE WIFE OF BATH

• WORTHY WOMAN
• SOMEWHAT DEAF
• BOLD WAS HER FACE
• GAP-TEETH

THE PARSON

• HOLY MINDED MAN
• RICH
• TRULY KNEW CHRIST'S GOSPEL
• A LEARNED MAN

THE PLOWMAN

• AN HONEST WORKER
• GOOD
• TRUE
• LIVING IN PEACE AND PERFECT CHARITY

THE MILLER

• CHAP OF 16 STONE
• GREAT STOUT FELLOW
• BIG IN BRAWN AND BONE
• BROAD, KNOTTY, AND SHORT-SHOULDERED

THE MANCIPAL

• ALL CATERERS MIGHT FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE
• PAID IN CREDIT OR CASH
• DEBT FREE
• FRUGAL

THE REEVE

• OLD AND CHOLERIC
• THIN
• CLOSLEY SHAVEN BEARD
• HIS LEGS WHERE LEAN

THE SUMMONER

• NARROW EYES
• HIS FACE ON FIRE
• BLACK SCABBY BROWS
• CHILDREN WHERE AFRAID OF HIM

THE PARDONER

• HAIR AS YELLOW AS WAX
• IN DRIBLETS FELL HIS LOCKS BEHIND HIS HEAD
• HAD THE SAME SMALL VOICE AS A GOAT
• HE HAD BULGING EYEBALLS

THE HOST

• GAVE US GREAT WELCOME
• SERVED THE FINEST VICTUALS
• VERY STRIKING MAN
• HIS EYES WHERE BRIGHT