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12 Cards in this Set
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Squire |
He loved so hotley that till dawn grew pale He slept as little as a nightengale. |
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Cleric |
His horse was thinner than a rake And he as not too fat, I undertake.. Whatever money from his friends he took He spent on learning or another book |
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Miller |
His mighty mouth was like a furnace door A wrangler and buffoon, he had a store Of tavern stories, filthy in the main His was amaster hand at stealing grain |
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Knight |
he had done nobly in his sovereign's war and ridden into battle no man more as well in Christian as in heathen places and ever honored for his noble graces |
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Summoner |
he would instruct one not to be afraid im case a of the Archdeacon's curse for in his purse the punishment shall be |
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Pardoner |
he had a cross of metal set with stone and, in a glass, a rubble pigs bones and with these relics, anytime he found some poor upcountry parson to astound
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Plowman |
He must have carted through the morning dew he was an honest worker, good and true living in peace and perfect charity, and, as the gospel bade him, so did he |
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Wife of Bath |
Large hips,her heels spurred sharply under that. in company she liked to laugh and chat. and knew the remedies for love's mischances an art in which she knew the oldest dances |
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Prioress |
for courtliness she had a special zest, and she would wipe her upper lip so clean that not a trace of grease was to be seen |
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Monk |
into a lovers knot it seemed to pass his head was bald and shone like a looking glass so did his face, as if it'd been greased he was fat and a personable priest |
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Parson |
he was rich in holy thought and work he was also a learned man, a clerk who knew truly christ's gospel and would preach it devoutly to parishioners and teach it |
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Friar |
he was an easy man in penance-giving where he would hope to make a decent living its a sure sign whenever gifts are given and should he give enough he knew in verity the penitent repented in sincerity |
