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23 Cards in this Set
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…and he a worthy man, who, from the moment that he first began To write about the world, love chivalry, truth, honor, freedom, and all courtesy, full worthy. Was he in his liege, lord’s war |
The night |
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Prinked out he was as if he were a mead, all full of fresh-cut, flowers, white and red singing he was, or fluting, all the day he was as fresh as the month of May |
The squire |
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So hot he loved that, wild night told her tail, he slept no more than he does a nightingale Claudius, he and humble, willing, and able and carved before his father at the table |
The squire |
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She was a pains to counter fit the look of courtliness. Instantly manners took, and would be held worthy of reverence to say something of her moral sense. She was so charitable and piteous |
The nun |
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A string of beads, and gauded with green and therfrom hung a brooch of golden sheen whereon there was first written, a crowned a and under amor vincit omnia |
The nun |
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Full many a blooded horse had he in stable, and when he rode men made his bridal hear a jingling in the whistling wind as clear aye and as loud as does the chapel bell |
The monk |
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Greyhound he had as swift as bird in flight since riding and the hunting of the hair were all his love for no cost would he spare |
The monk |
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Equal his gossip and his fair language, he had arranged, full many a marriage of woman, young, and this at his own cost onto his order. He was a noble post well liked by all an intimate was he |
The friar |
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In towns he knew the taverns everyone, and every good host, and each barmaid to better than begging lepers. These he knew for unto no such solid men as he. |
The friar |
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As meager was his horse, as is a rake, nor he himself too fat I’ll undertake, but he looked Hollow and went soberly. Right threadbare was his overcoat, for he had got him yet no churchly Benefice, nor was so worldly as to gain Office, for he would rather have at his bed head. Some 20 books, all bound in black and red |
The student |
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He took large fees, and a many robes could own. so great A purchaser was never known, all was fee simply to him, in effect, wherefor his claims could never be suspect. |
The lawyer |
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White was his beard as is the white daisy. of sanguine temperament by every sign he loved right well his morning sop in Wine delightful living was the goal he’d won for he was Epicurus’ very son |
The Franklin |
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For he was grounded in astronomy. He often kept a patient from the pall by horoscope and magic natural. |
The physician |
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And yet he was right chary of expense he kept the gold he gained from pestilence for gold and physic is a fine cordial, and therefore loved he gold exceeding all |
The physician |
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Her hose were of the choices Scarlet, red closed, guarded, and her shoes were soft and new. Bold was her face and fair and read of Hugh. She’s been respectable throughout her life with five churched husband being oh, and strife, not counting other company and you, but they’re of there’s no need to speak in truth three times she journey to Jerusalem |
The wife of bath |
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The remedies of love she knew perchance for of that art she learned the old, old dance |
The wife of bath |
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Who Christ owned gospel truly sought to preach devout his parishioners would he teach benign he was, and wondrous diligent patient an adverse times, and well content as he was off times proven always blithe . He was right, loath to curse to get a tithe. |
The parson |
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That first he wrought, and afterwards he taught out of the gospel then the text he caught in this figure, he added, thereunto that, if gold rust what should poor iron do for if the priest be foul, and whom we trust what wonder if a layman yield to lust |
The parson |
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He had no thirst for pop or reverence nor made himself a special i conscience, but Christ’s own Lore and his apostles 12 he taught, but first he followed it himselve |
The parson |
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He could steal corn in full thrice charge his fees, and yet he had a thumb of gold begad a white coat and blue hood. He wore this lad, a bagpipe he could blow well be it known, and with that same he brought us out of town. |
The Miller |
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Who had a fiery red cherubic face for eczema he had his eyes were narrow as hot he was in lecherous as a sparrow with black and scabby brows and scanty beard. He had a face that little children feared there was no mercury, sulfur, or litharge no borax Saruse tartar, good **** discharge nor ointment that cleans enough or bite, to free him of his boils and pimples white |
The summoner |
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His wallet leave before him in his lap, stuffed full of pardons brought from Rome all hot a voice he had that bleated like a goat. No beard had he nor ever should he have for smooth his face, and he just had a shave I think he was a gelding, or a mare |
The pardoner |
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But with these relics when he came upon some simple person, then this paragon in that one day more money, stood to gain then the poor dupe in two months could attain and thus with flattery in such like japes he made the parson in the rest, his apes, but yet to tell the whole truth at the last he was in church a fine ecclesiast |
The pardoner |
