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16 Cards in this Set
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Lady's man, curly hair, a knight, more of a lover than a fighter
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squire
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fighter, has arrows made with peacock feathers, medal of st. christopher on his dagger, Christian
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yeoman
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Acted classy but was poor, wore a veil, wide forehead, probably had a secret lover, helped animals more than people
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nun
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Wealthy, a hunter, opposite beliefs of St. Augustine, plump, not cloistered
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monk
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Good singer and musician, strong, knowledgeable of the townspeople, wore a cape, had a lisp, intelligent, not cloistered, fairly wealthy, a match maker
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friar
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Dresses well to hid lack of money, probably fat, patronizing, obnoxious, conceited, seen as excellent despite conceitedness, unskilled and middle class
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merchant
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student, very poor and skinny, studies philosophy, fairly arrogant, doesn't do anything with his knowledge,
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oxford cleric
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stealing, but excellent fellow who was good at cooking grain
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skipper
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ulcer on the knee
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cook
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dealt with medicine, wore red garments like blood, seemed like a great doctor but stole money from people after they died
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doctor
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holy minded, poor, walks to visit parishioners, part of virtuous better life, did not set his benefice to hire, one of the only people chaucer actually liked
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parson
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holy, hard worker, worked with dung
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plowman
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lighthearted and jovial, plays bagpipes, tells a lot of tavern jokes
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miller
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organized, wore plain clothing, nice and soft spoken, very positive, very intelligent though he is a member of the lower class
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manciple
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old, long blue overcoat, gets angry easily, edgy, moody, inconsisten, pretty much always drunk, he is supposed to be instilling honesty though he is a thief
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reeve
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red face, boils and pimples, spoke only latin, castrated, described as gentle but is not, job was to arrest people yet he is also bad, beardless chin
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summoner
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