| A | B |
|---|
| monk | "A manly man" who loved to hunt, "whose head was bald and shone like looking-glass" and he had many greyhounds |
| wife of Bath | After five marriages this pilgrim knew the remedies for love's mischances |
| parson | This pilgrim would always say that if gold would rust, what then would iron do and he would watch over his parishioners like a shepherd over his sheep |
| yeoman | This pilgrim was a proper forester who wore a saucy brace on his arm to protect it from the bow-string .. a shield and sword hung at one side, and at the other was a jaunty dagger |
| miller | This pilgrim was a master-hand at stealing grain, he played the bagpipes and "He could heave any door off hinge and post." |
| summoner | Instead of summoning a lad into the court to be tried, for a quart of wine he'she would let the lap keep a concubine. |
| squire | Thie pilgrim was alover and a cadet who wore an embroidered tunic and hair as curly as if it had been permed. |
| friar | He knew the taverns well in every town/And every innkeeper and barmaid too. Better than lepers, beggars, and that crew. |
| doctor | This pilgrim kept the gold he won in epidemics and plotted with the apothecary. |
| Oxford cleric | This pilgrim would gladly learn and gladly teach and spend much money on books. His only care was study. |
| cook | But what a pity -- so it seemed to me,/That he should have an ulcer on his knee. |
| franklin | His house was never short of bake-meat pies, of fish and flesh, and these in such supplies, it positively snowed with meat and drink. |
| knight | He followed truth, honor, generousness, and courtesy. |
| wife of Bath | This pilgrim wore red stockings, tightly gartered, and had gap teeth. |
| miller | On his nose this pilgrim had a big wart with a tuft of hair coming out of it and he told dirty stories. |
| pardoner | yellow waxy hair, rat tails |
