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The General Prologue

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"And he could roast and seethe and broil and fry, but what a pity - so it seemed to me, that he should have an ulceron his knee."The Cook 3 points
"A medal of St. Christopher he wore of shining silver on his breast, and bore a hunting-horn, well slung and burnished clean that dangled from a baldrick of bright green. He was a proper forester, I guess."The Yeoman 3 points
The knight's sonThe Squire 1 point
"...a most distinguished man, who from the day on which he first began to ride followed chivalry..."The Knight 2 points
"...a chap of sixteen stone, a great fellow stout big in brawn and bone. He did well out of them, for he could go and win the ram at any wrestling show."The Miller 3 points
Gap-toothed and wide hipped.The Woman of Bath 1 point
"No one could talk as well as he did on points of medicine and of surgery"The Doctor 2 points
Has gone on crusades in Alexandria, has fought the Turks and never says a boorish thingThe Knight 1 point
"...one of the finest sort who rode the country, hunting was his sport. A manly man, to be an Abbott able; many a dainty horse he had in stable"The Monk 3 points
"Her way of smiling very simple and coy. Her greatest oath was only "By St. Loy!" And she was known as Madam Eglantyne."The Prioress (A Nun) 2 points
"...his saysing were so wise. He often had been Justice of Assize by letters patent, and in full commission. His fame and learning and his high position had won him many a robe and many a fee."The Serjeant at Law 3 points
"His beard in many a tempest had its shaking, and he knew all the havens as they were and every creek in Brittany and Spain."The Skipper (Captain) 3 points
He has a forked beard and wears multi-colored clothing. He wears a beaver hat.The merchant 2 points
"A worthy woman all her life, what's more she'd had five husbands, all at the church door."The Wife of Bath 2 points
"He had grown rich and had a store of treasure well tucked away, yet out it came to pleasure his lord with subtle loans or gifts of goods."The Reeve 3 points
"And he had bulging eye-balls, like a hare. He'd sewed a holy relic on his cap; his wallet lay before him on his lap, brimful of pardons come from Rome, all hot."The Pardoner 2 points
"...an illerate fellow [who] can outpace the wisdom of learned men? His masters - he had more than thirty then - could have produced a dozen from their College..."The Manciple 3 points
"He was some twenty years of age, I guessed. In stature he was of a moderate length, with wonderful agility and strength."The Squire 3 points
"His face on fire, like a cherubim, for he had carbuncles...Black scabby brows he had, and a thin beard...Garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks, and drinking strong red wine till all was hazy."The Suimmoner 3 points
"He was the finest beggar of his batch, and, for his begging-district, paid a rent; his brethren did no poaching where he went."The Friar 3 points
"Wide was his parish with houses far asunder, yet he neglected not in rain or thunder, in sickness or in grief, to pay a call on the remotest, whether great or small, upon his feet, and in his hand a stave."The Parson 3 points
What is the host's challenge?For each pilgrim to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and tell two on the way home 2 points



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