| A | B |
|---|
| Knight | "loved chivalry, truth, and honor" |
| Squire | "he could compose songs and poems, / joust and dance, too, and draw and write." |
| Prioress | "wore. . . a lovely golden brooch, / on which was written. . . Amor vincit omnia" |
| Monk | "let old-fashioned things pass away and held to the ways of the modern world." |
| Friar | "married off many a / young woman at his own expense" |
| Clerk | "would rather have twenty volumes / of Aristotle. . . than rich robes" |
| Cook | "had an ulcer on his shin" |
| Doctor of Medicine | "Since gold in medicine is a stimulant, / therefore he loved gold especially" |
| Wife | "knew of the remedies of love. . . / knew that art's old dance." |
| Parson | "was not scornful to sinful men, / or haughty and proud in his speech" |
| Plowman | "was a good and faithful laborer, / living in peace and perfect charity." |
| Miller | "There was no door that he could not heave from its hinges / or break at a run with his head" |
| Reeve | "knew how to watch over a granary and a bin; / no auditor could catch him short." |
| Manciple | "was always so careful in his buying / that he was always ahead and prosperous" |
| Summoner | "fire-red. . . face frightened little children |
| Pardoner | "with false flattery and tricks, / he made monkeys of the parson and the people." |
| Host | "'I will patiently ride with you myself. . .and be your guide.'" |
| Chaucer | "whoever repeats a man's story / is obligated to report. . . / every word that is within the area. . . / however rudely and broadly he may speak: / otherwise he would have to falsify his tale." |
