| A | B |
| pardoner | his bulging eyeballs like a rabbit's glared |
| plowman | first he loved God with all his heart |
| squire | a lover and soldier full of life and fun |
| yeoman | wore a Saint Christropher's medal and clad in green |
| parson | seeking Christ's gospel faithfully, pious, a good shepherd to his flock |
| goodwife | a worthy woman all her life; 5 times at church door has she been a wife |
| student | gladly would he learn and gladly teach |
| knight | in all his life to no man had he said a word but what was courteous and right |
| prioress | innocent and coy |
| monk | a Benedictine, clothes fur lined and wore a lover's knot |
| merchant | worried about the sea and the value of money |
| franklin | he was a sheriff |
| miller | could take a door off its hinges or butt it in with his head |
| reeve | slender and choleric |
| Harry Bailly | host at the Tabard |
| Chaucer | narrator |