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Heere bigynneth the Monkes Tale de Casibut Virorum Illustrium.

Heere stynteth the Knyght the Monk of his tale.

Part 14

Prologue to the Nonnes Preestes Tale

The Prologue of the Nonnes Preestes Tale.

Part 15

The Nonnes Preestes Tale

Heere bigynneth the Nonnes Preestes tale of the Cok and Hen, Chauntecleer and Pertelote.

Heere is ended the Nonnes Preestes tale.

Part 16

The Phisiciens Tale

Heere folweth the Phisiciens tale.

Part 17

Epilogue

The wordes of the Hoost to the Phisicien and the Pardoner.

The Pardoners Prologue

Heere folweth the Prologe of the Pardoners tale.

Part 18

The Pardoners Tale

Heere bigynneth the Pardoners tale.

Heere is ended the Pardoners tale.

Part 19

Prologue of the Wyves Tale of Bath

The Prologe of the Wyves tale of Bathe.

Part 20

The Tale of the Wyf of Bath

Here bigynneth the Tale of the Wyf of Bathe.

Part 21

Prologue to the Freres Tale

The Prologe of the Freres Tale.

The Tale

Part 22

The Clerkes Tale — Prologue

Heere folweth the Prologe of the clerkes tale of Oxenford.

Part 23

The Clerkes Tale

Heere bigynneth the tale of the Clerk of Oxenford.

Lenvoy de Chaucer.

Bihoold the murye wordes of the Hoost.

Part 24

The Prologue of the Marchantes Tale

The Prologe of the Marchantes tale.

The Tale.

Part 25

Epilogue

Prologue to the Squieres Tale

The Squieres Tale

Heere bigynneth the Squieres Tale.

Part 26

Prologue to the Frankeleyns Tale

Heere folwen the wordes of the Frankelyn to the Squier, and the wordes of the hoost to the Frankelyn.

The Frankeleyns Tale

Heere bigynneth the Frankeleyns tale.

Heere is ended the Frankeleyns tale.

Part 27

The Seconde Nonnes Tale

The Prologe of the Seconde Nonnes Tale.

Here bigynneth the Seconde Nonnes tale of the lyf of Seinte Cecile.

Heere is ended the Seconde Nonnes tale.

Part 28

Prologue to the Chanouns Yemannes Tale

The prologe of the Chanouns yemannes tale.

Part 29

Prologue to the Maunciples Tale

Heere folweth the Prologe of the Maunciples tale.

The Maunciples Tale

Heere bigynneth the Maunciples tale of the Crowe.

Heere is ended the Maunciples tale of the Crowe.

Part 30

Prologue to the Persouns Tale

Heere folweth the Prologe of the Persouns tale.

Heere taketh the makere of this book his leve.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 1

GROUP A

Prologue

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 2

The Knyghtes Tale.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 3

Prologue to the Milleres Tale

The Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 4

Prologue to the Reves Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 5

The Prologue to the Cokes Tale.

The Tale (Unfinished).

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 6

GROUP B.

Prologue of the Man of Lawe.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 7

The Tale of the Man of Lawe.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 8

Prologue to the Shipmannes Tale

The Tale.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 9

The Prioresses Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 10

Prologue to Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 11

The Tale (in prose).

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 12

Prologue to the Monkes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 13

The Monkes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 14

Prologue to the Nonnes Preestes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 15

The Nonnes Preestes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 16

GROUP C.

The Phisiciens Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 17

Epilogue

The Pardoners Prologue

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 18

The Pardoners Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 19

GROUP D

Prologue of the Wyves Tale of Bath

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 20

The Tale of the Wyf of Bath

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 21

Prologue to the Freres Tale

The Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 22

GROUP E.

The Clerkes Tale — Prologue

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 23

The Clerkes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 24

The Prologue of the Marchantes Tale

The Tale.

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 25 Epilogue

GROUP F.

Prologue to the Squieres Tale

The Squieres Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 26

Prologue to the Frankeleyns Tale

The Frankeleyns Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 27

GROUP G.

The Seconde Nonnes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 28

Prologue to the Chanouns Yemannes Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 29

GROUP H.

Prologue to the Maunciples Tale

The Maunciples Tale

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerPart 30

GROUP I.

Prologue to the Persouns Tale

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Here bygynneth the Book of the tales of Caunterbury.

Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote,

The droghte of March hath perced to the roote

And bathed every veyne in swich licour,

Of which vertu engendred is the flour;

Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth

Inspired hath in every holt and heeth

The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne

Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,

And smale foweles maken melodye,

That slepen al the nyght with open eye —

So priketh hem Nature in hir corages —

Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages

And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes

To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;

And specially, from every shires ende

Of Engelond, to Caunturbury they wende,

The hooly blisful martir for the seke

That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.

Bifil that in that seson, on a day,

In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay,

Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage

To Caunterbury, with ful devout corage,

At nyght were come into that hostelrye

Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye

Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle

In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,

That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde.

The chambres and the stables weren wyde,

And wel we weren esed atte beste;

And shortly, whan the sonne was to reste,

So hadde I spoken with hem everychon

That I was of hir felaweshipe anon,

And made forward erly for to ryse

To take our wey, ther as I yow devyse.

But nathelees, whil I have tyme and space,

Er that I ferther in this tale pace,

Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun

To telle yow al the condicioun

Of ech of hem, so as it semed me,

And whiche they weren, and of what degree,

And eek in what array that they were inne;

And at a knyght than wol I first bigynne.

A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man,

That fro the tyme that he first bigan

To riden out, he loved chivalrie,

Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.

Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre,

And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre,

As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse,

And evere honoured for his worthynesse.