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CT prologue quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. "...hunting was his sport..." | Monk |
| 2. "She'd had five husbands, all at the church door,/ Apart from other company in youth..." | Wife of Bath |
| 3. "...and straining to counterfeit a courtly kind of grace,/ Stately bearing fitting to her place..." | Prioress |
| 4. "No where was there so busy a man as he,/ But less busy than he seemed to be..." | Sergeant at Law |
| 5. "In fifteen mortal battles he had been..." | Knight |
| 6. "In company she liked to laugh and chat/ And knew the remedies for love's mischances..." | Wife of Bath |
| 7. "Christ and the twelve apostles and their lore/ He taught, but followed it himself before.” | Parson |
| 8. "He lived for pleasure and had always done,/ For he was Epicurus' very son...." | Franklin |
| 9. "... For he was qualified to hear confessions.... He had a special license from the Pope..." | Friar |
| 10. "His head was like a nut , his face was brown;/ He knew the whole of woodcraft up and down..." | Yeoman |
| 11. "The thought of moral virtue filled his speech,/ And he would gladly learn and gladly teach..." | Oxford Cleric |
| 12. "He loved so hotly till the dawn grew pale./ He slept as little as a nightingale." | Squire |
| 13. "A thumb of gold by God to gauge an oat..." | Miller |
| 14. "What a pity or so it seemed to me,/ That he should have an ulcer on his knee. | Cook |
| 15. "Garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks..." | Summoner |
| 16. "Just home from service, he had joined our ranks/ To do his pilgrimage and render thanks." | Knight |
| 17. "Whatever money from his friends he took/ He spent on learning or another book." | Oxford Cleric |
| 18. "He sent his prisoners home they walked the plank... | Skipper |
| 19. "...he paid his tithes in full when they were due..." | Plowman |
| 20. "When young he'd learned a useful trade and still/ He was a carpenter of first rate skill." | Reeve |
| 21. "At meat her manners were well taught withal;/ No morsel from her lips did she let fall, Nor dipped her fingers in the sauce too deep." | Prioress |
| 22. Now isn't it a marvel of God's grace/ That an illiterate fellow can outpace/ The wisdom of a heap of learned men..." | Manciple |
| 23. "Their wisdom would have justified a plan/ To make each one an alderman..." | Guildsmen |
| 24. "He served the finest victuals you could think..." | Harry Bailey |
| 25. "Amor vincit omnia" | Prioress |
| 26. "Gold stimulated the heart, or so we're told,/ He therefore had a special love of gold." | Doctor |
| 27. "This little proverb he would add there to,/ That if gold rust, what then would iron do?" | Parson |
| 28. "For though a widow mightn't have a shoe,/ So pleasant was his holy how-d'ye-do/ He got a farthing from her just the same... | friar |
| 29. "His face on fire, like a cherubim,/ For he had carbuncles..." | Summoner |
| 30. "Then Questio quid juris was his tag..." | Summoner |
| 31. "He was an expert at currency exchange." | The Merchant |
| 32. "And, as the gospel bade him, so did he,/ Loving God best with all his heart and mind./ And then his neighbor as himself." | Plowman |
| 33. "I'll go along with you myself and rise/ All at my own expense and serve as guide." | Harry Bailly |
| 34. "The Rule of good St. Benet and St. Maur/ As old and strict he tended to ignore." | Monk |
| 35. "… his nose displayed/ A wart on which there stood a tuft of hair/ Red as the bristles in an old sows ear.." | Miller :) |
| 36. "Yet he was rather close as to expenses/ And kept the gold he won in pestilences..." | Doctor |
| 37. "No bailiff, serf or herdsman dared to kick,/ He knew their dodges, knew their every trick;…." | The Reeve |
| 38. "He’d sewed a holy relic on his cap;/ His wallet lay before him on his lap,/ Brimful of..... come from Rome, all hot... | Pardoner |
| 39. "...had gap teeth, set widely truth to say...." | Wife of Bath |
| 40. "Hardy he was, prudent in undertaking;/ His beard in many a tempest had its shaking,/ And he knew all the havens as they were…" | Skipper |
| 41. "He was an honest worker, good and true,/ Living in peace and perfect charity..." | The Plowman |
| 42. "His was a master hand at stealing grain./ He felt it with his thumb and thus he knew/ Its quality and took three times his due | Miller |
| 43. "This estimable so had set/ His wits to work, none knew he was in debt,/ He was so stately in administration,/ In loans and bargains, and negotiations. | Merchant |
| 44. "He knew of every judgment, case and crime/ Ever recorded since King William's time." | Sgt. at Law |
| 45. "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 baldric of bright green ,/ He was a proper forester I guess." | Yeoman |
| 46. “As noted as Julian was for bounty,/He made his household free to all the county.” | Franklin |
| 47. “A lover and cadet, a lad of fire,/ With locks as curly as if they had been pressed.” | Squire |
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