...Vfel nine-and-twenty in a compaghie Of Jbndry folk, by aventure yfallc In felavrfiiip, and nilgrimcs were they alle That toward Canterbury wolden ride. The chambres and the (tables wcren wide, Aadwel we weren efed atte befte. And (hortly when the foune v;asgon to refte, So...

...come into that hostellerie Wel nine and twenty in a compagnie, Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle, In felawship, and pilgrimes were they alle, That toward...stables weren wide, And wel we weren esed atte beste. % The memory of our great poet's pilgrimage is perpetuated by an inscription over the gateway: " This...

...was come into that hostelrie Wei nine and twenty in a compagnie, Of sondry folk, by aventure yíalle In felawship, and pilgrimes, were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ride." The twenty-nine personages are, the Miller, the Host, Doctor of Physic, Merchant, Serjeant-at-law, Franklein,...

...was come into that hostelrie Wel nine and twenty in a compagnie Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle3 In felawship, and pilgrimes were they alle, That toward...gon to reste, So hadde I spoken with hem everich on 5, That I was of hir felawship anon, And made forword erly for to rise, To take oure way ther as I...

...was eome into that hostelrie Wei nine and twenty in a eompagnie Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle In felawship, and pilgrimes were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ride. The ehambres and the stables weren wide, And wel we weren esed atte beste. And shortly, whan the Sonne...

...folk, by aventure yfalle3 In felawship, and pilgrimes were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden4 ride. The chambres and the stables weren wide, And wel we weren esed att6 beste. And shortly, whan the sonne was gon to reste, So hadde I spoken with hem everich on1, That...

...was come into that hostelrie Wel nine and twenty in a compagnie Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle In felawship, and pilgrimes were they alle. That toward...gon to reste, So hadde I spoken with hem everich on, That I was of hir felawship anon, And made forword erly for to rise, To take oure way ther as I you...

...hostelrie Wei nine-and-twenty in a compagnie Of vndry folk, by aventure yfalle In felawvhip, and pilgrims hrall to force or chance. . Their eong was partial,...(What could it less when spirits immortal sing ?) That I was of hir felawship anon, And made forward erly for to rise, To take oure way ther as I you...

...yfalle In felawship, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Canterbury wolden ride, The ehambres s know ; Or who eould suffer being here below ? The...to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pl everieh on, That I was of hir felawship anon, And made forward erly for to rise, To take oure way ther...

...was come into that hostelrie Well nine and twenty in a compagnie Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle In felawship, and pilgrimes were they alle, That toward...esed atte beste. " And shortly whan the sonne was gone to reste, So hadde I spoken with hem evericb one, That 1 was hir felawship anon, And made forward...