The Canterbury Tales

Match the lines from The Canterbury Tales to the characters they describe.

prioress

clerk

knight

pardoner

squire

Dishevelled, save for cap, his head all bare.
As shiny eyes he had as has a hare.
A voice he had that bleated like a goat.


A lover and a lusty bachelor,
With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press


Though so illustrious, he was very wise
And bore himself as meekly as a maid.
He never yet had any vileness said,

He had but little gold within his coffer;
But all that he might borrow from a friend

Her greatest oath was but By Saint Eloy!
And she was known as Madam Eglantine.

o ride about the world, loved chivalry,
Truth, honour, freedom and all courtesy

Right threadbare was his overcoat; for he
Had got him yet no churchly benefice

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Prioress- Her greatest oath was but By Saint Eloy!And she was known as Madam Eglantine.

Dishevelled, save for cap, his head all bare.
As shiny eyes he had as has a hare.
A voice he had that bleated like a goat. (Pardoner)

A lover and a lusty bachelor,
With locks well curled, as if they'd laid in press (Squire)

Though so illustrious, he was very wise
And bore himself as meekly as a maid.
He never yet had any vileness said (Knight)

He had but little gold within his coffer;
But all that he might borrow from a friend (Clerk)

to ride about the world, loved chivalry, Truth, honour, freedom and all courtesy (Knight)

Right threadbare was his overcoat; for heHad got him yet no churchly benefice (clerk)

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The Canterbury Tales