Canterbury

Tales

A unit on Geoffrey Chaucer’s most famous collection

of satirical and moral tales

Canterbury

Tales

A unit on Geoffrey Chaucer’s most famous collection

of satirical and moral tales

The Canterbury TalesQuick Summary and Context

IN A NUTSHELL

The Canterbury Tales is the world's weirdest road trip.

It tells the story of a group of pilgrims (fancy word for travelers) on their way to Canterbury, who engage in a tale-telling contest to pass the time. Besides watching the interactions between the characters, we get to read 24 of the tales the pilgrims tell. 

And as it turns out, Medieval storytellers had some 'tude.

Geoffrey Chaucer likely wrote The Canterbury Tales in the late 1380s and early 1390s, after his retirement from life as a civil servant. In this professional life, Chaucer was able to travel from his home in England to France and Italy. There, he not only had the chance to read Italian and French literature, but possibly, even to meet Boccaccio, whose Decameron—a collection of tales told by Italian nobility holed up in a country house to escape the plague ravaging their city—may have inspired the frame story of The Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer's decision to write in his country's language, English, rather than in the Latin of so many of his educated colleagues, was a big break with learned tradition. But the risk paid off: we know The Canterbury Tales were

enormously popular because so many more manuscripts of the tales survive than of almost any other work of this time period. The Canterbury Tales were still going strong when the first printers made their way to England, and William Caxton published the first printed version of The Canterbury Tales in 1476.

One of the things that makes The Canterbury Tales so fun to read is the great (and often, uh, grotesque) detail with which the narrator describes each of the pilgrims. We learn, for example, that the cook has a pustule on his leg that very much resembles one of the desserts he cooks...and that the miller has a huge, pug nose. For many of his portraits, Chaucer is relying on a medieval tradition of "estates satire," a collection of stereotypes about people based on what occupation they had or what social class they belonged to. Another medieval idea his portraits draw upon is "anticlericalism," a tradition that got its start in reaction to a lot of abuses by clergy in the medieval church, but which basically became a collection of stereotypes about friars, monks, nuns, priests, and the like. 

Sounds funny? It is.

Chaucer draws upon these traditions, but he doesn't necessarily regurgitate them whole: as you'll see when you examine the portraits of the pilgrims more closely, many of them are not what they appear. What does that say about the strength of the conclusions we draw about people based upon first impressions, or appearances?

Since The Canterbury Tales is a story about a storytelling competition, many of the questions it asks are about stories: 

What makes for a good story? Why do we tell stories? Why should we tell stories? 

As the pilgrims tell their stories, though, they turn out to be talking not just about fairytale people in far-off lands, but also about themselves and their society. This leads to a lot of conflict in a group of pilgrims formed by members of that same society, who often take offense at the versions of themselves they see portrayed in the tales. 

The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales and the interactions between the pilgrims that occur in between the tales, then, form a story of their own. Dare we say, a Canterbury tale?

 

WHY SHOULD I CARE?

You know those movies where a new kid moves to town and has to go to a new high school, like Mean Girls? On his first day of school, the new kid meets a friendly nerd who takes him to the cafeteria and introduces him to all the cliques that make up his new social existence: "And here we have the jocks. And here are the math geeks…" Well, in The Canterbury Tales, you're the new kid, and Chaucer is your friendly nerd, serving as your guide to the jocks, cheerleaders, and math geeks of medieval society. Like your friendly nerd, he's witty and sarcastic, revealing all of the posing and preening that's going on in this cafeteria while at the same time desperately longing to be a part of it.

Of course, the same thing always happens in the course of those movies: the new kid ends up wanting to date outside of, or socialize beyond, the clique into which he's immediately cast because of his "new kid" status. Angst ensues, but, at the end of the

day, everybody figures out that the cheerleader really isn't shallow after all, the jock has a heart of gold, and the math geek a beautiful soul. Everybody is hiding something interesting. Nobody is exactly what they first appeared to be. Well, in The Canterbury Tales, the same thing is true: appearances can be deceiving.

Or can they? The Canterbury Tales are written in a society that, to some extent, believed you could judge a book by its cover – that the physical characteristics, or the mere category of a person, might reveal something about what was on the inside. In some ways, the pilgrims' portraits in The Canterbury Tales confirm the common stereotypes: the lower-class person is extremely physical, the consummate wife is lustful. But, as the Tales progress, these people have the chance to speak for themselves. What happens then isn't exactly a contradiction of the stereotypes about them, but it isn't exactly a confirmation of them, either. As so often happens when you really get to know someone, what you find out in The Canterbury Tales is that people, even the ones we think we have figured out, are never one-dimensional and always worth getting to know better.

HOW IT ALL GOES DOWNThe action begins at a tavern just outside of London, circa 1390, where a group of pilgrims have gathered in preparation for their journey to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The narrator, Chaucer, encounters them there and becomes one of their company. Chaucer describes all of the pilgrims in delightful, and often grotesque, detail. 

The pilgrims go to dinner, during which the owner of the tavern, or Host, makes a proposal to the group: on the way to Canterbury, says the Host, each pilgrim will tell two tales, followed by two on the way back. The Host will accompany the group and serve as a judge of their tales. The pilgrim who tells the best tale wins a free dinner at the tavern at the journey's end. Should anyone question the Host's judgment, moreover, he has to foot the bill for the entire pilgrimage. The pilgrims, eager to have fun on their journey, quickly agree to the Host's proposal and swear oaths to abide by the rules of the game. After a bit of shut-eye, they ride out of Canterbury the next morning and the tale-telling begins.

Almost immediately, a pilgrim challenges the Host's authority. After the first tale, the

Host asks the Monk to tell a tale, but the drunken Miller interrupts him and announces that he will speak next or leave the company. It's certainly not the last time the Host's orderly vision for the game is challenged: drunken pilgrims, mysterious strangers, and, most importantly, the conflicts between some of the members of the company threaten to derail the game at many points in the course of the journey.

The pilgrims tell lots of different kinds of tales on their journey: comedies and tragedies, romances and dirty stories, and sermons and saints' lives, to name a few. Some pilgrims tell stories where a character with another pilgrim's occupation is humiliated in the course of the tale, which leads to trouble. The Miller, for example, tells a tale about a carpenter whose wife not only commits adultery with a clerk, but humiliates him in front of the whole town. The real carpenter among the pilgrims takes this very personally, and proceeds to tell a tale where a miller suffers humiliation at the hands of some students. A similar rivalry occurs between the Friar and the Summoner. All the while, the Host alternates between trying to make peace between the pilgrims and creating more conflict with his gentle and not-so-gentle teasing of members of the party.

The Canterbury Tales end after only 24 tales, a far cry short of the planned 120. We never get to see the pilgrims reach Canterbury, nor do we learn who wins the competition. It's likely that Chaucer ran out of time or energy. He may have planned to revise the beginning of the frame story so that the 24 tales would seem complete. In any case, The Canterbury Tales as we know them end with the Parson's sermon on sin and repentance, followed by Chaucer's retraction.

Canterbury TalesFinal Essay

For your final assessment, write a three-page essay responding to the prompt:

As you think about “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, you may develop a claim that analyzes the various ways that Chaucer’s test possibly works as an early feminist story. You may also find one contemporary text, social or political debate, television show, movie, or cartoon that uses similar techniques to critique gender inequity.

Final papers should meet the following Criteria for Success.A strong final paper…

___ includes evidence of brainstorm activities that investigate the prompt

___ shows evidence of purposeful annotation on select pages from Chaucer’s tale

___ develops a strong claim that sets the focus for the paper

___ incorporates select pieces of effective evidence to support the claim (from Chaucer, Lorde and possible outside sources of your choosing)

___ uses evidence-based reasoning in each body paragraph

___ correctly frames quotes from all sources

___ is written in Time New Roman, size 12 font; is double-spaced on a page with one-inch margins

Explore how Chaucer’s Wife of Bath may or may not control the story of her body. Your paper will argue what Chaucer is telling his reader about the Wife of Bath’s body and her role in the world. Support your thesis using both Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power,” and Geoffrey Chaucer’s tale.

Papers are due ______________________.

Canterbury Tales What Makes a Great Short Story

Entrance Slip:What are the components of a good story?

What makes a good storyteller?

We will evaluate our peers’ stories on…

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

Using one of the prompts provided on the colored notecards, or a prompt of your own choosing, write a short story (you’ll have between 60 and 90 seconds to tell your story). You will share your story at the end of class – make sure it is appropriate!

Prompt:

Story (on a separate sheet of paper):

Canterbury TalesHomework

Interview ONE family member. Ask him or her to tell you a story about a time in their past. Ask this person to tell you about a time they traveled a long distance or visited somewhere new for the first time.

Record the story and bring to class tomorrow.

State the purpose Thought Map Quick Write Draw

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Decoding English

We translate messages, numbers, and pictures throughout the day. We code-switch when we move between different environments. And, we have learned how to read texts that often seem foreign, be they Shakespeare or a series of numbers in AP statistics. Today, we will both translate various sentences and think about how we translate.

Original Text Message: it tru? ill ask him wut he sed. tell me wut hpnd btwn u 2 #breakupsuck L

Standard English Translation:

What are the grammatical or stylistic rules that guide the writing of text messages? What will people understand? How do you know these rules?

Middle English Translation:

The Translator’s HandbookRules for Decoding and Interpreting

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19th Century Passages“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

Translation:

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

Translation:

17th Century Passages

“He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus; and we petty men walk under his huge legs, and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves.”

Translation:

“Full fathom five thy father lies, of his bones are coral made. Those are pearls that were his eyes. Nothing of him that doth fade, but doth suffer a sea-change into something rich and strange.”

Translation:

HomeworkWhat will English look, sound and be like in 300 years? How will people communicate in 2312? Respond to this idea with a creative story, a detailed drawing, an essay explanation or a timeline.

Write / draw / explain a sample of future English and submit on a separate sheet of paper.

Station Work (Pages 12-15)

Chaucer

1. What do we know about Chaucer?

2. How does perspective make a difference in how we think about Chaucer?

Seven Deadly Sins

1. Geographers from Kansas State University made these maps of the Seven Deadly Sins using national statistics. What statistics and information do you think they used to make these maps?

Example: In this survey Envy =Total number of thefts (robbery, burglary, larceny and stolen cars)

See if you can make guesses for the rest...

ENVY- total number of thefts

AVARICE -

WRATH -

LUST -

GLUTTONY -

SLOTH -

PRIDE -

2. In your opinion, which of the Seven Deadly Sins are Americans in 2017 concerned with? Why?

Black Death/Bubonic Plague

1. Summarize what you know about the Black Death in England.

2. Knowing this, why might people living in Medieval England become more religious and look to the church for help?

3. We know that the Bubonic Plague pushed peasants to demand changes from the nobility. In our own time, how have new diseases like HIV/AIDS have radically altered the political and social landscape?

Three Estates

1. What are the three estates, or classes, of people in Medieval England?

2. Fill in the following graphic organizer as you attend Dr. Madson’s short lecture.

What you’ve learned… Questions you still have…

King Richard

Archbishop of Canterbury

Wat Tyler

3. In America today, is there still a class system? If no, what evidence are you using? If yes, what are the major classes?

Corruption in Boston’s Churches

1. How has church corruption in the U.S. changed the role of the Catholic Church in peoples’ lives?

2. Why do you think the church should or should not be held accountable for the actions of individual priests?

Indulgences

In Catholic theology, an indulgence is a remission of temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven. In Medieval Europe, Catholic Church officials would sell indulgences to people – often wealthy people – with the understanding that the money paid would take a certain number of years off the time one would have spent in hell.

Match each sin with an indulgence price. Decide how many years this should remove from the time someone spends in hell. Only use each price and number of years once. Explain your answer.

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SIN COST OF INDULGENCEYEARS REMOVED

FROM TIME IN HELL

REASON

Life in Medieval England

Working in your groups, you will read a short summary of life in Medieval England. Imagine how different your life would be if you had been born 600 years earlier than you were!

Activity Your Life (2017) Life in 14th Century England (1390s)

What is your morning routine? What time do you get up in the morning? What do you do to get ready?

How do you get your food everyday? Where does it come from? How long does it take to prepare and eat?

What are some of your favorite things to do in your free time? How many hours do you have to do these things most days?

What is life like in the city? How do you get around? Who are the people you see each day? How often do you leave the city?

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Notes on Life in Medieval England

Geoffrey Chaucer

Medieval England

Frame Narrative / Frame Story

Canterbury TalesInference and Character Analysis

Read Tom Waits’ ‘Circus’. Pay particular attention to the adjectives and descriptors used to create a picture of each character in the song. You will be asked to use your close reading and inference skills to analyze a character.

You will present your findings to the class.

CIRCUSTom Waits

1 We put up our tent on a dark2 Green knoll, outside of town by knoll: small hill3 The train tracks and a seagull dump4 Topping the bill was Horse Face Ethel5 And her 'Marvellous Pigs In Satin'

6 We pounded our stakes in the ground7 All powder brown8 And the branches spread like scary9 Fingers reaching10 We were in a pasture outside Kankakee Kankakee: city in northern Illinois

11 And One Eyed Myra, the queen of12 The galley who trained the galley: the underside of a ship13 Ostrich and the camels14 She looked at me squinty with her15 One good eye in a Roy Orbison Roy Orbison: singer of “Pretty Woman”16 T-shirt as she bottle fed17 An orangutan named Tripod orangutan: a type of ape

18 And then there was19 Yodeling Elaine the yodeling: a type of singing20 Queen of the air who wore a21 Dollar sign medallion and she22 Had a tiny bubble of spittle spittle: saliva 23 Around her nostril and a24 Little rusty tear, for she had25 Lassoed and lost another26 Tipsy sailor

27 And over in28 The burnt yellow tent29 By the frozen tractor, the30 Music was like electric sugar31 And Zuzu Bolin played32 ‘Stavin' Chain’ and Mighty33 Tiny on the saw and he34 Threw his head back with a

35 Mouth full of gold teeth36 And they played ‘Lopsided heart’ lopsided: smaller on one side37 And ‘Moon over Dog Street’

38 And by the time they played ‘Moanin Low’39 I was soakin' wet and wild eyed40 And Doctor Bliss slipped me a bliss: perfect happiness41 Preparation and I fell asleep with42 ‘Livery Stable Blues’ in my ear livery: one who boards horses

43 And me and Molley Hoey drank44 Pruno and Koolaid and she had a pruno: prune juice; helps you poop45 Tattoo gun made out of a cassette46 Motor and a guitar string and47 She soaked a hanky in Three Roses three roses: bourbon alcohol48 And rubbed it on the spot49 And drew a rickety heart and50 A bent arrow and it hurt like hell

51 And Funeral Wells spun52 Poodle Murphy on the target53 As he threw his hardware,54 Only once in Sheboygan did he miss Sheboygan: city in Wisconsin55 At a matinee on Diamond Pier and56 She'd never let him forget it

57 They were doing two shows and she58 Had a high fever and he took59 Off a piece of her ear and60 Tip Little told her she should61 Leave the bum62 But Poodle said, "He fetched me63 Last time I run."64 But I'd like to hammer this ring into a bullet65 And I wish I had some whiskey and a gun66 My dear

67 And I wish I had some whiskey and a gun68 My dear

Close Reading of an Image

Before we start our close reading of a character today, let’s practice refining our close reading skills.

On the overhead, you’ll see an image. Attempt to create a context for the image.

Read the image. What I mean is, pay attention to ALL the details in the image, and speculate as to what they may mean.

What I See… What I Think This Means…

In a paragraph, describe the significance of the symbols used by these athletes.

“The General Prologue”

Summarizing the Pardoner

Below is our narrator’s short description of the Pardoner. A pardoner is a religious person who sells people forgiveness for their sins. When a churchman sells spiritual forgiveness for a price, it is called an indulgence. Use the summarizing and clarifying techniques we have identified to summarize this section of “The General Prologue”.

Summarizing and Clarifying Techniques:

Lines 669-715 of “The General Prologue”

With him there rode a gentle pardonerOf Rouncival, his friend and his companion;Straight from the court of Rome had journeyed he.

Loudly he sang Come hither, love, to me,The summoner joining with a burden round;Was never flute of half so great a sound.

This pardoner had hair as yellow as wax,But lank it hung as does a strike of flax;In wisps hung down such locks as he'd on head,And with them he his shoulders overspread;But thin they dropped, and stringy, one by one.

But as to hood, for sport of it, he'd none,Though it was packed in wallet all the while.

It seemed to him he went in latest style,Dishevelled, save for cap, his head all bare.

As shiny eyes he had as has a rabbit

He had a fine cloth with Jesus’ face sewed to his hat.

His wallet lay before him in his lap,Stuffed full of pardons brought from Rome all hot.

A voice he had that bleated like a goat.

No beard had he, nor ever should he have,For smooth his face as he'd just had a shave;I think he was a gelding or a mare.

But in his craft, from Berwick unto Ware,Was no such pardoner in any place.

For in his bag he had a pillowcaseThe which, he said, was Our True Lady's veil:He said he had a piece of the very sailThat good Saint Peter had, what time he wentUpon the sea, till Jesus changed his bent.

He had a latten cross set full of stones,And in a bottle had he some pig's bones.

But with these relics, when he came uponSome simple parson, then this paragonIn that one day more money stood to gainThan the poor dupe in two months could attain.

And thus, with flattery and suchlike japes,He made the parson and the rest his apes.

But yet, to tell the whole truth at the last,He was, in church, a fine ecclesiast.

Well could he read a lesson or a story,But best of all he sang an offertory;For well he knew that when that song was sung,Then might he preach, and all with polished tongue.

To win some silver, as he right well could;Therefore he sang so merrily and so loud.

Homework: Write a two-paragraph response.In the first paragraph, summarize what you know about the Pardoner. Who is he? What type of person is he? Provide some evidence.

In the second paragraph, predict what type of tale the Pardoner might tell on this pilgrimage. What person or part of society might the Pardoner be critical of? Why do you think this?

Canterbury Tales Character Analysis: Inferences and Reasoning

The “Prologue” to Chaucer’s story introduces the twenty-nine characters who will be sharing their stories on this journey. A close reading of the individual characters allows us to gain a sense of the time period, but more importantly to begin thinking about the specific social institutions that Chaucer will be criticizing in his stories.

Your groups character is: _________________________________________ .

What characteristics do you think this character should have? Why?

Read Chaucer’s description of your character.What I read (FACTS) … What I can assume (INFERENCES) …

Canterbury Tales is a satire that is critical of Medieval England. Why might Chaucer be critical of this character?

What evidence in the character description that leads you to believe this?

What type of story do you think this character may tell?

Write a short story as your character (2-3 paragraphs).

Complete Facebook / Twitter profile for your character and respond to others around the room.

Meet the Crew!Character(s)

/ Lines What I Know Now

Knight(53-80)

Squire(81-102)

Prioress(118-162)

Monk(165-207)

Franklin(331-360)

Physician(411-444)

Wife of Bath

(445-476)

Parson(477-528)

Plowman(529-544)

Reeve(587-622)

Pardoner(669-715)

HomeworkWrite a two-paragraph response to a question of your choice:

1. What is ONE inference or assumption you can make about your character based on what you read? How does this inference allow us to have a deeper understanding of the character?

2. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales critiques Medieval English society. What satirical or comedic comment may Chaucer be making through your character? What inferences can we draw about his intentions?

You will be graded on your use of evidence and reasoning.

My character is the Pardoner. A Pardoner is someone who gets money by forgiving their sins. He also lies about the items he has that once belonged to the Gods. He hustles people, tricks them into thinking that “his bas he had a pillowcase. The which, he said, was Our True Lady’s veil.” and make them pay for it if they want to touch it. He has so much money that he is always “seemed to him he went in latest style.” But he is dirty where his “hair as yellow as wax; but lank it hung as does a strike of flax.” Based on these descriptions, an inference I can make about him is that money is the most important thing to him. Where he dresses himself nicely to convince people so he can earn more money.

This inference allows me to have a deeper understanding of the character about maybe it was something in the past that influenced him to do what he does. Maybe in the past something tragic or tremendous happened to him. Maybe he was once a good religious person and he needed God so much and believed God would be there to help him. But nothing happened when he was being hurt and so he was disappointed and realized that God cannot help him. He realized that he was the only person who could help himself and so he worked to make money. He uses fake relics as a way to make money for himself. And also realize that throughout time, he needs to count on himself and money, not God.

Reasoning Rubric

Reasoning moves beyond summary

Reasoning connects topic and evidence

Reasoning investigates the

evidence

Reasoning supports the topic

sentence

Overall Assessment

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Specific Strengths Specific Areas for Improvement

Potential Sentence Stems

Based on the fact that [character] does _________, the reader can inferred that he / she _________. Therefore, it makes sense that ___________.

Chaucer’s [character] is a satiric critique of the Medieval [church, government, treatment of women, etc.]. Specifically, Chaucer’s argument is that __________.

Summarizing “The General Prologue”

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Middle English Version Give One Get One Summary

Whan that Aprill, with his shoures sooteThe droghte of March hath perced to the rooteAnd bathed every veyne in swich licour,Of which vertu engendred is the flour;Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breethInspired hath in every holt and heethThe tendre croppes, and the yonge sonneHath 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 coragesThanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages___________________________________________________

And palmeres for to seken straunge strondesTo ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;And specially from every shires endeOf Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,The hooly blisful martir for to sekeThat hem hath holpen, whan that they were seeke.___________________________________________________

Bifil that in that seson, on a day,In Southwerk at the Tabard as I layRedy to wenden on my pilgrymageTo Caunterbury with ful devout corage,At nyght was come into that hostelryeWel nyne and twenty in a compaignyeOf sondry folk, by aventure yfalleIn 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 everichon,That I was of hir felaweshipe anon,And made forward erly for to ryseTo take our wey, ther as I yow devyse.

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But nathelees, whil I have tyme and space,Er that I ferther in this tale pace,Me thynketh it acordaunt to resounTo telle yow al the condiciounOf 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.

When fair April with his showers sweet,Has pierced the drought of March to the root's feetAnd bathed each vein in liquid of such power,When the West Wind too, with his sweet breath,Has breathed new life - in every copse and heath -Into each tender shoot, and the young sunFrom Aries moves to Taurus on his run,And those small birds begin

their melody,

(The ones who 'sleep` all night with open __________________________________________________And wandering travellers tread new shores, strange strands,Seek out far shrines, renowned in many lands,And specially from every shire's endOf England to Canterbury they wendThe holy blessed martyr there to seek,Who

brought health to them when they were sick.___________________________________________________It happened in that season that one dayIn Southwark, at the Tabard, where I layReady to travel to that holy site -To Canterbury, with my spirits bright,There came at evening to that hostelryA group of twenty-nine, a companyOf various folk, to new found friendship comeBy happy chance - and pilgrims every oneThat for the Canterbury shrine were bound.

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The bedroomms and the stables were well foun

to them all in a friendly way,I was quite 'one of the crowd` you might say.We pled next day to be ready to goAt first light; to where, you already k___________________________________________________Nevertheless, while I have space and time,Before I go further in this tale of mine,I feel the most natural thing to do,Is to picture each of this group for you,To tell you how they all appeared to me -What sort they were and what rank they might be,And what they wore, the clo

thes they were ___________________________________________________

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