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A group of pilgrims trade tales as they travel through medieval England.

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The Tale

breast, and eke his aventail; In jealousy I rede eke thou him bind, And thou shalt make him couch as doth a quail.

“If thou be fair, where folk be in presénce Shew thou thy visage and thine apparail: If thou be foul, be free of thy dispence; To get thee friendës aye do thy travail: Be aye of cheer as light as leaf on lind, And let him care, and weep, and wring, and wail.”

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