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And specially from every shire's end Of England they to Canterbury wend,  \nThe holy blessed martyr there to seek Who helped them when they lay so ill and weal  \n19: Bifil that in that seson on a day,  \n20: In southwerk at the tabard as I lay  \n21: Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage  \n22: To caunterbury with ful devout corage,  \n23: At nyght was come into that hostelrye  \n24: Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye,  \n25: Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle  \n26: In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,  \nBefell that, in that season, on a day In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay Ready to start upon my pilgrimage To Canterbury, full of devout homage, There came at nightfall to that hostelry Some nine and twenty in a company Of sundry persons who had chanced to fall In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all  \n27: That toward caunterbury wolden ryde.  \n28: The chambres and the stables weren wyde, 29: And wel we weren esed atte beste.  \n30: And shortly, whan the sonne was to reste, 31: So hadde I spoken with hem everichon  \n32: That I was of hir felaweshipe anon,  \n33: And made forward erly for to ryse,  \n34: To take oure wey ther as I yow devyse.  \n35: But nathelees, whil I have tyme and space, 36: Er that I ferther in this tale pace,  \n37: Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun  \n38: To telle yow al the condicioun  \n39: Of ech of hem, so as it semed me,  \n40: And whiche they weren, and of what degree, 41: And eek in what array that they were inne;  \n42: And at a knyght than wol I first bigynne.  \nThat toward Canterbury town would ride. The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, And well we there were eased, and of the best.  \nAnd briefly, when the sun had gone to rest, So had I spoken with them, every one, That I was of their fellowship anon, And made agreement that we'd early rise To take the road, as you I will apprise.  \nBut none the less, whilst I have time and space,  \nBefore yet farther in this tale I pace, It seems to me accordant with reason To inform you of the state of every one Of all of these, as it appeared to me,  \nAnd who they were, and what was their degree, And even how arrayed there at the inn;  \nAnd with a knight thus will I first begin.  \nThe Knight's Portrait THE KNIGHT  \n43: A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man, 44: That fro the ","cbCaiioh0u8cJeV3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiioh0u8cJeV3","pdf",289136,24,"English","# The Canterbury Tales: Prologue\n## April and the urge to pilgrimage\n## Arrival at the Tabard and the company\n## The narrator’s plan to describe the pilgrims\n## The Knight’s portrait","[{\"question\":\"What season and natural changes begin the Prologue’s pilgrimage theme?\",\"answer\":\"The Prologue opens with April’s sweet showers and the March drought pierced to the root, awakening growth. 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