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The narrator joins a group of twenty-nine travelers at the Tabard Inn in Southwark and describes their shared purpose: riding to seek a holy martyr at Canterbury. Chaucer characterizes the first pilgrims with vivid detail, especially the knight, his squire, and the prioress, emphasizing manners, devotion, and social variety.",{"@graph":69,"@context":115},[70,84,106],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-prologue-to-the-canterbury-tales-lines-1-200/319935/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-prologue-to-the-canterbury-tales-lines-1-200/319935.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Seraphina","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-04","2026-09-20",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":105},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",25,{"@type":107,"mainEntity":108},"FAQPage",[109],{"name":110,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":112},"Which pilgrims are described first in the provided lines?","Question",{"text":113,"@type":114},"The prologue first introduces the Knight, then his Squire, and also a Prioress named Madame Eglentyne, detailing their appearance and conduct.","Answer","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":117,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":119,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":121,"site_id":62},319935,1790047034,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":124},{"doc_id":121,"user_id":125,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":126,"doc_module":4,"category_id":14,"category_name":15,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":127,"file_id":128,"file_url":129,"file_type":130,"file_size":131,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":24,"language":132,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":133,"faqs":134,"seo_title":135,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":136,"read_time":39},962075114101,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/e000253a75eb197efd?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1780044092746381165","| The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| Lines 1–200 |\n|  |\n| Geoffrey Chaucer (1340(?)–1400) |\n|  |\n| WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour;\u003Cbr>Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5\u003Cbr>Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye,\u003Cbr>That slepen al the night with open ye, 10\u003Cbr>(So priketh hem nature in hir corages:\u003Cbr>Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmers for to seken straunge strondes, To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes;\u003Cbr>And specially, from every shires ende 15\u003Cbr>Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke,\u003Cbr>That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke. Bifel that, in that sesoun on a day,\u003Cbr>In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay 20\u003Cbr>Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage, At night was come in-to that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye,\u003Cbr>Of sondry folk, by aventure y-falle 25\u003Cbr>In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.\u003Cbr>And shortly, whan the sonne was to reste, 30\u003Cbr>So hadde I spoken with hem everichon, That I was ofhir felawshipe anon, And made forward erly for to ryse, To take our wey, ther as I yow devyse.\u003Cbr>But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, 35\u003Cbr>Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yew al the condicioun |\n\nOf ech of hem, so as it semed me,  \nAnd whiche they weren, and of what degree; 40  \nAnd eek in what array that they were inne:  \nAnd at a knight than wol I first biginne. A KNIGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan  \nTo ryden out, he loved chivalrye, 45  \nTrouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye. Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And thereto hadde he riden (no man ferre ) As wel in cristendom as hethenesse,  \nAnd evere honoured for his worthinesse. 50  \nAt Alisaundre he was, whan it was wonne; Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle naciouns in Pruce.  \nIn Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce,  \nNo cristen man so ofte of his degree. 55  \nIn Gernade at the sege eek hadde he be Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye.  \nAt Lyeys was he, and at Satalye,  \nWhan they were wonne; and in the Grete See  \nAt many a noble aryve hadde he be, 60  \nAt mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene, And foughten for our feith at Tramissene In listes thryes, and ay slayn his foo.  \nThis ilke worthy knight hadde been also  \nSomtyme with the lord of Palatye, 65  \nAgeyn another hethen in Turkye:  \nAnd everemore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meek as is a mayde.  \nHe nevere yet no vileinye ne sayde 70  \nIn al his lyf, un-to no maner wight.  \nHe was a verray parfit gentil knight. But for to tellen yow of his array, His hors were goode, but he was nat gay.  \nOf fustian he wered a gipoun 75  \nAl bismotered with his habergeoun. For he was late y-come from his viage,  \nAnd wente for to doon his pilgrimage.  \nWith him ther was his sone, a yong SQUYER, A lovyer, and a lusty bacheler, 80  \nWith lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse.  \nOf twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse.  \nOf his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly delivere, and greet of strengthe.  \nAnd he hadde been somtyme in chivachye, 85  \nIn Flaundres, in Artoys, and Picardye, And born him wel, as of so litel space, In hope to stonden in his lady grace. Embrouded was he, as it were a mede  \nAl ful of fresshe floures, whyte and rede. 90  \nSinginge he was, or floytinge, al the day; He was as fresh as is the month of May.  \nShort was his goune, with sleves longe and wyde. Wel coude he sitte on hors, and faire ryde.  \nHe coude songes make and wel endyte, 95  \nIu","cbCaiqFa4F7K2H1k","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqFa4F7K2H1k","pdf",197358,"English","# Lines 1–200\n## Springtime and the pilgrimage impulse\n## The Tabard Inn gathering\n## First pilgrims introduced: Knight, Squire, Prioress","[{\"question\":\"Which pilgrims are described first in the provided lines?\",\"answer\":\"The prologue first introduces the Knight, then his Squire, and also a Prioress named Madame Eglentyne, detailing their appearance and conduct.\"}]","The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales - lines 1-200 | PDF",1789947972]