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45 To ride abroad had followed chivalry, Truth, honor, generousness, and courtesy. He had done nobly in his sovereign’s war And ridden into battle, no man more, As well in Christian as in . The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue By Geoffrey Chaucer Transcription, correction, editorial commentary, and markup by Austin Benson. 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 . The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue By Geoffrey Chaucer Transcription, correction, editorial commentary, and markup by Austin Benson. THE ‘tales of Canterbury’, as Chaucer refers to his last and most ambitious poem, describe a fictional journey from the Tabard Inn in Southwark, just outside London, to Canterbury, sixty miles away. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Lines 1– Geoffrey Chaucer ((?)–) 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; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5 Inspired hath in every holt and heeth. Feb 6, · general prologue the canterbury tales Pdf_module_version Ppi Rcs_key Republisher_date  GENERAL PROLOGUE The opening is a long, elaborate sentence about the effects of Spring on the vegetable and animal world, and on people. The style of the rest of the Prologue and Tales is much simpler than this opening. A close paraphrase of the opening sentence is offered at the bottom of this page THE ‘tales of Canterbury’, as Chaucer refers to his last and most ambitious poem, describe a fictional journey from the Tabard Inn in Southwark, just outside London, to Canterbury, sixty miles away.