The General Prologue

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Across
  1. 4. The leader of the pilgrimage
  2. 7. Number of stories each pilgrim is expected to tell
  3. 8. The Rule of good St. Benet or St. Maur as old and strict he tended to ignore
  4. 11. He’d sewed a holy relic on his cap
  5. 12. Where the pilgrimage is going
  6. 14. An illiterate fellow
  7. 17. She’d had five husbands, all at the church door(3 wds.)
  8. 18. Embroidered like a meadow bright
  9. 20. He lived for pleasure and had always done
  10. 22. His was a master-hand at stealing grain
  11. 23. He was rich in holy thought and work
  12. 24. Season of the pilgramage
  13. 25. He was qualified to hear confessions, or so he said
Down
  1. 1. He had an ulcer on his knee
  2. 2. He would gladly learn and gladly teach (2 wds.)
  3. 3. When the pilgrimage took place
  4. 5. He sent his prisoners home; they walked the plank
  5. 6. The name of the narrating pilgrim
  6. 8. None knew he was in debt
  7. 9. He did not read the Bible very much
  8. 10. He was a carpenter of first-rate skill
  9. 13. He was a proper forester
  10. 15. She used to weep if she but saw a mouse caught in a trap
  11. 16. he knew of every judgment, case and crime recorded
  12. 18. Children were afraid when he appeared
  13. 19. Prize for telling the best story
  14. 21. Followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness and courtesy