Ellesmere Chaucer

THE STORYTELLERS:
The Summoner                  


8.  The Summoner.  (Bailiff of an Ecclesiastical Court) 

Of his visage children were aferd.
.....
A gerland hadde he set upon his heed, 
As greet as it were for an ale stake.  
A bokeleer hadde he maad hym of a cake.






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