Barringer High School - Athenaeum Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Clje -Prologue An inne thcr was in southc of London toun To which came folk of al condicioun. To make cch yecr a holy pilgrimage— To Canterbury maad they al viage. While at the inne—the Tabard was his nom. The compaignyc was gay and moche at hoom. A Knight, a Monk and noble Priorcsse, They talen ech the longe night, I gesse. With them, a Clerk, a Lawyer and a Frerc, Also a Yeman, Doctour and Millcrc. Ech told his tale as he best knew how, Moche like the way Oure Pilgrims tell them now. Whilom to Barringer thcr came a classe As did the olden groupc, a time to passe. The talc of cch is here y-writ With their avisiouns, al forth v-set. Al redv for the Pilgrimages they. And vcric soon will they be on their way— The pathc of lyf, the roadc that they will wende From here, their Tabard Inne, until the ende. Their aim is nought old Canterbury toun. It is a pcakc of mo ascencioun— A wel spent lyf of wcl wen happincsse Eck crowned with the wreathe of bright successe. Nine

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Wi)t pigrims