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In the tale's prologue, Chaucer describes how two more men on horseback join the pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury. Chaucer realizes that one of the men is a canon from his clothes, the other is his servant. The servant anounces that he will never go back to his master again, explaining that alchemy has only caused him misery and that the substances he has been exposed to have caused him to lose all the color from his face. His master having gone, the servant promises to tell all that he can about the canon's work.

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  • The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
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  • In the tale's prologue, Chaucer describes how two more men on horseback join the pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury. Chaucer realizes that one of the men is a canon from his clothes, the other is his servant. The servant anounces that he will never go back to his master again, explaining that alchemy has only caused him misery and that the substances he has been exposed to have caused him to lose all the color from his face. His master having gone, the servant promises to tell all that he can about the canon's work.
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  • In the tale's prologue, Chaucer describes how two more men on horseback join the pilgrims on their journey to Canterbury. Chaucer realizes that one of the men is a canon from his clothes, the other is his servant. The Host remarks that the canon is surely intelligent and must be able to tell an interesting tale. His servant replies that his master is so clever that he can turn all of the ground from their current location to Canterbury into silver and gold. The Host aks why, if that is the case, the canon is wearing shabby old clothes. The servant explains that, so far, their attempts to transform base metals into gold have not been successful. However, they have been able to convince people that they can double any quantity of gold, in reality, a trick simply achieved by borrowing more gold. The canon overhears this and angrily rides off. The servant anounces that he will never go back to his master again, explaining that alchemy has only caused him misery and that the substances he has been exposed to have caused him to lose all the color from his face. His master having gone, the servant promises to tell all that he can about the canon's work.
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