THE TALES OF CAUNTERBURY

The Canterbury Tales, Line 15-18: To Canterbury, to the holy martyr

Above all, the English go to Canterbury, to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, who healed them when they were ill.

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15-18 To Canterbury, to the holy martyr. and especially from every shire’s end of England they make their way to Canterbury,…

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