"But al be that he was a philosophre, / Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre."

"Of his complexioun he was sangwyn."

"He knew hir conseil, and hir pryvetee, And for to been a maister of his craft, Ful ofte hadde this man bigiled his maister."

"The Wife of Bath... had set widely 'gap-teeth'."

"He was a good felawe, and by my trouthe, / For aught I woot, he was a somnour."