The Canterbury pilgrimages . The Clerk of Oxenford {From the Ellesmere MS,). And that was said in form and reverence,And short and quick and full of high ^ in moral virtue was his gladly would he learn and gladV teach. This admirable young scholar stood littlechance of preferment in competition with suchsuccessful self-seekers as were represented even in 1 obtain ^ study ^ tending to 214 CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGES the small company of pilgrims. His best prospectwas that he might obtain some small countryparsonage, such as was held by the last pilgrim ofthe original comp
The Canterbury pilgrimages . The Clerk of Oxenford {From the Ellesmere MS,). And that was said in form and reverence,And short and quick and full of high ^ in moral virtue was his gladly would he learn and gladV teach. This admirable young scholar stood littlechance of preferment in competition with suchsuccessful self-seekers as were represented even in 1 obtain ^ study ^ tending to 214 CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGES the small company of pilgrims. His best prospectwas that he might obtain some small countryparsonage, such as was held by the last pilgrim ofthe original company, of whom we have Chaucersdescription. Before passing to him, however, itmay be well to note the contrast between thisClerk of Oxenforcl and two others. The one whobecame the fifth husband of the Wife of Bath, bywhom he was courted while her fourth husbandstill lived, was a very different sort of person ; andso, too, was the clerk Nicholas of the Reevestale, who beguiled the carpenter. The Poor Parson of a Town, with his
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