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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Purpose of Pilgramage

Physiognomy

The Yeoman had to go on the pilgramage because he is the Knight's servant and the Knight took the Yeoman along to assist him during the journey.

Chaucer tells us he's a forester – at home he probably takes care of the forests on the Knight's land, protecting them from outlaws and making sure nobody poaches in them. As foresters go, he's probably a good one, a conclusion we can draw because he keeps his bow and arrows in very good condition – no droopy feathers for him – so it's likely he keeps his forest in similarly tip-top shape.

What do other pilgrims think of this character?

Footnotes

We don't really know what the other characters think of the Yeoman, but he is one of the few characters that Chaucer didn't speak poorly of, although he didn't speak greatly of him either.

him: the Knight

St. Christopher: the patron saint of foresters and travelers

Yeoman: an attendant in a noble household

The Yeoman

  • servant of the Knight
  • a forester

Description

The Yeoman is dressed all in green and also wears a bow and arrow, a dagger, and a sword. His hair is short, and his face is brown, suggesting that he spends a lot of time outside.

Modern Day Translation

Modern Day Equivalent

Vocabulary

Park Ranger

  • Yeoman: an attendant in a noble household
  • saucy: stylish
  • brace: a leather arm-guard worn by archers
  • dirk: small dagger
  • baldrick: shoulder strap

He knew the whole of woodcraft up and down

He understood the practice of woodcraft well

A saucy brace was on his arm to ward

He wore a leather arm guard

It from the bow-string, and a sheild and sword

Hung at one side, and at the other slipped

On one side of his body, he wore a sword and sheild

A jaunty dirk, spear-sharp and well-equipped

On the other side of his body, he wore a fine dagger

Modern Day Translation

A medal of St. Christopher he wore

Of shining silver on his breast, and bore

He wore a shining silver medal of St. Christopher on his chest

A hunting-horn, well slung and burnished clean,

That dangled from a baldrick of bright green.

Over his shoulder, he wore a hunting horn on a bright green shoulder strap

He was a proper forester, I guess.

He was a woodsman, indeed.

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