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Main Table of Contents The Canterbury Tales

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Middle-english hypertext

• 001-166: The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue
• 167-418: The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1st Part
• 419-928: The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 2st Part

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• 001-039: A Canon and his Yeoman catch up with the pilgrims
• 040-130: The Yeoman explains his master's craft
• 131-145: The Canon tries to silence his Yeoman
• 146-166: The Yeoman continues and the Canon grumbly leaves the company

 The Canon's Yeoman's Tale

    First Part

• 167-196: The yeoman tells he has worked with the canon for seven years
• 197-265: The yeoman names the objects and materials of the canon's craft
• 266-276: The four spritis and the seven bodies
• 277-298: The canon's craft is hard to learn
• 299-308: The yeoman names some fluids used by the canon
• 309-344: The search for the philosopher's stone
• 345-378: The melting pot breaks
• 379-401: Grumbling and cleaning up the garbage
• 402-418: The moral of the previous narrative

     Second Part

• 419-438: About a foul canon
• 439-458: However, generally canons are just and true
• 459-468: A priest in London
• 469-488: The false canon borrows money from the priest and pays him back on the due date
• 489-507: The canon offers to show the masterpiece of his craft
• 508-548: The yeoman describes the trade of the canon
• 549-586: The canon calls for some quicksilver and says he will turn it to silver
• 587-602: The materials are brought in and the canon begins his work
• 603-622: The canon's trick
• 623-670: The priest falls for the trick
• 671-695: The canon performs another trick
• 696-729: The priest is impressed and the canon performs yet another trick
• 730-783: The canon turns copper into silver
• 784-814: The priest buys the canon's "recipe"
• 815-834: The canon urges the priest not to tell any person
• 835-874: The moral of the previous narrative
• 875-928: Why is the recipe of the philosopher's stone still a secret?

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