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CDean - The Prioress Exercise
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Up to The Canterbury Tales and G. Chaucer
EXERCISE N. 1 PAG. 61
The text tells about a Prioress. She had an important role in the society. The Prioress was known as Madame Eglantine. She spoke French.
You can know something about her physical appearance: her nose was well-shaped, she had blue-grey eyes, her mouth was tender, very small and red, she had a fine forehead and she was not undersized.
She wore an elegant cloak and a coral rosary with gauds of green.
The Prioress had good manners: her greatest pleasure was in etiquette so she had learnt good table manners. She was also very sensitive and kind.
The Prioress studied French and lived at the convent Stratford-at-Bow.