General Prologue

The Prologue to the Friar's Tale

The Knight's Tale

The Friar's Tale

The Miller's Prologue

The Prologue to the Summoner's tale

The Miller's Tale

The Summoner's Tale

Prologue of the Reeve's Tale

The Prologue of the Scholar's Tale

The Reeve's Tale

The Scholar's Tale

Prologue of the Cook's Tale

The Prologue of the Merchant's Tale

The Cook's Tale

The Merchant's Tale

Introduction to the Sergeant-at-law's tale

Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale

The Sergeant-at-law's tale

The Squire's Tale

Epilogue of the Sergeant-at-law's tale

Epilogue to the Squire's Tale

The Sea captain's tale

The Franklin's Tale

The Prioress' tale

The Doctor's Tale

The Prologue to Sir Topaz

The Prologue of the Doctor's Tale

Sir Topaz

The Prologue to the Pardoner's Tale

The Prologue to the tale of Melibeus

The Pardoner's Tale

The tale of Meleibeus

The Prologue of the second Nun's Tale

The Prologue of the Monk's tale

The Second Nun's Tale

The Monk's tale

The Prologue of the Cannon Assistant's Tale

Prologue of the Nun Priest's Tale

The Cannon Assistant's Tale

The Nun Priest's Tale

The Manciple's Prologue

Epilogue to the Nun Priest's Tale

The Parson's Prologue

The Prologue of the Wife of Bath's Tale

The Parson's Tale

The Wife of Bath's Tale

Author's Valediction

There once was an evil summoner...the Friar is interrupted by the summoner, but is allowed to continue his story.  The summoner cared only about greed and money, and he was easily bribed.  The summoner is riding one day, and he meets a bailiff.  The summoner lies to the bailiff and tells him that he is also a bailiff, since summoners are not respected much at all.  The bailiff tells the summoner that he is poor, and the summoner says that he too is poor.  The summoner asks for the bailiff's name, and the bailiff tells him that he is a demon from hell, and that he collects souls.  The summoner is more amazed than frightened, and he asks the demon questions about how he assumes human form, and what purposes he carries out when he is on Earth.  The summoner is too dense to realize that he is in danger, and he pledges to ride with the bailiff/demon as a friend. 

The summoner tries to help the demon acquire some souls.  The summoner goes to a woman's house and makes a false charge that she has broken the law.  She curses him to hell if he will not show mercy, and since he does not show mercy, the demon bailiff takes him to hell that very minute.