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Heere bigynnethTale 1 of 24
The Knyght
The Knight's Tale
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Next, the Millere
The Hoostes reckenynge
Harry Bailly reads the hour from a shadow. The sun here stands as over Kent on 18 April, the day he reckons, with your clock's hour taken as the sun's.