"And yet he was a trewe persoun and a good, / And hated swearing, and was not so wood."

"He hadde a forhead reed as any glede, / With eyen narwe, and hoote as any goot."

"For whoso wol no wyf, he is no man."

"The Miller's prominent feature was his nose with 'a wart on which there stood a tuft of hair Red as the bristles in an old sow's ear'."

"A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot."