10+ The Merchant Canterbury Tales Summary PNG. Although he appears prosperous, we know that the merchant is actually in debt. The merchant's tale is the second tale handling the cuckolding of an old husband by a young bride (the first was the miller's tale).
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The merchant's tale, the pardoner's tale and the franklin's tale. The merchant's tale is about a knight named january, who had lived for sixty years without a wife. January (old with white hair like snow) marries may (young and beautiful like the may flowers) after rejecting. In 1386, chaucer became controller of customs and justice of peace and, in 1389, clerk of the king's work.


