From Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", The Knight's Tale, Table of Contents

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The Knight's Tale
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0001-0496: First Part

0497-1022: Second Part

1023-1624: Third Part

1625-2250: Fourth Part

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First Part (ll. 1-496)

0001-0034: About Duke Theseus, lord of Athens, and his achievements
0035-0093: Women complain that they have lost their husbands in battle
0094-0116: Theseus promises revenge
0117-0146: The achievement of revenge
0147-0174: Two knights, Arcita and Palamon, are captured and imprisoned
0175-0233: Emily walks in the garden and is seen by the two prisoners
0234-0264: Arcita compares Emily with Venus
0265-0293: Palamon claims Emily to be his lady and love
0294-0328: Arcita rejects Palamon's claim
0329-0350: Arcita is released
0351-0360: The conditions of the release
0361-0416: Arcita is released from prison and regrets losing the sight on Emily
0417-0478: Palamon pities himself still being in prison
0479-0496: The Knight asks which of the two knights is the luckiest

Second Part (ll. 497-1022)

0497-0521: Arcita returns to Thebes
0522-0540: Arcita dreams that he has to go to Athens
0541-0592: Arcita disguises himself as a poor labourer and finds employement at Theseus' court
0593-0629: After seven years, Palamon escapes from prison
0630-0669: Arcita walks through the fields and does not know that Palamon is hiding in the vicinity
0670-0715: Arcita dreams aloud about Emily and angers Palamon, who responds furiously
0716-0764: Arcita and Palamon agree to fight the next day
0765-0804: Arcita and Palamon start to fight their duel
0805-0837: Duke Theseus goes hunting
0838-0883: Duke Theseus interrupts the fight between Arcita and Palamon and learns their true identity
0884-0926: The queen and ladies ask for mercy
0927-0970: Duke Theseus grants mercy but stipulates some conditions
0971-1011: Arcita and Palamon are allowed to return after a year with hundred warriors each and the winner of the battle shall have Emily
1012-1022: The two knights thank Theseus and go homeward to prepare for the fight

Third Part (ll. 1023-1624)

1023-1055: Duke Theseus builds an amphitheatre for the fight between Arcita and Palamon
1056-1108: The form and shape of Venus
1109-1192: The form and shape of Mars
1193-1230: The form and shape of Diana
1231-1258: Arcita and Palamon and their company come to Athens
1259-1296: Palamon's company
1297-1331: Arcita's company
1332-1350: The feast at Theseus' court
1351-1412: Palamon prays at Venus' temple
1413-1508: Emily prays at Diana's temple
1509-1579: Arcita prays at Mars' temple
1580-1624: The gods quarrel but Saturn decides that Palamon shall have his lady Emily

Fourth Part (ll. 1625-2250)

1625-1664: The feast and the night at Theseus' court
1665-1702: Duke Theseus stipulates some conditions to avoid a bloodbath
1703-1740: Everybody goes to the amphitheatre
1741-1777: The battle in the amphitheatre
1778-1793: Palamon is captured
1794-1804: Theseus declares Arcita to be the winner
1805-1817: Saturn disagrees with the result of the fight
1818-1841: Arcita falls from his horse
1842-1884: Everybody recovers at Theseus' court
1885-1958: Arcita says goodbye to Palamon and Emily and dies
1959-1978: Athens mourns for the death of Arcita
1979-1994: Death is the end of every worldly sore
1995-2023: The preparation of Arcita's funeral
2024-2108: The funeral
2109-2128: Political tactics
2129-2168: Theseus speaks to Palamon and Emily about the Creation of the world
2169-2208: The power of God
2209-2250: The marriage of Palamon and Emily

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