Now look at the other side of the map and locate London and Canterbury. It obviously makes sense to set out on the journey from a place outside the city on the Canterbury side of London. He has the body of an athlete and the energy and enthusiasm to match. If you don't know what a monk is, look it up. A number of details in his portrait point to his love, not just of hunting and horseflesh, but of the ladies as well.
Monks take a vow of poverty as well.
What do you make of ll. Our Clerk is the ideal student-scholar. 675-83 Flax has approximately the texture of a horse's tail. It is barely yellow. Sounds pretty greasy to me, but he's obviously very proud of its appearance, since he wants to show it off.