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Physical characteristics, clothing and accessories: - Had a well shaped nose - Bright eyes and a small mouth - Fine forehead - Adorned with jewelry - Wore a cloak Words, experience, and Personality traits: - Modest - Well-mannered - Posessed a tender heart - Loved God and showed him praise

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Physical characteristics, clothing and accessories:- Had a well shaped nose- Bright eyes and a small mouth- Fine forehead- Adorned with jewelry- Wore a cloak

Words, experience, andPersonality traits:- Modest- Well-mannered- Posessed a tender heart- Loved God and showed him praise- Spoke french

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Class: Clergy- Showed pretentions toward nobility

Inferences- Chaucer states that she was “well taught”- “Of court,* and be estately of mannere, a

courtly disposition* And to be holden digne* of reverence. *worthy But for to speaken of her conscience* : this shows that she was worthy, and higher up in rank