Bene—benedicite!
Explicit pars secunda.
ACT THIRD
“Wite ye nat wher ther stant a litel toun
Which that y-clepèd is Bob-up-and-doun,
Under the Blee, in Caunterbury weye?”
ACT III
Time: Evening of the same day.
Scene: The hall of the One Nine-pin.
At the opening of the act all the Pilgrims are on the stage, except the following: Miller, Shipman, Cook, Manciple, Summoner, Knight, Alisoun, Chaucer, and Wycliffe.