Faire of hem-self, and somme of hem were gay;
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In kirtels, al disshevele, wente they there—
That was hir office alwey, yeer by yere—
And on the temple, of doves whyte and faire
Saw I sittinge many a hundred paire.
Before the temple-dore ful soberly
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Dame Pees sat, with a curteyn in hir hond:
And hir besyde, wonder discretly,