And some wolde monche hir mete alone,
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Ligging a-bedde, and make hem for to grone;
And som, thou seydest, hadde a [blaunche fevere],
And preydest god he sholde never kevere!
132. And some of hem toke on hem, for the colde,
More than y-nough, so seydestow ful ofte;
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And some han feyned ofte tyme, and tolde
How that they wake, whan they slepen softe;