And wel becometh their habit and array:
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O why be som so sorry and so sad,
Complaining thus in blak and whyte and gray?
Freres they ben, and monkes, in good fay:
Alas, for rewth! greet dole it is to seen,
To see thaim thus bewaile and sory been.
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See how they cry and wring their handes whyte,
For they so sone went to religion!