To soyle men, or els they ben lore;
His absolucion may make †hem skere;
And wo is the soul that he singeth for!"
The Griffon began for to threte,
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And sayd, "of monkes canst thou ought?"
The Pellican sayd, "they ben full grete,
And in this world moch wo hath wrought.
Saynt Benet, that hir order brought,
Ne made hem never on such manere;