ðɛɹ ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚɹ əbzˈɜːvəns bɪɡˈæn tə dᵻklˈaɪn, ðɛɹ ɹˈæŋks wɜː bˌʌt mˈiːɡɚli ɹᵻkɹˈuːɾᵻd ænd mˈoʊst əv ðɛɹ hˈaʊzᵻz hædtə biː klˈoʊzd tˈɪl æt lˈɛŋθ ˈoʊnli fˈoːɹ ɔːɹ fˈaɪv wɜː lˈɛft, ɪnwˌɪtʃ ɐbˌaʊt fˈɔːɹɾi mˈʌŋks lˈɪvd æz bˈɛst ðeɪ kˈʊd.
Their regular observance began to decline, their ranks were but meagrely recruited and most of their houses had to be closed till at length only four or five were left, in which about forty monks lived as best they could.