Please rewrite the given text as clearly, concisely, elegantly, precisely, accurately, simply, beautifully, artfully, skillful, eloquently, fluent, lucidly, gracefully, effectively, comprehensively, thoroughly, vividly, distinctly, and cogently: The ashes, grey and dull, rose from the burnt villages that the knights had set on fire this morning. It was the king's order, they said. But, for the villagers, what was burned was the homes that they grew up in; and the only place on Earth where they could abide. Your entire response should be in English, and in all capital letters.
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