Readings for line KD.5.226

L.5.230KD.5.226
Ac I swere now so the ik · þat synne wil I lete
M.5.230KD.5.226
Ac I swere now so theik . þat synne wil I lete .
Cr1.5.228KD.5.226
And I swere nowe sothelick that sinne wolde I let
W.5.229KD.5.226
Ac I swere now so thee ik . þat synne wol I lete
Hm.5.230KD.5.226
ac y swere nowe so theeke that synne wol y lete ·
C.5.230KD.5.226
And I swere now so thehi · þat synne wole I lete
G.6.230KD.5.226
but I shrewe now so þe yk / þat synne vo wole I lete
O.5.229KD.5.226
Ac I swere now . so the ik  þat synne wole I lete
R.5.231KD.5.226
Ac I swere now so theichthe ich  þat synne wil I lete .
F.5.228KD.5.226
I swere now so þeechF.5.228: The <ch> spelling is an odd one for alpha to have introduced for Sire Hervey Coveitise of Norfolk. Langland had indulged himself in the same dialect joke that Chaucer had used in The Reeve's Tale. Bx must have read so þe ik. / þat synne wil y leete.