L.20.220KD.20.221 ¶L.20.220: The rubricating scribe failed to erase the <cc> guide from the left margin. By Marie quod a mansed preste · of þe marche of yrlonde
Cr1.20.219KD.20.221 By Mary quod a mansed priest of the march of Ireland ,
W.20.220KD.20.221 ¶ By Marie quod a mansed preest . of þe March of walysW.20.220: W alone reads walys; all other manuscripts have Irlonde. An Irish manuscript of the C-Text, Douce 104, fol. 109v, also has the reading Wales. See the comment by Derek Pearsall in Piers Plowman: A Facsimile of Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Douce 104 (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1992), p. xiv.
Hm.20.220KD.20.221 ¶ By mary quod a maensedHm.20.220: The scribe first wrote an <e> and then overwrote it with an <n> like the one usually appearing in Latin quotations. preest · of þe march of yrlond
C.20.218KD.20.221 ¶ By marie quod a mased preest · of þe marche of Irlande
R.20.195KD.20.221 ¶ Be þeR.20.195: R's þe is unique among the B
witnesses; the others omit the word. However, Cx agrees with R in
including it. marie quod a mansed prest wasR.20.195: Beta omits alpha's was. Several C
copies support beta but Cx agrees with alpha. of þe marche of
erlande .