L.3.169KD.3.168 For pore men mowe haue no powere · to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smerte
M.3.169KD.3.168For pore men mowe haue non power to playne þouȝ þei smerte .
Cr1.3.170KD.3.168 For pore men mai haue no powr to plain hem when they smarte
W.3.169KD.3.168 For pouere men may haue no power . to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smerte
Hm.3.167KD.3.168 for poore men mowe haue · no power hem to pleyneHm.3.167: Hm divides the line here, creating a new line to follow and thus demanding the creation of a b-verse for the newly
made line. Hm.3.168 takes what may have been the last three words of its exemplar's 167 tyl þey sore smerte and fills the line out with the bland, unalliterating and lowe a-downe falle. ·
C.3.169KD.3.168 For pore men mowe haue no power · to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smerte
O.3.168KD.3.168For pore men mowen haue no power to pleyne hem þouȝ þei smertenO.3.168: OC2 alone have the form smerten in place of smerte. .
R.3.159KD.3.168
For pore men mow haue no powere to pleyne
hem þoȝ þei smerte .
F.4.157KD.3.168For poore men have no powher / to pleyne þeyhȝ þey smerte.F.4.157: F omits the following line from Bx: "Swich a maister is Mede among men of goode."