Readings for line KD.5.169

L.5.171KD.5.169
Amonge monkes I miȝte be · ac many tyme I shonye
M.5.171KD.5.169
Amonge monk. —— monkes I miȝte be  ac many tyme y shonye
Cr1.5.167KD.5.167.1
Lest happeli thei had had no grace to hold harlatri in
Cr1.5.168KD.5.167.2
For they are ticle of her tonges & must al secretes tel
Cr1.5.169KD.5.169
Among monks I myght be and mani tyme I shamen
W.5.170KD.5.169
Among Monkes I myȝte be . ac many tyme I shonye itW.5.170: W alone reads it, which is omitted by other B witnesses.
Hm.5.171KD.5.169
Amonge monkes y mygth be · ac many tymes y schonye
C.5.171KD.5.169
Among Monkes I miȝte be · and many tyme I shonye
G.6.171KD.5.169
among monkes I mot be but many tymes I shony
O.5.171KD.5.169
Among munkes I myȝte be  ac many tyme I schonye
R.5.171KD.5.169
Amonges monkes I miȝt be  and many tyme I schonie .
F.5.170KD.5.169
A-mongis Munkis y myghte be / but ofte þanne y wonde.F.5.170: A corrupt or confusing exemplar may account for F's reading. He omits the following line from Bx and revises the b-verse of this one. The immediate scribe wrote the present b-verse over an erasure in a different ink. Bx reads as follows:
Among Monkes I myȝte be ac many tyme I shonye
For þere ben manye felle frekes my feeris to aspie.