Cr1.5.175KD.5.175 And balased on þe bare arse & no brech betwen
C.5.177KD.5.175 And baileised on þe bare ers · and no breche bitwene
O.5.177KD.5.175And baleysed on þe bare ers & no breech bitweneO.5.177: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Forþi haue I no likyng, [leue me], wiþ þo leodes to wonye."
R.5.177KD.5.174.1 As I achilda child wereR.5.177: R's line
division here is unique and obviously an error; F, beta, and the C
version read this phrase as the end of the preceding line .
R.5.178KD.5.175 And baleysed on þe bare hers
bakR.5.178:
R's cancelled reading, hers, is the Bx original. F
agrees with R's "corrected" and euphemized reading, bak, but the C version agrees with the Bx original.
and no breche by-twene .
F.5.175KD.5.175& baleysed on my bare bak / þat my bely beendiþ.F.5.175: F's reading is unique. Bx reads "And baleised on þe bare ers and no brech bitwene."