L.9.181KD.9.172 Haue þei no children but cheste · anL.9.181: The corrector has noted the scribe's an for and with a <+> in the left margin. choppyng hem bitwene
M.9.180KD.9.172Haue þei none children but cheeste and ...?...chidyngeM.9.180: M's reading of chidynge is not shared by other B manuscripts, which attest this word variously. It does, however appear as a variant of cheeste in A manuscripts (K10.193). hem bitwene
Cr1.9.180KD.9.172 Haue thei no children but chests & clapping them betwen
W.9.180KD.9.172 Haue þei no children but cheeste . and clappyngW.9.180: clappyng, "loud talk." The reading is shared with Cr. hem bitwene
Hm.9.181KD.9.172 haue þey no childryn but cheste · and carpynge hem ...?...betwene
C.9.174KD.9.172 Haue thay no children but chydes · and choppyng hem bitwene
R.9.175KD.9.172 Haue þei non children but iangelyngeR.9.175:
Here alpha's alliteration fails; beta properly reads cheste, a reading
confirmed by both Ax and Cx. &
gayingR.9.175:
R's gaying makes no sense. Beta probably read choppyng.
The entire line in F is garbled, presumably by loss of the end of the a-verse. As a result, F
reads the line thus: þey have no children / but Ianglyng hem be-twene.
hem bitewene .
F.6.298KD.9.172Þey have no children / but Ianglyng hem be-twene.F.6.298: Alpha's reading was apparently defective, and R and F found different unsatisfactory solutions. Bx must have read "Haue þei no children but cheste and choppyng hem bitwene."