# quia misericordia super omnia opera
Cr1.11.140KD.11.138 Mercy all amende , and mekenes hyr felowe ,
Hm.12.323KD.11.138 mercy altoal to amende · and mekenesse here folweþHm.12.323: The slant on the thorn is distinctly odd, more characteristic of hand3 than hand2, but nothing else suggests it
is added here. ·
C.11.141KD.11.138 Mercy alle to amende · and meknesse hir folowe
R.11.139KD.11.138 Mercy may alR.11.139: Alpha's may al is rendered by beta as alle
to; C revises the a-verse slightly but clearly attests the
presence of alpha's may al. amende þat mekenesse he folweth .R.11.139: By uniquely substituting þat for if,
and he for hym (= F) or hir (=
beta), R appears here to lose the drift of Langland's thought, which is the conditional operation of Mercy. Beta's version of this line reads Mercy
alle to amende and mekenesse hir folwe. Cx seems to agree with
beta.
F.8.136KD.11.138For mercy mayF.8.136: Alpha is responsible for may before al. al a-mende / ifF.8.136: F's if is unique, though beta's and may well carry the sense "if." See MED s. v. and conj. 5(a). Meeknesse hymF.8.136: F's hym is unique. Beta witnesses have hir and R has he. folwe.