M.11.291KD.11.290And þe title þat thei t.okeM.11.291: M's altered reading toke agrees with Cr. Other B witnesses have the present tense. ordres bey telleþ ȝye ben auaunced
Cr1.11.291KD.11.290 And þe title thei toke orders by , telleth thei be auanced
W.11.292KD.11.290 ¶ And þe title þat yeW.11.292: W and R read ye; other B manuscripts have þey, which is the reading in W's catchwords at the foot of fol. 64v. take ordres by . telleþ ye ben auaunced
Hm.12.167KD.11.290 and þe tytle þat þeyHm.12.167: The <y> is written over an imperfection in the vellum. takyn ordres by · telleþ ȝe ben auauncyd ·
C.11.291KD.11.290 And the title thay take ordersbyorders by · til ye ben auaunced
R.11.303KD.11.290 And þe title þat ȝeR.11.303: R's ȝe seems to be
the reading of alpha (F is substantially different but agrees on the second person); although
W agrees with R on this reading, presumably by enlightened correction (in the b-verse, nearly
all the B copies agree with R on the second-person pronoun reference ),
the mass of evidence indicates that beta had a third-person plural in the a-verse (L = þei). Cx is partially revised in this line but preserves
the alpha second-person pronouns. take ordres by telleth ȝe ben auaunsed
.