M.9.108KD.9.103M.9.108: As a result of eyeskip on heuene (M9.107 and M9.109), the scribe initially omitted M9.108-109. The missing lines were then written in the right margin next
to M9.110-111. Subsequently, a line of text was erased at the bottom of the folio and the two omitted lines were supplied
there, the corrector labeling lines 108-111 with the letters a-d to indicate their proper order, and the marginal correction
was erased. No other B manuscript omitted these two lines.a. And sithen to spille speche þat enspiredM.9.108: M shares with Cr the reading enspired. Other B manuscripts read spire, spicerie or spicere. Kane and Donaldson note that the word is "over erasure another hand." While it is true that the entirety of lines M9.108-109
is written as an addition at the bottom of the leaf in another ink, and that a line has been erased to make space for line
108, the individual word enspired is consistent in hand and ink with the rest of this addition. is of grace
Cr1.9.108KD.9.103 And sithen to spill speach that enspired is of grace
W.9.108KD.9.103 And siþþe to spille speche . þat spicerieW.9.108: W alone reads spicerie, "spice"; Hm reads spicere, "spice-dealer," while most other B manuscripts have spire, "shoot." is of grace
C.9.105KD.9.103 And sithe to spille speche · þat spire is of grace
R.9.109KD.9.103 And secheR.9.109:
F reads all swiche, which looks as though it is somehow related to R's seche but is equally devoid of sense. The likeliest explanation for these
variants is that alpha's <c> and <t> were indistinct and that alpha had intended
sethe. Beta's correct reading is sitthe. to
spille speche þat spire is of grace .
F.6.233KD.9.103& alle swiche þat spillyn speche / here spiryȝt haþ no grace.F.6.233: Bx reads "And siþþe to spille speche þat spire is of grace." Alpha has swiche in place of siþþe.