Cr1.10.220KD.10.215 For Sorcerie is the souerenest boke þat to science longith
C.10.219KD.10.215 For sorcerie is þe souereigne book · þat to þe science langes
G.11.221KD.10.215 For sorcerye ys þe souereygesouereyg[n]e boke þat to thatG.11.221: Most A manuscripts share the G B reading that, which is adopted by Kane and Donaldson. Remaining B manuscripts read þe or þo. scyence longethe
R.10.224KD.10.215 For sorcerye is þe souereyne boke
þat to þo scienceR.10.224: R's combination of a plural determiner (þo) with a
singular noun (science) is unique; some B witnesses
read þe science (which is the Ax reading), while
others, including WHmF, read þo sciences. It may be that R's þo science represents an unmarked plural rather than the casual error it appears (on a
number of occasions, R offers unique, s-less genitive forms for his nouns). longeth
.