L.12.236KD.12.233 Why Adam neL.12.236: LCrMWR read ne; all other B witnesses omit it. hiled nouȝt firste · his mouth þat eet þe apple
# why Adam couered his licam rather than his mowth
Cr1.12.235KD.12.233 Why Adam ne hilled not first his mouth þat eat þe apple
C.12.236KD.12.233 Why Adam hilled nouȝt first · his mouthe that ete the appel
G.13.237KD.12.233 why adam hylled not furste hys mouvthe or þat heteG.13.237: The G scribe's reading or þat (for most manuscripts þat) followed by deleted <h> suggests that he anticipates a line with the meaning "Why Adam didn't cover his mouth before he
ate the apple" instead of Bx's "Why Adam didn't cover his mouth that ate the apple." The scribe writes or þat for "before" and is about to write he but realises this is not in his exemplar and changes it to ete. þe apple