L.12.289KD.12.287 ¶ Ac trewth þat trespassed neuere · ne transuersedL.12.289: LCrR alone read transuersed; most other B manuscripts have trauersed. aȝeines his lawe
Cr1.12.288KD.12.287 And truth þat trespaced neuer , ne transuersed against his law
C.12.288KD.12.287 ¶ And treuthe that trespassed neuere · ne trauersed ayeins his lawe
R.12.290KD.12.287 ¶ Ac treutheR.12.290: Here alpha omitted an essential relative pronoun; cf. beta's trewth þat trespassed. Beta's reading is also that of C. trespased neuere ne
transuersed aȝen his lawe .
F.9.405KD.12.287But þe knyghtF.9.405: Though alpha is responsible for the omission of þat before trespased, F alone among B witnesses substitutes þe knyght for truþe. trespased neuere / ne tranuersydtran[s]uersydF.9.405: CrLR also read transuersed, a reading appearing in numerous C manuscripts. Beta has trauersed. See Kane-Russell's Piers Plowman: The C Version (London: Athlone Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles: U of California P, 1997), p. 487. a-geyn his lawe.