Readings for line KD.18.251

L.18.257KD.18.251
And now shal lucifer leue it thowgh hym loth þinke
M.18.257KD.18.251
And now shal lucifer leue it . þouȝ hym loth þinke
Cr1.18.257KD.18.251
And now shal Lucifer leue it , though him loth think
W.18.257KD.18.251
And now shal Lucifer leue it . þouȝ hym looþ þynke
Hm.18.257KD.18.251
and now schall lucifer leue it · þowh hym loiþ þynke ·
C.18.256KD.18.251
And now schal lucifer leue it · þouȝ hym loth thynke
G.19.256KD.18.251
& now shall lucyfer leyuve leaue ytt / thogh hynhy[m] lothe thynke
O.18.257KD.18.251
And now schal lucifer leue it  þouȝ hym loþ þinke
R.18.255KD.18.251
And now schal lucifer itlucifer [lese] itR.18.255: R uniquely omits an essential word at this point; the beta manuscripts read leue while F reads leese. Cx agrees with beta.  þow hym lothe thenke .R.18.255: Immediately hereafter, alpha omitted the following lines from Bx:
For gygas þe geaunt with a gynne engyned
To breke & to bete dounn þat ben aȝeines ihesus. A revised version of these two lines appears in the C version.
F.14.253KD.18.251
& now shal lucifer leese it / þey hym looþ þynke.F.14.253: Alpha omitted the following lines from Bx:
For gigas þe geaunt wiþ a gyn engyned
To breke and to bete adoun þat ben ayeins Iesus.