Manuscript readings for KD.3.149

L.3.150KD.3.149 ¶ She blesseth þise bisshopes · þeiȝ.e þey be lewed
               
M.3.150KD.3.149She bless.eth þ...ise bisshop..es . þeiȝe þei ben lewde
               
Cr1.3.151KD.3.149  She blysseth these bushops though they be lewde
W.3.150KD.3.149  ¶ She blesseþ þise Bisshopes . þeiȝ þei be lewed
               
Hm.3.148KD.3.149  ¶ Sche blesseþ these buschopes · thouwh they seme lewed
               
C.3.150KD.3.149  Scho blisses þise bisschopes · thyo þey be lewed
G.4.150KD.3.149  she blessyth thes bysshopps thoght þei be lewde
O.3.149KD.3.149Sche blessiþ þeise bischoppis  þouȝ þei been lewide
               
R.3.141KD.3.149-150
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                  						He blisseth þes bisshopes  and prestes am.eyntenetha m.eynteneth .R.3.141: R's phrasing in this line represents a unique compression of two lines from
                        								Bx, apparently necessitated by textual loss in alpha since F also
                        							improvises at this point. Beta, which here appears to reflect Bx better, reads:

                        							She blesseth þise Bisshopes þeiȝe þey be lewed 
 Prouendreth persones,
                           								and prestes meynteneth.
 Nevertheless, when R and F witness an alpha variant in
                        							this last half-line, with their inclusion of a reasserted pronoun (cf. F's & prestys she meynteneþ), they are presumably attesting Bx accurately since both the A and C versions agree on this point.
F.4.138KD.3.149& she blessiþ bisshopis / & beggerys she hateþ.  A problem in alpha has led F to invent new b-verses for these two lines.  Beta witnesses attest: 
  She blesseþ þise Bisshopes þeiȝ þei be lewed 
  Prouendreth persones, and preestes maynteneþ
Readings for line KD.3.149
