Cr1.4.183KD.4.181 And as most folke wytneseth wrong shalbeshal be demyde .
Hm.4.180KD.4.181 and as moste moste folke wytnesseþ well · wronge schal be demyd
C.4.180KD.4.181 And as most folk witnesse wel · wronge shal be demed
O.4.184KD.4.181And as moostO.4.184: OC2 alone lack the subject of this clause; all other beta witnesses have folk. witnessen wel wrong schal be demed
R.4.183KD.4.181 And as alleR.4.183:
R's alle is an alpha reading. Cf. beta's moste. If beta
is original at this point, the omission of the second alliterating stave wel at the end of the a-verse is also derived from an alpha error but one shared with
Cr, G, and H. However, it is quite conceivable that F's reading for this half-line is the
authorial one (though unlikely to have been derived from alpha): & as alle
wyȝes witnesse. folke witnesseth wronge schal be ydemed .