M.5.227KD.5.223And ȝyit it cam in .........cuppemele þis crafte my .......wif vsed
Cr1.5.225KD.5.223 And yet it came in cupemele thys craft she vsed .
C.5.227KD.5.223 And yet come in copmele þis craft my wif vsed
R.5.228KD.5.223 And ȝet it com in coppe-mele
þis crafte my wif vseth .R.5.228: The present-tense marking represents alpha's reading (but cf. see the
Introduction III.2.2.10 on R's—and
alpha's—possibly ambiguous tense marking); cf. beta's vsed. Both
Ax and Cx agree with beta.
F.5.225KD.5.223& ȝit it com in / cuppe-mel / swich craft she vseþF.5.225: Alpha has present tense vseþ against the beta family's preterite.