M.7.64KD.7.60.1For he bad me ....seyneM.7.64: For seyn most B manuscripts read
make, though OC2 have take and Cr has tel. ȝyow þis and þis prouerbe me toolde
Cr1.7.64KD.7.60.1 For he bade me tel you this , & this prouerbe me told
C.7.63KD.7.60.1 For he bad me make yow þis · and þis prouerbe me tolde
O.7.64KD.7.60.1For he bade me takemakeO.7.64: OC2 alone have take. ȝow þis & þis prouerbe me toldeO.7.64: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure
to alliterate.
F.5.1047KD.7.60.1& yf þat y lyȝe now / seynt Matthew is to blame.F.5.1047: F omits the following unmetrical and probably spurious line from Bx: "For he bad me make yow þis and þis prouerbe me tolde."