L.7.87KD.7.80 For he þat ȝiueth ȝeldeth · and ȝarketh hym to reste
M.7.87KD.7.80For heM.7.87: M's original reading without he agreed with Cot. þat ȝyeueþ ȝyeldeþ and ȝyarkeþ him to reste .
Cr1.7.86KD.7.80 For he that geueth yeldeth and yarketh hym to rest
C.7.86KD.7.80 For he þat gyues yeldes · and yarkes hym to reste
G.8.86KD.7.80 for he that gyuvythe yeldethe & yarkythe hym to rest
R.7.87KD.7.80 For he
ȝiftR.7.87:
F reads the opening of this a-verse as For þe man þat ȝifte; beta has
For he þat ȝiueth. It seems clear from these overlapping agreements
that R is responsible uniquely for omitting þat, that F replaces
archetypal he with þe man, and that the ȝifte / ȝiueth dichotomy reflects an alpha / beta
difference. ȝeldeth and ȝarketh hym to reste .
F.5.1071KD.7.80For þe man þat ȝifte ȝeviþ / he ȝarkiþ his sowle reste.F.5.1071: F extensively revises the line. Beta reads "For he þat yeueþ yeldeþ and yarkeþ hym to reste." Alpha has the noun
ȝifte in place of beta's yeueþ.