Cr1.10.195KD.10.192 Loke thou loue lellie if the leketh Dowell
C.10.194KD.10.192 loke þou loue lely · if þe likes do wel
R.10.199KD.10.192
LoueR.10.199: Beta reads Loke. The A version has
Leue. þow loue lelly if þow
thenkeR.10.199: For R's þow thenke, beta reads þe
lyketh. This lapse in alliteration descended to R from alpha (cf. F's þow
þynke to) but is paralleled in the A-version. It
may have resulted from scribal discomfort with the impersonal construction and inverted word
order of Bx: dative pronoun + verb (i.e., þe lyketh
). do wel .
F.7.198KD.10.192þerfore love þou leelly / love / if þou þynke to dowel.F.7.198: F's reading is unique. Beta reads "Loke þow loue lelly if þee likeþ dowel." Alpha may have been corrupt, for R
has "Loue þow loue lelly if þow thenke dowel."