Cr1.14.51KD.14.46 Lyue through lele beleue , & loue as god wytnesseth .
C.14.51KD.14.46 Lyue thurgh lele bileue · and loue as god witnesseth
R.14.52KD.14.46
LifR.14.52:
R's Lif appears, at first, to be lexically unique. F has & lyve and beta shows Lyue; many C
manuscripts agree with beta, but many others read Leue. The problem with
R's "uniqueness" is that this spelling may not reflect intentional lexical difference but
merely inadvertent phonological overlap between voiced <v> and voiceless <f> in
Langland's own dialect; cf. the archetypal B spelling for the noun (=
ModEng "life") at R.14.27: above: in þi
liue. þoruȝ lele byleue and loue as god
witnesseth .