Manuscript readings for KD.5.220

L.5.224KD.5.220 ¶ The best ale lay in my boure · or in my bedchambre
               
M.5.224KD.5.220The beste ale lay in my boure . or in my bed chambre
Cr1.5.222KD.5.220  The best ale lay in my boure or els in my chambre
W.5.223KD.5.220  ¶ The beste ale lay in my bour . or in my bedchambre
               
Hm.5.224KD.5.220  the beste ale lay yn my boure · or in my bedde-chambre
               
C.5.224KD.5.220  the beste ale lay in my bour · or in beddes chambre
               
G.6.224KD.5.220  þe best ale lyeG.6.224: The OED records lye as a possible fifteenth century form of the preterite of the verb "to lie."  Remaining manuscripts have lay.  See also G.14.21, G.17.266. In my bouvre or yn my bed-chambre
               
O.5.223KD.5.220Þe best ale lay in my boure  or in my bed-chaumbre
               
R.5.225KD.5.220
                  						¶¶ Þe best of alleR.5.225:
                        							R's of alle is unique; F and beta read ale. Among the
                        								C manuscripts, the P family omits this lection entirely (as does the
                        							cognate line in A), while the X family agrees with the reading of F and
                        							beta. lay in my boure  or in my bedde-chaumbre
                  						.
               
F.5.222KD.5.220& þe beste ale lay in my bowr / or in my bed-chambre.
               
Readings for line KD.5.220
