M.6.186KD.6.182.1ErM.6.186: M's Er is unique. All other B manuscripts read Or. ellus me..lk and mene ale þus praide piers for hem .
Faitors
worke for
fear of hon
ger .
Cr1.6.186KD.6.182.1 Or els milke or meane ale thus prayed Pierce for hem .
C.6.184KD.6.182.1 Or elles mylk and meynye ale · þus prayed pers for hem
O.6.187KD.6.182.1Or ellis mylk & meyne ale þus preyede peers for hemO.6.187: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on grounds of "prosiness and verbosity" as well as its failure
to alliterate.