L.8.87KD.8.88 Þe bagges and þe bigurdeles · he hath to-brokenL.8.87: LCr1MR alone read to-broken; most other B manuscripts have tobroke, uncovering the final <-e> and enabling the elision that makes the b-verse metrical. hem alle
M.8.87KD.8.88Þe baggus and þe bigurdeles he haþ to-broken hem alle
Cr1.8.87KD.8.88 The bagges & the bigirdles he hath to-broken hem all
W.8.87KD.8.88 The bagges and þe bigirdles . he haþ to-broke hem alle
C.8.86KD.8.88 The bagges and þe bigirdils he has to brook hem alle
G.9.87KD.8.88 the bagges & þe bygerdelles he hathe broken þem all
O.8.85KD.8.88Þe baggys & þe bigyrdeles he haþ to-broke hem alle
R.8.83KD.8.88 Þe baggus and þe bygurdles he hath to-broken hem alle .
F.6.84KD.8.88Þe baggys bownde with brygerdlisF.6.84: F's use of the form brygirdel (See MED s.v. brech-girdel) to mean bi-girdel, "money-belt," had already taken place in the manuscripts of the A text of Piers Plowman, but it does not occur in other B witnesses. / he haþ broke hem alle