hálde wé gódes láȝe. ib. 21.

Óf the próphéte | that hátte Séynt Iohán. Passion, 26.

Not unfrequently, also, this licence is caused by the rhyme, as in the following examples:

Myd Hárald Árfáger, | kýng of Nórthwéy: eye.

Rob. of Glouc. 22.

As wás king Róbert of Scótlánd: hand. Barbour, Bruce, 27.

And gúd Schyr Iámes of Dóuglás: was. ib. 29.

Súmwhat óf his clóþíng: king.

Rob. Mannyng, Handlyng Sinne, l. 5703.

The same manner of treatment may be found applied to words which end in -lyng, -esse, -nesse, and similar syllables, and which have a secondary accent on the last syllable and the chief accent on the preceding root-syllable.