I wíll yive hím the álderbéste

Yífte, that éver he abóod his líve.

Chauc. Blaunche, 246.

My lúte awáke, perfórm the lást

Lábour, that thóu and Í shall wáste.

Wyatt, p. 29,

or a verb from its subject or object, formed by a monosyllabic word:

To téllen shórtly, whán that hé

Was ín the sée, thús in this wíse.