Chauc. Blaunche, 68.
Me néed not lóng for tó beséech
Hér, that hath pówer me tó commánd.
Wyatt, p. 31.
But if, on the other hand, two closely connected parts of a sentence are each of them long enough to fill up two measures, they may be separated by enjambement:
Whan Zéphirús eek wíth his swéte bréethe
Enspíred háth in évery hólte and héethe
The téndre cróppes, ánd the yónge sónne
Háth in the Rám his hálfe cóurs irónne, &c.
Chauc. Prol. 5–8.