To bóres and to bróckes | þat bréketh adòwn myne hégges. vi. 31.
And so I trówe tréwly | by þat men télleth of chárite. xv. 158.
Ac ȝut in mány mo máneres | mén offènden þe hóligòste. xvii. 280.
Extended first hemistich (Type A):
Léue him nòuȝt, for he is lécherous | and líkerous of tónge. vi. 268.
Láboreres þat haue no lánde | to lýue on but her hándes. ib. 309.
‘Now, by þe péril of my soúle!’ quod Pieres, | ‘I shal apéyre ȝou álle!’
vi. 173.
Such verses obviously contain only two beats in each hemistich, although at the same time some of the syllables forming the thesis may have a somewhat stronger accent than others. For as a rule such extended verses are succeeded by a normal line, clearly bringing out again the general four-beat rhythm, as is the case with the line (A + A) following immediately upon the last-mentioned example:
And hóuped after húnger | þat hérd hym atte fírste. vi. 174.