Examples:—
‘I have already chose my officer.’
Othello, Act i. Sc. 1.
‘Methought this staff, mine office badge in court, was broke in twain.’—Henry VI, Part II, Act i. Sc. 2.
‘By what yourself too late have spoke and done.’
King Lear, Act i. Sc. 4.
‘Why was this forbid?’—Paradise Lost, Bk. ix. 703.
‘Waiting desirous her return, had wove
Of choicest flowers a garland.’
Paradise Lost, Bk. ix. 839.