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cxxxiv Chapter XI.—Metrical Types of the Speculum.
this construction is attributed to the great Elizabethan master, Abt,
§ 479.
Group Y of the Speculum often seeks to remove the monosyllabic
first measure by the introduction of an unstressed syllable beginning
the line. The effort of If at reconstruction of the metre is to be
noted. Verse 7 accomplishes this by the introduction of ys ; v. 18
replaces In with Into ; v. 30 writes Sire Gy for Gy ; v. 49 has Vpon
for On; v. 54 ouyr vs for us; v. 57 Doo me make for Make me;
v. 74 But pyffe for Bote; verses 28, 39, and 41 are not altered in
the first measure.
E. The first measure of type E is represented by a thesis of two
syllables, i. e. verse mit doppeltem auftakt. In contrast with the
five-stressed measure, where the type is not uniformly well repre-
sented, many verses of the Speculum may be read according to this
model:
v. 341. But pu loue • pe cristene pat bi pe be (MS. Ax).—504.
Whan we him bisekep ‘ pat riht is. With unstressed final syllable :
v. 21. Ne for loue, to god • ne for his eipe.—36. And in his seruise •
was euere more.—37. A god man per was • in pilke ddwe.—754. And,
of nedful ping • i wole you teche.—1006. pat in dlmesse dede ’ is double
god.—1013. In anoper stede • i hdue witness'd Additional instances
are: 124?, 143, 145, *232, 280, 284, 329, 340, 465, 507, 535?, 564,
565, 567, *581, 582, 683, 779, 793, 795,* 835, 859, 936, 940, *959,
966, 975,? 976.
A2 preserves in verse 149 the reading of A in distinction from
E, pis is being read pis’ tyis'Is'). Verses 341 and 504 were much
tampered with by the scribes (cf. variants) in aspiration toward
type A.
By the omission of pat, v. 1006 conforms to the fundamental
type on basis of MS. R in opposition to AT and D. Contrary to
other MSS., perhaps quite by accident, 92 (= 474) falls into type
A in IMS. A2 reading : And redy pare, • to do pendunce. The verse is
otherwise indefinite in classification, the criterion being redi. Accent-
ing the second syllable type E is illustrated. A preferred form places
the verse under A with double thesis in the second measure.
v. 1020. Also ofte as pou • may!, feue, ouht, is excluded from
type E, if Also be regarded as a single syllable; cf. Chaucer, Genl.
Prolog, v. 730. For this ye knowen also (== «Zs) wel as I.
The classification distinguishing any one of these individual types
is not absolute. A verse admits of various readings according to
this construction is attributed to the great Elizabethan master, Abt,
§ 479.
Group Y of the Speculum often seeks to remove the monosyllabic
first measure by the introduction of an unstressed syllable beginning
the line. The effort of If at reconstruction of the metre is to be
noted. Verse 7 accomplishes this by the introduction of ys ; v. 18
replaces In with Into ; v. 30 writes Sire Gy for Gy ; v. 49 has Vpon
for On; v. 54 ouyr vs for us; v. 57 Doo me make for Make me;
v. 74 But pyffe for Bote; verses 28, 39, and 41 are not altered in
the first measure.
E. The first measure of type E is represented by a thesis of two
syllables, i. e. verse mit doppeltem auftakt. In contrast with the
five-stressed measure, where the type is not uniformly well repre-
sented, many verses of the Speculum may be read according to this
model:
v. 341. But pu loue • pe cristene pat bi pe be (MS. Ax).—504.
Whan we him bisekep ‘ pat riht is. With unstressed final syllable :
v. 21. Ne for loue, to god • ne for his eipe.—36. And in his seruise •
was euere more.—37. A god man per was • in pilke ddwe.—754. And,
of nedful ping • i wole you teche.—1006. pat in dlmesse dede ’ is double
god.—1013. In anoper stede • i hdue witness'd Additional instances
are: 124?, 143, 145, *232, 280, 284, 329, 340, 465, 507, 535?, 564,
565, 567, *581, 582, 683, 779, 793, 795,* 835, 859, 936, 940, *959,
966, 975,? 976.
A2 preserves in verse 149 the reading of A in distinction from
E, pis is being read pis’ tyis'Is'). Verses 341 and 504 were much
tampered with by the scribes (cf. variants) in aspiration toward
type A.
By the omission of pat, v. 1006 conforms to the fundamental
type on basis of MS. R in opposition to AT and D. Contrary to
other MSS., perhaps quite by accident, 92 (= 474) falls into type
A in IMS. A2 reading : And redy pare, • to do pendunce. The verse is
otherwise indefinite in classification, the criterion being redi. Accent-
ing the second syllable type E is illustrated. A preferred form places
the verse under A with double thesis in the second measure.
v. 1020. Also ofte as pou • may!, feue, ouht, is excluded from
type E, if Also be regarded as a single syllable; cf. Chaucer, Genl.
Prolog, v. 730. For this ye knowen also (== «Zs) wel as I.
The classification distinguishing any one of these individual types
is not absolute. A verse admits of various readings according to