Note 72 — Chapter I · FROM THE ORIGINS TO CHAUCER—THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLISH VERSE[49]
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Westward | right swich, | ano|ther in | the op|posite.
(Knight's Tale, 1036.)
And said, | O deer|e housbond|e, be|nedi|citee!
(Wife of Bath's Tale, 231.)
Doth so | his ce|rimo|nies and | obei|saunces, And ke|peth in | semblant | all his | obser|vaunces.
(Squire's Tale, 515, 516.)