CERTAIN PRONUNCIATIONS: Lines exemplifying these

Matthew Albert Bayfield

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511693458.016

The word hour (sometimes spelt hower in the Quartos) is common as a disyllable, and -ire and perhaps -ure are not infrequently disyllabic. Not a few of the examples are from work that is not Shakespeare's, and one or two might be read differently.

Trenchèd in ice, which with an | hour's | heat

T. G. 3. 2. 7.

Or vainly comes the ad|mired | princess hither.

L. L. L. 1. 1. 141.

I promised to in|quire | carefully

T. S. 1. 2. 165.

Being ⋮ but the | one half | of an en|tire | sum

L. L. L. 2. 1. 131.

And ⋮ hire | post-horses; | I will hence to-night.

R. and J. 5. 1. 26.

Have ⋮ hired | me to undermine the duchess

2 Hen. VI 1. 2. 98.

Cowards ⋮ father | cowards, and | base things | sire | base.

Cymb. 4. 2. 26.

Being ⋮ purged, a | fire | sparkling in lovers' eyes;

R. and J. 1. 1. 197.

And, brother York, thy acts in | Ire|land,

2 Hen. VI 1. 1. 194.

Lives not alone im|mured | in the brain;

L. L. L. 4. 3. 328.

Sháll we | hear from him? | —Be as|sured, | madam,

Cymb. 1. 3. 23.

So occasionally other syllables with r following a vowel:

Buried some | dear | friend? Hath not | else his | eye

C. of E. 5. 1. 50.

A Study of Shakespeare's Versification

With an Inquiry into the Trustworthiness of the Early Texts an Examination of the 1616 Folio of Ben Jonson's Works and Appendices including a Revised Test of 'Antony and Cleopatra'

APP. V - CERTAIN PRONUNCIATIONS: Lines exemplifying these

A Study of Shakespeare's Versification

With an Inquiry into the Trustworthiness of the Early Texts an Examination of the 1616 Folio of Ben Jonson's Works and Appendices including a Revised Test of 'Antony and Cleopatra'

APP. V - CERTAIN PRONUNCIATIONS: Lines exemplifying these

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