180 C. F. Tucker Brooke, 



2 Henry VI, III. i, 190: 



" Before / his legs / be firm / to bear / his bo- / dy." 

 Contention, p. 37, 1. 59 : 



" Of a- / shie sem- / blance, pale, / and blood- / (e)lesse." 

 2 Henry VI, III, ii, 162 : 



" Of a- / shy sem- / blance, mea- / gre, pale, / and blood- / less." 

 Contention, p. 38, 1. 93 : 



" Blunt wit- / ted Lord, / igno- / ble in / thy words." 

 2 Henry VI, III, ii, 210 : 



" Blunt wit- / ted lord, / igno- / ble in / demea- / nour." 

 Contention, p. 57, 1. 51 : 



" Did worke / me and / my land / such cru- / ell spight." 



2 Henry IV ,Y , i, 70 : 



" That Ii- / ving wrought / me such / excee- / ding trou- /ble." 

 True Tragedy, p. 5, 1. 55 : 



" My heart / for an- / ger breakes, / 1 can- / not speake." 



3 Henry VI, I, i, 60: 



" My heart / for an- / ger burns ; / 1 can- / not brook / it." 

 True Tragedy, p. 49, 1. 39 : 



" Whose wise- / dome was / a mir- / rour to / the world." 

 3 Henry VI, III, iii, 84: 



"Whose wis- / dom was / a mir / ror to / the wis- /est." 

 Trve Tragedy, p. 62, 1. 35 : 



" With what / secur' / ty we / male doe / this thing." 

 3 Henry VI, IV, vii, 52 : 



" By what / safe means / the crown / may be / reco- / ver'd." 

 Trve Tragedy, p. 70, 1. 22 : 



" Women / and chil- / dren of / so high / resolve." 

 3 Henry VI, V, iv, 50 : 



" Women / and chil- / dren of / so high / a cou- / rage." 

 Trve Tragedy, p. 76, i, 56 : 



" If a- / nie sparke / of life / remaine / in thee." 

 3 Henry VI, V, vi, 66: 



" If a- / ny spark / of life / be yet / remai- / ning." 



Of course, it is not to be supposed that Marlowe never wrote 

 eleven-syllable lines or that the reviser (Shakespeare) never employed 

 the pyrrhic fifth foot. The figures below would at once dispel such 



