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Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 



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pees, encresse, sese, lese, XT, 28. 



f erre, "vrarre, XI, 28. 



ferre, marre, narre, warre, IX, .5. 

 These rime series number 30. 

 XI contains 63 different varieties of rime. 

 IX contains 52 different varieties of rime. 

 The rime series of XI number 134. 

 The rime series of IX number 92. 



The agreeing- rime series constitute 18/134: of all in XI, and 12/92 of all in IX. 

 The riming words agreeing number 20 in 106 lines of XI, and in 320 lines of IX, or 1 in 

 16 lines of IX. 



XI agrees with VIII and with no other in rime series upon ' fall ' and ' newe.' 

 Among these there are no identical rimes. 

 Included rimes are— 



newe, trewe, XI, 12. 



ti'ewe, hewe, brewe, newe, VIII, 3. 



sewe, newe, rewe, trewe, VIII, 14. 



newe, trewe, rewe, sew, XI, 33. 

 These rime series number T. 

 XT contains 63 different varieties of rime. 

 VIII contains 29 different varieties of rime. 

 The rime series of XT number 134. 

 The rime series of V ITT number 38. 



The agreeing rime series constitute 4/134 of all in XT and 8/38 of all in VIII. 

 The riming words agreeing number 7 in 406 lines of XT, and in 151 lines of VIII, or 1 in 

 21 In VIIT. 



XI agrees with XXXIX and with no other in no rime series. 

 XI contains 63 different varieties of rime. 

 XXXIX contains 18 different varieties of rime. 

 The rime series of XI number 134. 

 The rime series of XXXIX number 40. 



XT agrees with TX and X and with no other in 20 rime series. 

 XI agrees with VIII, IX, and X and with no other in 65 rime series. 

 XI agrees with XXXIX, IX, and X and with no other in 30 rime series. 

 VIII and IX, not XXXIX, have 11 series in common. 



VIII and XXXIX, not IX, have 1 series in common. 



IX and XXXIX, not VIII, have 4 series in common. 

 VIII, IX, and XXXIX, have 9 series in common. 



The more important of the above results may be tabulated as 

 follows — XI in agreement with — 



Riming sounds 7 



Eiming series | 24 



Fractional part of total 

 number of rimes in 

 measured play 1/10 



Word agreements . . 



IX. 



8 

 30 



VIII. XXXIX. 



1/12 



IX and VIII, IX TX, X, 

 X. and X. XXXIX. 



1/7 

 [ 1 in 27 1 in 16 1 in 21 

 ) I lines. I lines, lines. 



20 65 30 



1/18 1/4 1/9 



