§ =106.= In poems written in more southern dialects the final _-e_ retains its syllabic value later than in those of the North, in agreement with the actual usage of the dialects of these districts. _Sir Tristrem_ (c. 1300) has still many syllabic _e_'s in thesis; in the _Cursor Mundi_ (c. 1320) and the _Metrical Homilies_ (c. 1330) they are not so numerous, and they are still rarer in the poems of Laurence Minot (c. 1352) and of Thomas of Erceldoune. The editor of the last-mentioned poet, Prof. Alois Brandl, rejects the syllabic final _-e_ altogether in opposition to ten Brink and Luick. In Barbour's _Bruce_ (c. 1375) it is entirely silent.[135] But in the later poetry of the North, which was largely under the influence of southern English models, chiefly of Chaucer, many inflexional endings, especially various kinds of final _-e_, have a metrical value. King James I, one of the most eminent Scottish poets, e.g., is a strict follower of Chaucer in this respect, both in versification and language.[136] This will be shown by the following examples: _Myn éyen gán to smért_ stanza 8; _To séken hélp_ 99; _that néver chánge wóld_ 83; _That féynen óutward_ 136; _That ménen wéle_ 137; _We wéren áll_ 24; _Lýke to an hérte schápin vérilý_ 48; _Thús sall on thé my chárge béne iláid_ 120; _in lúfe fór a whíle_ 134; _Now, swéte bírd, say ónes tó me pépe, I dée for wó; me thínk thou gýnnis slépe_ 57; _And ón the smále gréne twístis sát_ 33; _Withín a chámber, lárge, równ, and fáire_ 77. Other Scottish poets, like Dunbar, use the final _e_ in the same way, but much more sparingly: _Amáng the gréne ríspis ánd the rédis_ Terge 56; _And gréne lévis dóing of déw doun fléit_ Thrissil and Rois 49; _scho sénd the swífte Ró_ ib. 78; _when Mérche wés with váriand wíndis past_ ib. 1. Only the inflexional endings of substantives and of verbs are used by Dunbar somewhat more frequently as full syllables, e.g.: _Had máid the bírdis to begín thair hóuris_ Thrissil and Rois 5; _of flóuris fórgit néw_ ib. 18; _the blástis óf his hórne_ ib. 34; _In át the wíndow lúkit bý the dáy_ ib. 10; _And hálsit mé_ ib. 11; _Bálmit in déw_ ib. 20; _The pérlit dróppis schúke_ Terge 14. Even Lyndesay still uses certain full endings now and then in this way: _Éleméntis: intént is_ Monarchie 247-8; _thay cán nocht ús it: abúsit_ Satire 2897-8; _Quhow Í ressávit cónfort_ Monarchie 132; _Lyke áurient péirles ón the twístis háng_ ib. 136. But the final _-e_ is hardly ever found in his verses forming a thesis. On the other hand some contemporary authors of the South, reckoned as included in the Modern English period, continue to admit in several cases the syllabic final _-e_, but this can only be regarded as an exception. E. g. _The sótë séason, that búd and blóom forth bríngs_ Surrey, p. 3; _Thát the Gréeks bróught to Tróyë tówn_ ib. 21; _Hersélf in shádow óf the clósë níght_ ib. 138; _Agáinst the búlwark óf the fléshë fráil_ Wyatt 207; _But tréated áfter á divérsë fáshion_ ib. 7.