_The kíng would spéak with Córnwall: | the déar fáther._ Lear, II. iv. 102. _Déar my lórd, | íf you in yóur own próof._ Ado, IV. i. 46. Hor. _Whére my lórd? | Haml. In my mínd's éye, Horátio._ Ham. I. ii. 185. The two last examples also show the absence of the first thesis, which often occurs in Shakespeare; frequently, as in these cases, it is compensated by an extra stress laid on the first accented syllable (cf. § 84); e.g.: _Stáy! | the kíng has thrówn | his wárder dówn._ Rich. II, I. iii. 118. _Upón your Gráce's part; | bláck and féarful._ All's Well, III. i. 4. For the same reason a thesis is sometimes wanting in the interior of a line: _Of góodly thóusands. | Bút, for áll thís._ Macb. IV. iii. 44; or for phonetic reasons (cf. § 86): _A thírd thínks, | withóut expénse at áll._ 1 Hen. VI, I. i. 76. With respect to the word-stress and the metrical value of syllables there are in Shakespeare many archaic peculiarities. Some of those we have already dealt with; for the rest the reader must consult the works in which they are specially discussed. § =171.= Of great interest are the other metres that occur in combination with blank verse in Shakespeare's plays. Alexandrines are frequently met with, especially where one line is divided between two speakers: Macb. _I'll cóme to yóu anón._ | Murd. _We áre resólved, my lórd._ Macb. III. i. 139. Macb. _Hów does your pátient, dóctor?_ | Doct. _Nót so síck, my lórd._ ib. V. iii. 37; but also in many other cases: _Hów dares thy hársh rude tóngue | sound thís unpléasing néws?_ R. II, III. iv. 74. _And thése does shé applý | for wárnings, ánd porténts._ Caes. II. ii. 80. Frequently, however, such apparent Alexandrines can easily be read as regular five-foot lines, for which they were certainly intended by the poet, by means of the ordinary metrical licences, as slurring, double theses, epic caesuras, or feminine endings[162]; e.g.: _I had thóught, my lórd, | to have léarn'd his héalth of yóu._ R. II, II. iii. 24. _I prómise you, | Í am afráid | to héar you téll it._ R. III, I. iv. 65. _O'erbéars your ófficers; | the rábble cáll him lórd._ Haml. IV. v. 102.