The only cases in which a secondary accent seems to be required for an unaccented final syllable are such rhymes as the following:--_hálì: forþí_ 13915-16 (cf. _Altengl. Metrik_, p. 160); _men: cómèn_ 13997-8 (MS. B: _men: here_), _men: dédèn_ 13975-6, _isómned wés: lóndès_ 25390-1, and so forth.[100] But rhymes of this kind are in comparison to the ordinary disyllabic or feminine endings so very rare (occurring, for the most part, in lines which admit of a purely alliterative scansion, or which have come down to us in an incorrect state), that they have no bearing on the general rhythmic accentuation of those final syllables, or on the rhythmic character of Layamon's verses in general (cf. p. 78, end of § 47). § =46. Analysis of verse-types.= In turning now to a closer examination of the rhythmic structure of the metre in Layamon's _Brut_ and in the somewhat earlier _Proverbs of Alfred_, we are glad to find ourselves more nearly than hitherto (though still not altogether) in agreement with the views of Prof. Luick. It is no small merit of his to have shown for the first time that the five types of rhythmic forms pointed out by Sievers as existing in the alliterative line are met with also in each of the four forms of verse of Layamon's _Brut_ and of the _Proverbs_. And here it is of interest to note that not only are the normal types of frequent occurrence (chiefly in the _Proverbs_), but the extended types also, especially in Layamon's _Brut_, are met with even more frequently. On account of our limited space only a few examples of each of the five types can be given in this handbook.