Of special interest are the examples of wrenched and hovering accent found in the verse of Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey,--more especially in Wyatt. These mark the time when the syllable-counting principle was coming into prominence in English verse, under the new culture of the days of Henry VIII. The first conscious followers of this principle seem to have given it such prominence that a verse seemed good to them if it contained the requisite number of syllables, whether the accents conformed to any regular system or not. In the case of Wyatt we can also compare the original forms of many of his poems, as preserved in manuscript, with the revised forms as printed in Tottel's Miscellany (1557). (See Dr. Flügel's transcriptions from the Wyatt Mss., in _Anglia_, vol. xviii.) The following is the octave of one of the sonnets, as found in the Ms.: "Avysing the bright bemes of these fayer Iyes where he is that myn oft moisteth and wassheth the werid mynde streght from the hert departeth for to rest in his woroldly paradise And fynde the swete bitter under this gyse what webbes he hath wrought well he parceveth whereby with himselfe on love he playneth that spurreth with fyer: and bridillith with Ise." (_Anglia,_ xviii. 465.) Compare this with the revised form in Tottel's edition: "Avisyng the bright beames of those fayre eyes, Where he abides that mine oft moistes and washeth: The weried mynd streight from the hart departeth, To rest within hys worldly Paradise, And bitter findes the swete, under this gyse. What webbes there he hath wrought, well he preceaveth Whereby then with him self on love he playneth, That spurs wyth fire, and brydleth eke with yse." (Arber Reprint, p. 40.) It appears that this revision was the work of the editor, who had a better sense of true English rhythm than the poet himself. Alscher, however, in his work on Wyatt, contends that Wyatt doubtless revised his own verses so as to give them their finished form. (See _Sir Thomas Wyatt und Seine Stellung_, etc., p. 49.) Other lines in Wyatt's verse where the number of syllables is counted but where the accents are faulty, are these: "The long love that in my thought I harbour." "And there campeth displaying his banner." "And there him hideth and not appeareth." "For good is the life, ending faithfully."