The first is a good _spondeus_, the second a good _iambus_, and if the same wordes be broken thus it is not so pleasant. _I`n e-x tre-ame de` sire_ And yet the first makes a _iambus_, and the second a _trocheus_ ech sillable retayning still his former quantities. And alwaies ye must haue regard to the sweetenes of the meetre, so as if your word _polysillable_ would not sound pleasantly whole, ye should for the nonce breake him, which ye may easily doo by inserting here and there one _monosillable_ among your _polysillables_, or by changing your word into another place then where he soundes vnpleasantly, and by breaking, turne a _trocheus_ to a _iambus_, or contrariwise: as thus: _Ho-llo`w va-lle`is u-nde`r hi-e`st mou-ntai`nes Cra-ggi`e cli-ffes bri`ng foo-rth the` fai-re`st fou-ntai`nes_ These verses be _trochaik_, and in mine eare not so sweete and harmonicall as the _iambicque_, thus: _The` ho-llo`wst va-ls li`e u-nde`r hi-e`st mo-unta-ines The` cra-ggi`st clifs bri-ng fo-rth the` fai-re`st fou-nta-ines_. All which verses bee now become _iambicque_ by breaking the first _bissillables_, and yet alters not their quantities though the feete be altered: and thus, _Restlesse is the heart in his desires Rauing after that reason doth denie_. Which being turned thus makes a new harmonie. _The restlesse heart, renues his old desires Ay rauing after that reason doth it deny_. And following this obseruation your meetres being builded with _polysillables_ will fall diuersly out, that is some to be _spondaick_, some _iambick_, others _dactilick_, others _trochaick_, and of one mingled with another, as in this verse. _He-aui`e I-s the` bu-rde`n of Pri`nce`s i-re_ The verse is _trochaick_, but being altered thus, is _iambicque_. _Fu`ll he-aui`e i-s the` pa-ise o`f Pri-nce`s i-re_ And as _Sir Thomas Wiat_ song in a verse wholly _trochaick_, because the wordes do best shape to that foote by their naturall accent, thus, _Fa-rewe`ll lo-ue a`nd a-ll thi`e la-wes fo`r e-ve`r_ And in this ditty of th'Erle of Surries, passing sweete and harmonicall: all be _Iambick_. _When raging loue with extreme paine So cruell doth straine my hart, And that the teares like fluds of raine Beare witnesse of my wofull smart._ Which beyng disposed otherwise or not broken, would proue all _trochaick_, but nothing pleasant. Now furthermore ye are to note, that al _monosyllables_ may receiue the sharp accent, but not so aptly one as another, as in this verse where they serue well to make him _iambicque_, but not _trochaick_. _Go`d grau-nt thi`s pea-ce ma`y lo-ng e`ndu-re_ Where the sharpe accent falles more tunably vpon [graunt] [peace] [long] [dure] then it would by conuersion, as to accent then thus: _Go-d grau`nt - thi-s pea`ce - ma-y lo`ng - e-ndu-re._