In the following words also the final _e_ is sometimes suppressed for the verse: _these_ (also _thes_), Prol. 900, 1037, i. 435, ii. 237, &c. (but _thesë_, v. 813, 1127, vii. 1005, &c.): _whiche_ plur. (also _which_), ii. 604, iv. 1496, &c. (but _whichë_, i. 404, v. 1269, vii. 822, 1256, &c.): _eche_ (also _ech_), v. 6883, according to F, cp. Prol. 516: _there_ (usually _ther_), viii. 2311, 2689 (but _therë_, iii. 1233, &c., and often in rhyme): _were_ pret. ind. or subj. (also _wer_), iii. 1600, iv. 600, 1657, 1689 (but more usually _werë_, as Prol. 1072, iii. 762, v. 2569, vii. 4458): _where_ (usually _wher_), v. 4355 (but _wherë_, v. 2720): _more_ (also _mor_), ii. 26, v. 2239, 6207, vii. 3237 (but _morë_, Prol. 55*, 640, iv. 2446, vii. 3287, &c.): _before_, _tofore_ (also _befor_, _tofor_), i. 2054, 2864, iii. 2052 (but _beforë_, Prol. 848, and often in rhyme): _foure_, vii. 2371 (but _fourë_, ii. 1037, iv. 2464): _fare_ (wel), iii. 305, iv. 1378 (but _farëwel_, v. 4218): _sire_, i. 2878, ii. 2995 (but _sirë_, v. 3547, 5593): _wite_, ii. 455 (but _witë_, v. 3150, 3445): _wole_ (also _wol_), v. 2891, 2911, &c.: _bothe_, ii. 1966, 2154, iv. 2138, &c. (but _bothë_, Prol. 1068, i. 851, &c.): _wolde_ (also _wold_), v. 4413 (usually _woldë_): _come_, ii. 789, iv. 2826 (but _comë_, pp. iv. 1283, vi. 1493, vii. 4840, inf. viii. 1362): _some_, pl. subst., iii. 2112, v. 2252 (but _somë_, i. 2034 ff.): _have_, Prol. 708, i. 169, 2724, ii. 550, iv. 1600 (but _havë_, ii. 332, iv. 1598): _love_, subst. iv. 930, vi. 1261 (but _lovë_ much more often, e.g. i. 103, 251, 760, &c.): _tuelve_ (also _tuelf_), iv. 1983 (but _tuelvë_, vii. 1005): _trewe_ (also _trew_), v. 2877 (but _trewë_, pl., Prol. 184, def., iii. 2228): _mowe_, inf. (also _mow_), iv. 38: _seie_, inf. and 1st s. pres. iii. 1737, iv. 672, v. 2616, 6428, &c. (but _seië_ often): _preie_, 1st s. pres. (also _prai_), v. 4531 (but _preië_, v. 3230): _furthere_, _forthere_ (also _further_, _forther_), iii. 81, 885: _lengere_ (also _lenger_), i. 1516, ii. 2602: _rathere_ (also _rather_), ii. 503, vii. 4161, viii. 2141: _janglere_, v. 526: also some isolated cases, as _aboute_, v. 2914, _Take_, v. 7169, _Minotaure_, v. 5327 (but _Minotaurë_, 5291, &c.), _Theophile_, viii. 1500. In iv. 1131, v. 447, 5011, which we have quoted above, the superfluous syllable in each case may be connected with the pause in the sentence, as in _Mirour de l’omme_, 10623, ‘L’un ad franchise, l’autre ad servage.’