I cannot believe that _thyssen_ was ever in use as the plural number of _this_. The termination seems to have been added, for the sake of the metre, by one who knew that many words formerly ended in _en_, but was quite ignorant of what particular sorts they were. In the same manner _coyen_, Æ. 125. and _sothen_, Æ. 227. are put for _coy_ and _sothe_, contrary to all usage or analogy. And this leads me to the capital blunder, which runs through all these poems, and would alone be sufficient to destroy their credit; I mean, the termination of _verbs in the singular number_ in _n_[3]. I will set down a number of instances, in which _han_ is used for the present or past time _singular_ of the v. _Have_; only premising, that _han_, being an abbreviation of _haven_, is never used by any ancient writer except in the present time _plural_ and the infinitive mode. P. 26. v. 9. The Brytish Merlyn oftenne _hanne_ The gyfte of inspyration. Ba. 2. The featherd songster chaunticleer _Han_ wounde hys bugle horne. Æ. 685. Echone wylle wyssen hee _hanne_ seene the daie. 734. Bryghte sonne _han_ ynne hys roddie robes byn dyghte. 650. Whanne Englonde _han_ her foemenn. 1137. ----Mie stede _han_ notte mie love. 1184. _Hanne_ alle the fuirie of mysfortunes wylle Fallen onne mie benned headde I _hanne_ been Ælla stylle. G. 20. _Hane_ Englonde thenne a tongue butte notte a stynge? M. 61. A tye of love a dawter faire she _hanne_. H. 1. 74. Ne doubting but the bravest in the londe _Han_ by his foundynge arrowe-lede bene sleyne. 182. Where he by chance _han_ slayne a noble's son. 184. And in the battel he much goode _han_ done. 188. He of his boddie _han_ kepte watch and ward. 207. His chaunce in warr he ne before _han_ tryde. 281. The erlie felt de Torcies trecherous knyfe _Han_ made his crymson bloude and spirits floe. 319. O Hengist, _han_ thy cause bin good and true! 321. The erlie was a manne of hie degree. And _han_ that daie full manie Normannes sleine. 337. But better _han_ it bin to lett alone. If more instances should be wanted, see H. 1. 396. 429. 455. H. 2. 306. 703.--p. 275. ver. 4.--p. 281. ver. 63.--p. 288. ver. 1. In the same irregular manner the following verbs are used _singularly_. E. I. 10. Then _fellen_ on the grounde and thus yspoke. H. 2. 665. Bewopen Alfwoulde _fellen_ on his knee. P. 287. ver. 17. For thee I _gotten_ or bie wiles or breme. H. 1. 252. He turned aboute and vilely _souten_ flie. H. 2. 339. Fallyng he _shooken_ out his smokyng braine. H. 2. 334. His sprite--Ne _shoulden_ find a place in anie songe. Æ. 172. So Adam _thoughtenne_ when ynn paradyse---- 1136. Tys now fulle morne; I _thoughten_, bie laste nyghte--