725: _And {w}ent forthe on hys {w}ey_; 107: _And on hys {w}ey gan he {w}ynd_; 2030: _She {w}ent on that {w}ilsom~ {w}ay_; 989: _ale {w}yld at {w}yle_; 2088: _In no {w}ise he {w}old_; 1206: _To {w}ed her to my {w}yffe_; 749: _That {w}yt ys vndyr {w}ede_; 1315: _Aƚƚ men {w}onderid on that {w}ight_; 33: _{w}orthyest in {w}ede_. _c._ Substantives and verbs are combined in the relation of subject and predicate. 2221: _Down {kn}elid that {kn}yght_; 854: _Whether the {f}ynd can {f}yght_; 2390: _There that his {l}ady {l}ent_; 2064: _My {l}ove was on the {l}ent_; 1219: _Gret {l}ordys to churche her {l}ed_; 170: _The fyndes {sp}ere {sp}arrythe hyme nothyng_; 84: _No {st}on lettythe he {st}ond_. _d._ Verbs and substantives are combined as predicate and object. 2490: _his {b}ak to {b}end_; 2532: _That {c}outh moche {c}urtesye_; 273: _Thy {d}ethe than wyƚƚ he {d}yght_, cf. 1043: _Hys {d}ethe to hyme ys {d}yght_; 1648: _Thy {d}eth now is {d}ight_; 2123: _What {d}eth they wold hym {d}o_; 161: _My lordes {f}rethe thus to {f}eƚƚ_; 2235: _{F}ound hym his {fi}ƚƚ off {ffy}ght_; 1743: _The {ff}orward ye to {f}ulleffylle_; 651: _He {g}athyred svm of hys {g}ere_; 210: _Vpp both his {h}andes he {h}eld_; 1799: _For Iesu is love, that {h}arood {h}eƚƚ_; 1820: _Whan they {l}ed that {l}ady ffre_; 2080: _{L}eve we now that {l}ady gent_; 1663: _Ech on other {l}aid good {l}ode_; 1495: _To god that {m}ade {m}an_; 435: _A gret {m}aynerey let he {m}ake ryght_; 264: _To hym sche {m}ad here {m}one_; 645: _He {r}awght Torrent soche a {r}owght_; 1172: _And aƚƚ to {sh}everd his {sh}eld_; 502: _Tho he be {st}rod anoble {st}ede_; 2482: _Torent be {str}ode a stede {str}ong_; 281: _I schaƚƚ the {t}eƚƚ soche a {t}okyn~_; 2013: _Ne {w}anted she no {w}oo_; 115: _He that schaƚƚ {w}end soche a {w}ey_; 439: _Hom-ward to {w}end ther {w}ey_; 2448: _And than~ to {w}end her {w}ay_; 2457: _And to her logyng {w}ent her {w}ay_; 1544: _Other {w}ayes yf I {w}end_; 207: _That hathe thys {w}orld to {w}yld_. § 3. THE DIALECT. The stanza of twelve lines was probably first employed in the north of England; at least it would be difficult to prove the existence of a poem composed in this metre in the southern part of the country; therefore it is beforehand probable that the romance of _Torrent_ was composed either in some part of the Midlands or in the North. In order to determine the dialect more precisely, we restrict ourselves to a careful consideration of the rhymes. 1. SHORT VOWELS.