Abstract
Men schal fynden lihtliche Jpis tretys in Cadence. After pe bigynninge. 3if hit beo riht poynted ' & Rymed in sum stude. The exact force of the word 'cadence' in Middle English texts presents a problem that has vexed many scholars and been 'solved' in various ways, so that the advancement of another theory would seem to demand some apology. Yet a precise definition of the term as used in the prefatory note to A Talking of the Love of God1 is an indispensable preliminary to any close study of one style of Middle English prose, and a re-examination of the evidence is due. Miss E. P. Hammond2 has collected a number of occurrences of the word in Middle English, which it is convenient to group as follows, according to the nature of the context: (a) Lydgate, Fall of Princes, ix, 1. 3990: Colours of cadence;
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