point out the preference for stanzas and for triple and quadruple
rhymes. An examination of the verses quoted will reveal something as to
the variety of forms adopted. Those cited from _Scenes 1_, _4_, and _32_
illustrate three types, while another favourite of the Coventry author
takes the following structure (A), with a variant in lines of half the
length (B):

(A) _Angelus_.

Wendyth fforthe, ye women thre,
Into the strete of Galylé;
Your Savyour ther xul ye se
Walkynge in the waye.
Your ffleschely lorde now hath lyff,
That deyd on tre with strook and stryff;
Wende fforthe, thou wepynge wyff,
And seke hym, I the saye.
(_Scene 36._)

(B) _Senescallus_ (_to Herod_).

Sere kyng in trone,
Here comyth anone
By strete and stone
Kynges thre.
They bere present,--
What thei have ment.
Ne whedyr they arn bent,
I cannot se.
(_Scene 17._)