On the other hand some contemporary authors of the South, reckoned as included in the Modern English period, continue to admit in several cases the syllabic final _-e_, but this can only be regarded as an exception. E. g. _The sótë séason, that búd and blóom forth bríngs_ Surrey, p. 3; _Thát the Gréeks bróught to Tróyë tówn_ ib. 21; _Hersélf in shádow óf the clósë níght_ ib. 138; _Agáinst the búlwark óf the fléshë fráil_ Wyatt 207; _But tréated áfter á divérsë fáshion_ ib. 7.
Spenser does not seem to admit syllabic final _-e_, in spite of his archaic style.
§ =107.= Like the inflexional syllables, the suffixes of derivatives may be treated in a twofold manner. Those of Germanic origin for the most part call for little remark, as many of them have coalesced with the root of the word, and others, as e.g. the syllables _-ing_, _-ness_, _-y_, _-ly_, can, on account of their phonetic character, only be metrically treated as full syllables. Only a few fluctuate in their metrical treatment, as e.g. _-en_, _-er_, _-le_, mostly after a consonant; these will be dealt with in the section on the slurring of syllables.
Of much greater importance are the formative endings of Romanic origin, especially those which begin with an _i_, _e_, or _u_ + a vowel, as _-iage_, _-ian_, _-iaunt_, _-iance_, _-ience_, _-ient_, _-ier_, _-ioun_, _-ious_, _-eous_, _-uous_, _-ial_, _-ual_, _-iat_, _-iour_. Such endings may either have their full value, or be slurred in rhythm, i.e. they may be treated either as disyllabic or as monosyllabic.
The full forms do not occur frequently in the interior of the line, but mostly in the last foot, where the endings bear the last arsis and offer a convenient rhyme. Hence we conclude, that the slurred pronunciation (synizesis) had in the later Middle English period already become general in ordinary speech, although the full value is in rhyme-words certainly more common: e.g. _viáge: pílgrimáge_ Chaucer, Prol. 77-8; _langáge: márriáge_ ib. 211-12; _térciáne: báne_ N. Pr. Tale 139-40; _córdiál: spéciál_ Prol. 443-4; _ethériáll: impériáll_ Lyndesay, Monarchie 139-40; _curát: licénciát_ Chauc. Prol. 219-20; _láste: ecclésiáste_ ib. 707-8; _réverénce: cónsciénce_ ib. 225-6; _offénce: páciénce_ Kn. T. 225-6; _dísposícióun: cónstellációun_ ib. 229-30; _prisóun: compássióun_ ib. 251-2; _áscendént: páciént_ Prol. 117-18; _obédiént: assént_ ib. 851-2; _óriént: résplendént_ Lyndesay, Monarchie 140-2; _glorióus: précióus_ ib. 28-32, 44-5, 48-52, 75-9, 151-2, &c.; _ymágynációun: impréssióun: illusióun_ James I, Kingis Quair, st. 12; _nációun: mýlióun: méncióun_ ib. st. 78. Slurred endings: _Ful wél bilóved and fámuliér was hé_ Chauc. Prol. 215; _And spéciallý_ ib. 15; _a cúrious pýn_ ib. 196; _Perpétuellý, not ónly fór a yéer_ Kn. T. 600; _Suspécious wás the_ Clerk's T. 540; _This sérgeant cám_ ib. 575, 582, &c.