text:  'Whosoever do peruse and well consider his (Chaucer's) works he shall find that although his lines are not always of one selfsame number of syllables yet being read by one that hath understanding the longest verse and that which hath most syllables in it will fall (to the ear) correspondent unto that which hath fewest syllables; and likewise that which hath fewest syllables shall be found yet to consist of words that have such natural sound as may seem equal in length to a verse which hath many more syllables of lighter accents