Then thus I turne me from my countries light To dwell in solemne shades of endlesse night Ric.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
Old Iohn of Gaunt is verie sicke my Lord, Sodainly taken, and hath sent post haste To entreat your Maiesty to visit him Ric.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
Thus, in endeavoring to sound correctly the a in met'Ric-al, the pupil is very apt to say met-Ric-al'.
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader"
William Holmes McGuffey