Ensue has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Much hilarity will then ensue. | |
| 2. | Tears ensue, / and wailing, shrill as though her heart would bleed. | |
| 3. | Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt. That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years, that shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up, under Pharaoh's hands, and be reserved in the cities. And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity. | |
| 4. | But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. |