<lb>

<lb> (line break) marks the start of a new (typographic) line in some edition or version of a text. 3.10.3 Milestone Elements 7.2.4 Speech Contents
Module core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
In addition to global attributes att.typed (@type, @subtype) att.sourced (@ed)
Used by
model.milestoneLike
May contain Empty element
Declaration 

<rng:element name="lb">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.sourced.attributes"/>
 <rng:empty/>
</rng:element>
element lb
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.sourced.attributes,
   empty
}
Example

This example shows typographical line breaks within metrical lines, where they occur at different places in different editions:

<l>Of Mans First Disobedience,<lb ed="1674"/> and<lb ed="1667"/> the Fruit</l>
<l>Of that Forbidden Tree, whose<lb ed="1667 1674"/> mortal tast</l>
<l>Brought Death into the World,<lb ed="1667"/> and all<lb ed="1674"/> our woe,</l>
Note
By convention, lb elements should appear at the point in the text where a new line starts. The n attribute, if used, indicates the number or other value associated with the text between this point and the next lb element, typically the sequence number of the line within the page, or other appropriate unit. This element is intended to be used for marking actual line breaks on a manuscript or printed page, at the point where they occur; it should not be used to tag structural units such as lines of verse (for which the l element is available) except in circumstances where structural units cannot otherwise be marked.
The type attribute may be used to characterize the line break in any respect, but its most common use is to specify that the presence of the line break does not imply the end of the word in which it is embedded. A value such as inWord or nobreak is recommended for this purpose, but encoders are free to choose whichever values are appropriate.