Confessio Amantis, Volume 1The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem. |
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Page 66
... ferst unto the mannes heste Was every creature ordeined , Bot afterward it was restreigned . Whan that he fell , thei fellen eke , Whan he wax sek , thei woxen seke ; For as the man hath passioun , Of seknesse , in comparisoun So ...
... ferst unto the mannes heste Was every creature ordeined , Bot afterward it was restreigned . Whan that he fell , thei fellen eke , Whan he wax sek , thei woxen seke ; For as the man hath passioun , Of seknesse , in comparisoun So ...
Page 81
... ferst beginne 305 To wite how that thin yhe hath stonde , The which is , as I understonde , The moste principal of alle , Thurgh whom that peril mai befalle . And for to speke in loves kinde , Ful manye such a man mai finde , Whiche ...
... ferst beginne 305 To wite how that thin yhe hath stonde , The which is , as I understonde , The moste principal of alle , Thurgh whom that peril mai befalle . And for to speke in loves kinde , Ful manye such a man mai finde , Whiche ...
Page 96
... ferst his wif in reste , And after pleigne to the king Upon the matiere of this thing . Tho was this wofull wif conforted Be alle weies and desported , Til that sche was somdiel amended ; And thus a day or tuo despended ; The thridde ...
... ferst his wif in reste , And after pleigne to the king Upon the matiere of this thing . Tho was this wofull wif conforted Be alle weies and desported , Til that sche was somdiel amended ; And thus a day or tuo despended ; The thridde ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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