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 120
... gret nobleie Of lusti folk that were yonge : Wher some pleide and some songe , And some gon and some ryde , And some prike here hors aside And bridlen hem now in now oute . The kyng his yhe caste aboute , Til he was ate laste war And ...
... gret nobleie Of lusti folk that were yonge : Wher some pleide and some songe , And some gon and some ryde , And some prike here hors aside And bridlen hem now in now oute . The kyng his yhe caste aboute , Til he was ate laste war And ...
Page 174
... gret offrende and sacrifise Thei wedde and make a riche feste , And every thing which was honeste Withinnen house and ek withoute It was so don , that al aboute Of gret worschipe , of gret noblesse Ther cride many a man largesse Unto ...
... gret offrende and sacrifise Thei wedde and make a riche feste , And every thing which was honeste Withinnen house and ek withoute It was so don , that al aboute Of gret worschipe , of gret noblesse Ther cride many a man largesse Unto ...
Page 192
... gret ymaginacioun , What thing it signefie may ; And natheles , whan it was day , He bad caste ancher and abod ; And whil that he on ancher rod , The wynd , which was tofore strange , Upon the point began to change , And torneth thider ...
... gret ymaginacioun , What thing it signefie may ; And natheles , whan it was day , He bad caste ancher and abod ; And whil that he on ancher rod , The wynd , which was tofore strange , Upon the point began to change , And torneth thider ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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