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 45
... honde And longe have had , vit woll I fonde To wryte and do my bisinesse , That in som part , so as I gesse , The wyse man mai ben avised . For this prologe is so assised That it to wisdom al belongeth . those who did Just as their ...
... honde And longe have had , vit woll I fonde To wryte and do my bisinesse , That in som part , so as I gesse , The wyse man mai ben avised . For this prologe is so assised That it to wisdom al belongeth . those who did Just as their ...
Page 109
... honde such a game , That bot thou be the betre avised , Thi deth is schapen and devised , That al the world ne mai thee save , Bot if that thou my conseil have . " Florent , whan he this tale herde , Unto this olde wyht answerde And of ...
... honde such a game , That bot thou be the betre avised , Thi deth is schapen and devised , That al the world ne mai thee save , Bot if that thou my conseil have . " Florent , whan he this tale herde , Unto this olde wyht answerde And of ...
Page 203
... honde to presente , On my message and forth he wente To Venus , for to wite hire wille . And I bod in the place stille , And was there bot a litel while , Noght full the montance of a mile , Whan I behield and sodeinly I sih wher Venus ...
... honde to presente , On my message and forth he wente To Venus , for to wite hire wille . And I bod in the place stille , And was there bot a litel while , Noght full the montance of a mile , Whan I behield and sodeinly I sih wher Venus ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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