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 100
... withinne the cité , And offred with gret reverence , Which was to Troie an evidence Of love and pes for everemo . The Gregois token leve tho With al the hole felaschipe , broken to pieces ; torn down fortified And forth thei wenten into ...
... withinne the cité , And offred with gret reverence , Which was to Troie an evidence Of love and pes for everemo . The Gregois token leve tho With al the hole felaschipe , broken to pieces ; torn down fortified And forth thei wenten into ...
Page 160
... Withinne hirself such sorghe made , Ther was no wiht that mihte hir glade , For feere of thilke horrible vice . With that cam inne the norrice Which fro childhode hire hadde kept , And axeth if sche hadde slept , And why hire chiere was ...
... Withinne hirself such sorghe made , Ther was no wiht that mihte hir glade , For feere of thilke horrible vice . With that cam inne the norrice Which fro childhode hire hadde kept , And axeth if sche hadde slept , And why hire chiere was ...
Page 177
... Withinne himself as for to holde The which is ded : forthi thei wolde , As thei conseilen al aboute , The dede body casten oute . For betre it is , thei seiden alle , That it of hire so befalle , Than if thei scholden alle spille . The ...
... Withinne himself as for to holde The which is ded : forthi thei wolde , As thei conseilen al aboute , The dede body casten oute . For betre it is , thei seiden alle , That it of hire so befalle , Than if thei scholden alle spille . The ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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