Confessio Amantis of John Gower, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1857 - Christian ethics |
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John Gower Reinhold Pauli. At Rome first if we beginne , The walle and al the citee withinne Stant in ruine and in decas , The feld is where the palais was , The town is waft , and over that If we behold thilke estate , Whiche whilome ...
John Gower Reinhold Pauli. At Rome first if we beginne , The walle and al the citee withinne Stant in ruine and in decas , The feld is where the palais was , The town is waft , and over that If we behold thilke estate , Whiche whilome ...
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... Rome ladde , There was a worthy Romain hadde A wife , and the Pauline hight , Which was to every mannes fight Of al the cite the fairest And as men faiden eke the best . Confeffor . Quod ypocrifia fit in amore periculofa , narrat ...
... Rome ladde , There was a worthy Romain hadde A wife , and the Pauline hight , Which was to every mannes fight Of al the cite the fairest And as men faiden eke the best . Confeffor . Quod ypocrifia fit in amore periculofa , narrat ...
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... Rome and was a worthy knight . But yet he was nought of such might The strength of love to withstonde , That he ne was fo brought to honde , That malgre where he wol or no This yonge wife he loveth fo , That he hath put all his affay To ...
... Rome and was a worthy knight . But yet he was nought of such might The strength of love to withstonde , That he ne was fo brought to honde , That malgre where he wol or no This yonge wife he loveth fo , That he hath put all his affay To ...
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... Rome , as is the fawe , The fceptre hadde for to right , Tibery Constantin he hight , Whos wife was cleped Italie . But they to - gider of progenie No children hadde but a maide . And the the god fo wel apaide , That al the wide worldes ...
... Rome , as is the fawe , The fceptre hadde for to right , Tibery Constantin he hight , Whos wife was cleped Italie . But they to - gider of progenie No children hadde but a maide . And the the god fo wel apaide , That al the wide worldes ...
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... Rome culpa dolorofa fata To fhewen fuch thing , as they brought , multipliciter paffa eft . Which worthely of hem the bought . And over that in suche a wife She hath hem with her wordes wife Of Criftes feith fo full enformed , That they ...
... Rome culpa dolorofa fata To fhewen fuch thing , as they brought , multipliciter paffa eft . Which worthely of hem the bought . And over that in suche a wife She hath hem with her wordes wife Of Criftes feith fo full enformed , That they ...
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alſo Amans anone anſwerde axeth ayein beſte boke cafte cauſe Chaucer chere cleped comun Confeffio Amantis Confeffor counfeil couthe Criftes dede deie deth doth doughter enfample envie exemplum fader faide fain faith falſe fame feith felf fene fhall fhulde figh firſt flain fome fone Forthy forwe fothe fpeke ftant ftonde fuche full ofte fuper goddes goth grete hath hede herde herte heven honde John Gower kepe king knight lady laſte leve liche loke londe lord maner mannes matere mede mochel moſt netheles nought pees praide quod rede refon regne ſaid ſelf ſhal ſhall ſhe ſhulde ſpeke ſtant ſtede ſtille ſtood ſuch tale thanne thenke thenketh therupon theſe thilke thing thou shalt to-fore toke Touchend trouth underſtonde unto uſed vice weived weren werre whan Wherof wife winne wiſe wiſte wite wolde woll wolt wote
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Page 175 - But for all that min hert ariste Whan I these comun lovers see That wol nought holden hem to thre But well nigh loven over al, Min hert is envious with all, And ever I am adrad of guile, In aunter if with any wile They might her innocence enchaunte.
Page 8 - ... that men now clepe and calle And sain, that regnes ben devided, In stede of love is hate guided, The werre wol no pees purchace, And lawe hath take her double face, So that justice out of the wey With rightwisnesse is gone awey. And thus to loke on every halve, Men sene the sore without salve, Whiche al the worlde hath overtake. Ther is no regne of alle out take, For every climat hath his dele After the torninge of the whele, Which blinde fortune overthroweth, Wherof the certain no man knoweth,...
Page 3 - And so befell, as I came nigh, Out of my bote, whan he me sigh, He bad me come into his barge. And whan I was with him at large, Amonges other thinges said, He hath this charge upon me laid And bad me do my besinesse, That to his highe worthynesse Some newe thing I shulde boke, That he himself it mighte loke After the forme of my writing.
Page 22 - For ever while they deden wel Fortune was hem debonaire, And whan they deden the contraire Fortune was contrariende. So that it proveth wel at ende, Why that the worlde is wonderful And may no while ftonde ful, Though that it feme wel befein, For every worldes thinge is vein And ever goth the whele aboute And ever ftant a man in doute, Fortune ftant no while ftille.
Page xxxiii - Venus appears to him, and, after having heard his prayer, appoints her priest called Genius, like the mystagogue in the picture of Cebes, to hear the lover's confession. This is the frame of the whole work, which is a singular mixture of classical notions, principally borrowed from Ovid's Ars Amandi, and of the purely medieval idea, that as a good Catholic the unfortunate lover must state his distress to a father confessor.
Page xxxiii - The poem opens by introducing the author himself, in the character of an unhappy lover In despair, smitten by Cupid's arrow. Venus appears to him, and, after having heard his prayer, appoints her priest called Genius, like the mystagogue in the Picture of Cebes, to hear the lover's confession. This is the frame of the whole work, which is a singular mixture of classical notions, principally borrowed from Ovid's Ars...
Page 140 - And eke of that thou herdeft feie To take a mannes hert aweie And fette there a beftiall So that he like an oie fhall Pafture. and that he be bereined Be tymes fefne and fore peined, Till that he knowe his goddes mijtes, Than fhuld he ftonde ayein vprighte...
Page 263 - Gower (CA ed. Pauli, i. 263) says : — ' Senec witnesseth openly How that envie properly Is of the court the comun wenche.' Note that parteth in 1. 359 means 'departeth.' 361. ' Whoever goes away, at any rate she will not be wanting.
Page xix - And moreover he hath an obite yerelv, done for hym within the same churche, on Fridaie after the feaste of the blessed pope Saynte Gregorie. " Beside on the wall where he lieth, there be peinted three virgins, with crownes on their heades, one of the...
Page 89 - There was whilom by daies olde A worthy knight and as men tolde He was neveu to themperour And of his court a courteour.