Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors in punctuation have been silentlycorrected.
In particular, these typos were corrected:
- Page cxxxii - corrected respcet to respect
- Page 477 - corrected “feminine from” to “feminine form” in note 2677.
- Page 481 - corrected “too” to “two” in note 390.
- Footnote 1275 - Added “margin” to linenote for line 2052
The Corrigenda et Addenda have been corrected in place.
All other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN GOWER
G. C. MACAULAY
* *
THE ENGLISH WORKS
HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK
THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN GOWER
EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS
WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES, AND GLOSSARIES
BY
G. C. MACAULAY, M.A.
FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
* *
THE ENGLISH WORKS
(Confessio Amantis, Prol.—Lib. V. 1970)
‘O gentile Engleterre, a toi j’escrits.’
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1901
Oxford
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
BY HORACE HART, M.A.
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
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PREFATORY NOTE
The circumstances under which this edition was undertaken have alreadybeen stated in the Preface to the volume containing the French Works,where mention is also made of the editor’s obligations to manylibrarians and private owners of manuscripts.
At present it need only be said that the editor has become more andmore convinced, as his work went on, of the value and authenticcharacter of the text given by the Fairfax MS. of the ConfessioAmantis, which as proceeding directly from the author, though notwritten by his hand, may claim the highest rank as an authori