¶ Fyrst the prologue how johan gower in the xvi yere of kyng rychard the second began to make thys book and dyrected to harry of lancastre thenne erle of derby folio ¶ ii Of thestate of the royames temporally the sayd yere folio ¶ iii Of thestate of the clergye the tyme of robert gylbonensis namyng hym self clemente thenne antipope folio ¶ iv Of the estate of the comyn people folio ¶ v How he treteth of the ymage that nabugodonosor sawe in his sleep hauyng an heed of golde / a breste of syluer / a bely of brasse / legges of yron / and feet haffe yron & halfe erthe folio vi Of thenterpretacion of the dreme / and how the world was fyrst of golde / & after alwey werse & werse folio vii ¶ Thus endeth the prologue ¶ Here begynneth the book And fyrst the auctor nameth thys book confessio amantis / that is to say the shryfte of the louer / wheron alle thys book shal shewe not onely the loue humayn / but also of alle lyuyng beestys naturally folio ¶ ix How cupydo smote Johan Gower with a fyry arowe and wounded hym so that venus commysed to hym genyus hyr preest for to here hys confessyon folio ¶ x How Genyus beyng sette / the louer knelyng tofore hym prayeth the sayd confessor to appose hym in his confessyon folio ¶ xi The confessyon of the amant of two of the pryncipallist of his fyue wyttes folio ¶ xi How atheon for lokyng vpon Deane was turned in to an herte folio ¶ xi Of phorceus and hys thre doughters whiche had but one eye / & how phorceus slewe them folio ¶ xii How the serpente that bereth the charbuncle stoppeth his one ere wyth hys tayle and that other wyth the erthe whan he is enchaunted folio ¶ xii How vlyxes escaped fro the marmaydys by stoppyng of hys eerys folio ¶ xii Here foloweth that there ben vii dedely synnes / of whome the fyrste is Reduced Leaf in original, 8.68 × 12.75 inches. Flos regum Arthurus JOHN OF EXETER