The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 : $b The English works

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Author: Gower, John

Gower, John

Poetry

P₃. Formerly PHILLIPPS 8942, bought in March, 1895, by Messrs. H. S.
Nichols & Co., and afterwards in the possession of Messrs. Maggs,
Booksellers. _Confessio Amantis_, imperfect, ending viii. 3119, ‘As
Tullius som tyme wrot.’ Parchment, rather roughly written, middle of
fifteenth century. From the Towneley Collection.

Hn. HATTON 51, Bodleian Library (Bern. Cat. 4099). _Confessio Amantis_,
imperfect. Parchment, ff. 206, 12 × 9 in., in quires first of 6 and
then usually of 8 (lettered); double column of 42-48 lines, untidy
writing. Has lost _k_ 4 (iii. 1314-1475), _n_ 2 (iv. 2118-2268), _s_ 2
(v. 5169-5333), _t_ 2 (v. 6774-6914), and five or six at the end (after
viii. 2408). Copied from Caxton’s edition, including the Table of
Contents and the confusion in leaf numbering.


Besides these, there are several MSS. which contain selections from the
_Confessio Amantis_, as


HARL. 7333, Brit. Museum, which, besides the _Canterbury Tales_ and
other things, has seven stories from the _Conf. Amantis_, viz. f. 120
Tereus (v. 5551 ff.), f. 122 Constance (ii. 587 ff.), f. 126 The Three
Questions (i. 3067 ff.), f. 127 v^o The Travellers and the Angel (ii.
291 ff.), f. 127 v^o Virgil’s Mirror, f. 128 v^o The Two Coffers, f.
129 The Beggars and the Pasties, &c. (v. 2031-2498). Parchment, large
folio, column of 66 lines, no Latin. These stories are in the same hand
as the _Cant. Tales_, which go before, and the _Parlement of Foules_,
which follows them. The text is that of the first recension unrevised;
a very poor copy.

CAMB. UNIV. Ee. ii. 15. Paper, ff. 95, end of fifteenth or beginning
of sixteenth cent., much mutilated. Contains ff. 30-32, a fragment of
The Three Questions (i. 3124-3315), and ff. 33-35, a fragment of the
Trump of Death (i. 2083 ff.).

CAMB. UNIV. Ff. i. 6. Paper, ff. 159, 8½ × 6 in., written in various
hands. Contains, ff. 3-5, part of the tale of Tereus (v. 5920-6052),
ff. 5-10, iv. 1114-1466 including the tale of Rosiphelee, ff. 45-51,
The Three Questions (i. 3067-3425), ff. 81-84, iv. 2746-2926, ff. 84
v^o-95, viii. 271-846. The text of iv. 1321 agrees with that of the
second recension.

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The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 : $b The English works

Gower, John

Poetry

P₃. Formerly PHILLIPPS 8942, bought in March, 1895, by Messrs. H. S.
Nichols & Co., and afterwards in the possession of Messrs. Maggs,
Booksellers. _Confessio Amantis_, imperfect, ending viii. 3119, ‘As
Tullius som tyme wrot.’ Parchment, rather roughly written, middle of
fifteenth century. From the Towneley Collection.

Hn. HATTON 51, Bodleian Library (Bern. Cat. 4099). _Confessio Amantis_,
imperfect. Parchment, ff. 206, 12 × 9 in., in quires first of 6 and
then usually of 8 (lettered); double column of 42-48 lines, untidy
writing. Has lost _k_ 4 (iii. 1314-1475), _n_ 2 (iv. 2118-2268), _s_ 2
(v. 5169-5333), _t_ 2 (v. 6774-6914), and five or six at the end (after
viii. 2408). Copied from Caxton’s edition, including the Table of
Contents and the confusion in leaf numbering.


Besides these, there are several MSS. which contain selections from the
_Confessio Amantis_, as


HARL. 7333, Brit. Museum, which, besides the _Canterbury Tales_ and
other things, has seven stories from the _Conf. Amantis_, viz. f. 120
Tereus (v. 5551 ff.), f. 122 Constance (ii. 587 ff.), f. 126 The Three
Questions (i. 3067 ff.), f. 127 v^o The Travellers and the Angel (ii.
291 ff.), f. 127 v^o Virgil’s Mirror, f. 128 v^o The Two Coffers, f.
129 The Beggars and the Pasties, &c. (v. 2031-2498). Parchment, large
folio, column of 66 lines, no Latin. These stories are in the same hand
as the _Cant. Tales_, which go before, and the _Parlement of Foules_,
which follows them. The text is that of the first recension unrevised;
a very poor copy.

CAMB. UNIV. Ee. ii. 15. Paper, ff. 95, end of fifteenth or beginning
of sixteenth cent., much mutilated. Contains ff. 30-32, a fragment of
The Three Questions (i. 3124-3315), and ff. 33-35, a fragment of the
Trump of Death (i. 2083 ff.).

CAMB. UNIV. Ff. i. 6. Paper, ff. 159, 8½ × 6 in., written in various
hands. Contains, ff. 3-5, part of the tale of Tereus (v. 5920-6052),
ff. 5-10, iv. 1114-1466 including the tale of Rosiphelee, ff. 45-51,
The Three Questions (i. 3067-3425), ff. 81-84, iv. 2746-2926, ff. 84
v^o-95, viii. 271-846. The text of iv. 1321 agrees with that of the
second recension.

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The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 : $b The English works

The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 : $b The English works

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