The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 : $b The English worksGower, John
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The complete works of John Gower, volume 2 : $b The English works
Gower, John
Poetry
[389] 1693 proferþ H₁, Ad, F p_ro_furt W _rest_ profreþ,
profereþ
[390] 1704 Canele] þe Canele YG ... B₂, B
[391] 1755 hid] it MYX ... CB₂, B diȝt L
[392] 1768 cleped X ... B₂, B cleput W
[393] 1770 entent(e) þe wedde X ... CB₂, BΛ entent was wedde I,
Δ, W
[394] 1785 on] of X ... B₂, BΛ fole F
[395] 1793 ben] beþ RCLB₂ buþ AM
[396] 1809 seide (sayde) for to X ... B₂, B saide þat for to W
[397] 1822 ȝe lust AM thu liste H₁ þou list Δ ȝe wyl Sn, W
(wille)
[398] 1839 Bot] Boþ(e) H₁ ... B₂, BΔΛ, W
[399] 1881 f. _om._ SAdΔΛ
[400] 1889 alle þing B, W al þis þing M
[401] 1891 him] it AM
[402] 1895 þurghsoght S þurgh-soght F
[403] 1906 good YXERCB₂, H₃
[404] 1931 noman] no wom_m_an YXGERB₂, B
[405] 1934 me noght] not (nouȝt) me X ... B₂, BΔ
[406] 1940 þis cas B
[407] 1958 a _om._ MGERCB₂, B
[408] 1960 For] But B wold(e) JX ... B₂, B
[409] 1966 Than_n_e F Than AC, B
[410] 2005 strengthe] triste (truste) X ... B₂, B
[411] 2009 wil B
[412] 2017-20 _For these four lines_ SAdΔ _have two_,--
Wherof þou miht þiselue lere,
I þenke telle, as þou schalt hiere.
[413] 2026 moone (mone) XGR, B
[414] 2041 pilgrimis (pilgrims &c.) AJMXRLB₂ peregrins B
pilgrins H₁
[415] 2043 Thei] That H₁, FWKH₃Magd.
[416] 2049 pur charite MX ... B₂, BΔ, W
[417] 2054 his lordes XGECB₂, B
[418] 2078 beleft FK belefte A
[419] 2088 hire] his H₁ ... B₂, B, W
[420] 2105 An F
[421] 2122 which was E, B which is G and was L
[422] 2159 Hire FK
[423] 2171 Sherte F
[424] 2173 go biseche B
[425] 2179 schortes M, FK _rest_ schertes (shirtes &c.)
[426] 2181 hanged(e) AMH₁, Δ, W (honget)
[427] 2191 become FK
[428] 2208 wot] not AM
[429] 2224 mai] haþ B
[430] 2234 am I] a man C, B
[431] 2251 And] as B
[432] 2260 som ensample] by som weie B
[433] 2261 in _om._ XE ... B₂
[434] 2265 f.
To man in any maner side
He may wel nowher þan abide R
To man in eny maner side
It may to him nouȝt wel betide B₂
CL _combine the above with the reading of the text_.
[435] 2267-74 _Eight lines found thus in copies of the third
recension_, FWKH₃ &c., _and also in_ H₁. _The rest have four,
given as follows by_ S,
fforþi eschuie it I þe rede
ffor in Ouide a tale I rede
How þat a man was ouertake
Wherof þou myht ensample take.
[436] 2293 _margin_ pronus] proulis XE ... B₂
[437] 2294 to _om._ B, W
[438] 2299 The grete] A grete AM, W
[439] 2300 vpon AJ, Ad, FH₃ on þe XERC, B vpon the H₁
[440] 2302 _margin_ poterat B
[441] 2332 neuer mighte B
[442] 2335 a ferr J, SB, F aferr A
[443] 2343-58 _Sixteen lines found only in third recension
copies_, FWKH₃ &c., _and in_ H₁
[444] 2369-72 _third recension and_ H₁ _only_
[445] 2379 And X ... B₂, B
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