Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors in punctuation have been silently corrected. Corrections noted in “CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA” before page 1 have been corrected in place. Page 548 - corrected “inital” to “initial” Footnote 847 (original page 208) - Corrected 2513 to 1513 Italics are represented as _italic_. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER _G. C. MACAULAY_ * * * THE ENGLISH WORKS HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD [Illustration] 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, LIB. V. 1971--LIB. VIII; _and_ IN PRAISE OF PEACE) 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 CONTENTS PAGE CONFESSIO AMANTIS:-- LIBER V (l. 1971) 1 LIBER VI 167 LIBER VII 233 LIBER VIII 386 IN PRAISE OF PEACE 481 NOTES 495 GLOSSARY AND INDEX OF PROPER NAMES 555 INDEX TO THE NOTES 651 CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA