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The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works
Gower, John
Poetry
[817] _After_ 1146 SAdBTΔΛ _have the following six lines (omitting the
two_ 1147 f.), _and then insert the passage_ 665-964. _The text here is
that of_ S:--
Bot now a dai a man mai se
The world so full of vanite,
That noman takþ of reson hiede
Or forto cloþe or forto fiede,
Bot al is sett vnto þe vice
To newe and changen his delice.
And riht so etc. (_as_ 665 ff.)
[818] 1151 That man X ... B₂ (_not_ G), W
[819] 1155 _margin_ minus _om._ B
[820] 1186 let C, BT lete AJ, S, F
[821] 1209 non] anon EC, AdBT
[822] 1230 it is AM ... B₂
[823] 1233 Alþough B As þough AdT Thogh W
[824] 1245 no] þe B₂, AdBT þat M
[825] 1254 is] as A ... B₂
[826] 1257 wol(e) AH₁ ... B₂
[827] 1267 he] it G, B
[827m] 1267 _margin_ Sortilegio SBTΔΛ Sacrilegio AX ... B₂, FH₃ sacrilegis H₁
sacri legis M (_Latin om._ J, Ad, W)
[828] 1289 som men] somme (some &c.) A ... B₂
[829] 1293 _margin_ et de] et BT
[830] 1294 pikkes AdBTΛ
[831] 1312 of] to AM
[832] 1317 Ne] The B
[833] 1319 and] of B
[834] 1320 Chenbal B₂, SΔ Geubal AM Glenball H₃ Thenballe W
[835] 1359 red S, F rede AJC, B
[836] 1388 whilom how þerof AMX ... B₂ hou somtyme þ. J whilome therof
how H₁
[837] 1391 whiche SB which AJC, F
[838] 1419 which B
[839] 1432 of hem AdBT
[840] 1437 And] That AM ... B₂ (_not_ G)
[841] 1442 schope S ... Δ
[842] 1444 And ȝit AM ... B₂
[843] 1479 a _om._ AJMXGERCL
[844] 1481 was _om._ AdBT
[845] 1489 þe world AM ... B₂
[846] 1510 on] of AMG, H₃ _in_ Δ
[847] 1513 _margin_ Omina T, F
[848] 1516 in pes AdBTΔ (in his pes S)
[849] 1518 al _om._ AdBT
[850] 1520 ther] he AM
[851] 1524 statue A ... B₂, B
[852] 1536 þat place BT
[853] 1567 _margin_ Multi multa sciunt AH₁XGECLB₂ _Latin om._ JMR, AdB, W
[854] 1567 seiþ SBT
[855] 1581 As S ... Δ
[856] 1598 þe cas JM, Δ þa cas A
[857] 1602 He] His F He charged hem þei scholde harde H₁ ... B₂ (_but_
warde E)
[858] 1631 hath] had (hadde) AM ... B₂, W
[859] 1645 mihte (might) S ... Δ
[860] 1669 Which A
[861] 1680 and to þrete JH₁CB₂, Δ, WK
[862] 1691 al _om._ AM
[863] 1695 out] forþ H₁, AdBT
[864] 1696 nyh] right AdBT for wroth] and wroþ AM ... B₂ (_except_ C),
W wroþ T for worþ J
[865] 1700 and] but AdBT
[866] 1716 I wolde AMX ... B₂
[867] 1718 good skile] and skile S ... ΔΛ
[868] 1733 þe pensel G, B
[869] 1735 badd S bad A, B bed J badde F
[870] 1746 kest J, SB, F keste T kiste AC
[871] 1786 into] in A ... B₂ vnto W
[872] 1787 it so AM
[873] 1793 _margin_ de Egipto BT
[874] 1794 _margin_ fugiturus BT
[875] 1806 _margin_ ex] pro BT
[876] 1815 thei] he B
[877] 1817 toke (took &c.) A ... B₂
[878] 1828 to beholde (be holde) H₁, AdTB
[879] 1847 þe pleine AdBT
[880] 1875 And] He AdBT
[881] 1879 al] so S ... Δ
[882] 1883 leue R, AdBT
[883] 1931 thing] king B
[884] 1939 such AJC, B suche S, F
[885] 1954 wher þat A ... B₂ (_except_ E) ther as W
[886] 1993 fasteby J, F faste by AC, SB
[887] 1996 he _om._ AdBT
[888] 2016 als (as) wel XCLB₂, Δ(?), WK
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