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The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works
Gower, John
Poetry
Of love, yit thou miht recovere.
[Sidenote: Amans.]
Mi fader, certes grant merci:
Ye have me tawht so redeli,
That evere whil I live schal
The betre I mai be war withal
Of thing which ye have seid er this.
Bot overmore hou that it is,[701] 7840
Toward mi schrifte as it belongeth,
To wite of othre pointz me longeth;
Wherof that ye me wolden teche
With al myn herte I you beseche.
=Explicit Liber Quintus.=
FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Latin verses_ iii. 4 tibi AM ... B₂, AdBT
[2] 1973 his AM ... B₂
[3] 1976 _margin_ cupiditatis RCLB₂
[4] 1978 þauantage (þe auantage) E ... B₂, W þe vantages MH₁XG
[5] 1979 that _om._ RCLB₂
[6] 1981 That on _om._ B And that oon H₁
hald S, F halt A, B haltd J
[7] 1988 tofare S, F
[8] 1992 while] Mile AM
[9] 2002 he his wille wolde AMH₁E ... B₂
[10] 2020 ffor him E ... B₂
[11] 2030 thou schalt it] as þou schalt BT
[12] 2050 seeþ H₁XG seiþ AM
[13] 2057 knyhthod S knithod F knyhthode AJ in] on E ... B₂ vp on Δ
[14] 2059 non oþre AJ, S, F non oþer C, B
[15] 2068 tho] þat E ... B₂
[16] 2074 matier(e) to trete H₁L, AdBT, W
[17] 2079 cophres AC, F cofres (coffres) J, SB
[18] 2098 ech AJ, B eche F
[19] 2108 beleft F
[20] 2114 faste by A, F fasteby J, B
[21] 2150 unto] it to BT to Δ
[22] 2157 scholde (schuld &c.) M ... B₂, TΔ, W
[23] 2162 And þus A ... B₂, W Al þis S ... Δ
[24] 2177 a slepe B, F aslepe AJ
[25] 2202 goldringes JE, S, F gold ringes A, B
[26] 2208 Of þe comuns E ... B₂ (þo EC) Of þe bomeins (?) M Of Romayns W
[27] 2226 the] his XCB₂, Ad
[28] 2278 _margin_ eorum _om._ AMH₁
[29] 2288 and als so] anon als B and als (as) X, WH₃
[30] 2291 þe cas S ... Δ
[31] 2297 lich J, S, F liche A, B
[32] 2328 vnauanced (vn auanced) ȝe be E ... B₂
[33] 2350 faute E ... B₂
[34] 2352 his chois AM ... B₂, BT
[35] 2357 be falle] byfalle A
[36] 2405 _margin_ sorte _om._ A ... B₂
[37] 2411 He] And BT
[38] 2412 man] a man AMH₁ men WH₃
[39] 2417 seeþ B
[40] 2433 he richesse (_om._ hath) E ... B₂ richesse he haþ Ad
[41] 2453 ynowe] I trowe BT
[42] 2465 Bot] So BT
[43] 2477 Somon F
[44] 2482 to] of BT
[45] 2488 forsakeþ sche is b. BT forsaketh he shal be b. H₃
[46] 2500 My fader G ... B₂
[47] 2508 that] þan (þanne) XG, B þough E ... B₂
[48] 2513 al A, S, F alle J, B
[49] 2526 hem _om._ RCB₂ he L
[50] 2540 for J, FH₃ fro AM ... B₂, S ... Δ, WMagd.
[51] 2546 Yaf] Of E ... B₂
[52] 2550 to Hector BT
[53] 2551 recousse F
[54] 2554 also] as AM ... B₂, Ad, W
[55] 2563 he] I (y) BT
[56] 2564 his] hir X ... B₂, T
[57] 2571 some] of some A ... B₂, B
[58] 2573 protectio_u_n (?) F
[59] 2574 and] of B
[60] 2579 þe gold is in her cofre AdBT her(e) gold is in her(e) E ...
B₂ ther ... her H₁
[61] 2587 schulde E ... B₂, W hire a pris BTΔ, F hir(e) apris (appris)
AJMXERLB₂, W here a pris C her(e) apris H₁, Ad, H₃
[62] 2591 of] to AJMXG vnto H₁E ... B₂ as Δ
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