Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors in punctuation have been silently corrected. Italics are represented as _italic_. Wide spacing (used for notations over erasure in the text) is represented as ~gesperrt~. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER _G. C. MACAULAY_ * * * * THE LATIN WORKS HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD [Illustration] LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK [Illustration: MS. COTTON TIBERIUS A. IV., F. 9 (_Reduced in size_)] 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 LATIN WORKS De modicis igitur modicum dabo pauper, et inde Malo valere parum quam valuisse nichil. =Oxford= AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1902 OXFORD PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, M.A. PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION vii EPISTOLA 1 VOX CLAMANTIS 3 CRONICA TRIPERTITA 314 REX CELI DEUS ETC. 343 H. AQUILE PULLUS ETC. 344 O RECOLENDE ETC. 345 CARMEN SUPER MULTIPLICI VICIORUM PESTILENCIA 346 TRACTATUS DE LUCIS SCRUTINIO 355 ECCE PATET TENSUS ETC. 358 EST AMOR ETC. 359 QUIA VNUSQUISQUE ETC. 360 ENEIDOS BUCOLIS ETC. 361 O DEUS IMMENSE ETC. 362 LAST POEMS 365 NOTES 369 GLOSSARY 421 INDEX TO THE NOTES 428 INTRODUCTION LIFE OF GOWER.