The complete works of John Gower, volume 4 : $b The Latin worksGower, John
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The complete works of John Gower, volume 4 : $b The Latin works
Gower, John
Poetry
Est michi, quod viuens tibi iam pro munere laudes
Reddo, quod vlterius sis michi vita deus:
Gaudia posco michi renoues, deus, est quia longo[307]
Tempore leticie ianua clausa mee.
O mea si tellus, quam non absorbuit equor,
Debita sciret eo reddere vota deo!
Castigauit eam dominus, nec in vlcera mortis
Tunc tradidit, set adhuc distulit ira manum.
Quicquid agant laudis alii, non ipse tacebo,
Quem deus in furiis vulsit ab ore maris: 2130
Set quia tunc variis tumidis iactabar in vndis,
Que mea mens hausit, iam resoluta vomet.
Me licet vnda maris rapuit, mea numina laudo,
Fluctibus ingenium non cecidisse meum.
Dum mea mens memor est, scribens memoranda notabit,
In specie sompni que vigilando quasi
Concepi pauidus, nec dum tamen inde quietus
Persto, set absconso singula corde fero.
Non dedimus sompno quas sompnus postulat horas,
Tale licet sompnis fingo videre malum. 2140
O vigiles sompni, per quos michi visio nulla
Sompniferi generis set vigilantis erat!
O vigiles sompni, qui sompnia vera tulistis,
In quibus exemplum quisque futurus habet!
O vigiles sompni, quorum sentencia scriptis
Ammodo difficilis est recitanda meis!
Vt michi vox alias que vidi scribere iussit,
Amplius ex toto corde vacare volo:
Quod solet esse michi vetus hoc opus ammodo cedat,
Sit prior et cura cura repulsa noua. 2150
FOOTNOTES:
[144] Cap. i. _Heading_ 1 eciam _om._ D
[145] 3 contingebant DL
[146] 4 terre illius D
[147] 5 omnium E quod omnium CGDLT
[148] 7 nimis horribile _om._ L
[149] Cap. i. 12 hilarem D hillarem CEL
[150] 19 S _resumes here_
[151] 21 themo CE
[152] 40 _Text_ CEGT ffertilis occultam inuenit herba viam SD ffertilis
inuenit occulta_m_ herba via_m_ L
[153] 41 pruinosos _om._ E (_blank_)
[154] 79 _No paragraph_ CE
[155] 81 irriguis S irriguus CEGDL
[156] 95 uolitabat CE
[157] 100 sue ... vocis D
[158] 101 Progne _om._ D
[159] 106 ad] aut S
[160] 113 quam] qui DH₂
[161] 117 veniens D cui] cum DH₂ voluptas _om._ D
[162] 124 girovagando D girouogare L
[163] 145 in antrum D
[164] 163 _om._ L
[165] 165-2150 _om._ L
[166] 165 Cumque DT
[167] 209 possint D
[168] 231 Non leuit_er_ D
[169] 232 vincit D
[170] 259 Sic DH₂
[171] 263 thauri SH₂ tauri CEGDT
[172] 280 crapulus SCEGTH₂ ^{c}apul_us_ D
[173] 302 Postea CED
[174] 321 cancia EH₂ ffrancia D (_rubricator_)
[175] 325 vrbis S urbes (vrbes) CEGDT
[176] 349 Regia EDH₂
[177] 379 vidique] vidi D
[178] 396 Linquendo S
[179] 431 Iehenne C
[180] 447 hyspania CE
[181] 465 super est S superest CED
[182] 468 sit CEDH₂ sic SGT
[183] 479 caui (?) C canis D
[184] 502 MS. Harl. 6291 (H) _begins here_
[185] Cap. vii. _Heading_ 2 idest HGD
[186] 3 associebantur SGH associabantur CED associantur T
[187] 576 prestimulant S p_er_stimulant CED
[188] 597 ludunt sed ludere D
[189] 609 exercitus huius C exercitus eius D
[190] 610 Beelzebub C
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