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
Distribuitque locos ad eorum proprietates,
Iuxta quod proprium cuilibet esse dedit,
Montibus hiis, illis convallibus, hiis nemorosis,
Pluribus in planis dans habitare locis:
Aera sumpsit auis, piscis sibi vendicat vndas,
Planiciem pecudes, deuia queque fere. 620
Ars operi dictat formas, opifexque figurat,
Artificis sequitur fabrica tota manum.
Fortune nichil attribuit, set solus vt ipse
Cuncta creat, solus cuncta creata regit:
Est nichil infelix, nichil aut de sorte beatum,
Immo viri meritis dat sua dona deus.
Quicquid adest igitur, sapiens qui scripta reuoluit
Dicet fortunam non habuisse ream:
Hoc fateor vere, quicquid contingit in orbe,
Nos sumus in causa, sint bona siue mala. 630
FOOTNOTES:
[308] _Heading_ L _resumes here_
[309] 1 vocem] visionem DH₂
[310] 2 accep_er_at _et_ ex plebis voce co_mmun_i concepit L
[311] Incipit prologus &c. _om._ L
[312] 20 Sic EDL Set T
[313] 29 Sunt C
[314] 51 Symon excetraq_ue_ L si non excecraq_ue_ D
[315] Cap. i. 8 pugna CEDL pu_n_gna S pungna H
[316] 9 obstat ED
[317] 56 spargis CED
[318] 65 Desuper EDLT
[319] 152 Crescit decrescit/crescit D
[320] 153 Crescit, decrescit] Decrescit subito D
[321] 168 cunta C
[322] 174 tegit CE
[323] 239 _No paragr. here_ CE
[324] 266 dracho C
[325] 279 Attamen econtra si iustus D
[326] 294 obstat CGDL
[327] 300 anime CEHGDL animi S
[328] 303 _Paragraph here_ HDL
[329] 311 illis CE
[330] 377 Hic SCEHG Hec DLH₂
[331] 408 resurexit SHT resurrexit CEDL
[332] 451 f. nosce CE
[333] 461 nosce CE
[334] 500, 501 Lingua H
[335] 536 muniendo (?) C
[336] 557 signu_m_ D
[337] 559 mentesq_ue_ CEH
[338] 561 f. _two lines om._ T
[339] 614 Ingenuitq_ue_ DL
=Hic dicit quod, exquo[340] non a fortuna, set meritis et demeritis,
ea que nos in mundo prospera et aduersa vocamus digno dei iudicio
hominibus contingunt, intendit consequenter scribere de statu hominum,
qualiter se ad presens habent, secundum hoc quod per sompnium superius
dictum vidit et audiuit.=
=Incipit prologus libri tercii.=
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