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
[648]=Explicit libellus qui intitulatur Vox Clamantis, editus
precipue super articulo primi infortunii, quod infortunato Ricardo
secundo in primordiis regni sui, vt audistis, quasi ex dei virga[649]
notabiliter in Anglia contingebat. Et nunc vlterius, quia ipse non inde
remorsus, immo magis ad modum tiranni induratus, regnum suum assiduis
oppressionibus incessanter flagellare non desistit, diuine vindicte
flagellum vsque in sue deposicionis exterminium non inmerito assecutus
est. Tres namque tunc regni nobiles super hoc specialius moti, scilicet
Thomas Dux Glouernie, qui vulgariter dictus est Cignus, Ricardus
Comes Arundellie, qui dicitur Equs, Thomas Comes de Warrewyk,[650]
cuius nomen Vrsus, hii vero vnanimes cum quibusdam aliis proceribus
sibi adherentibus, vt regie malicie fautores delerent, ad dei laudem
regnique commodum in manu forti iusto animo viriliter insurrexerunt,
prout in hac consequenti cronica, que tripertita est, scriptor
manifestius declarare intendit.=
FOOTNOTES:
[590] 9 magnanimi CEHDL magnatum S
[591] 27 Consilium CEHDL
[592] 43 descessit SHG descescit L decessit CED
[593] 87 da pinguibus CE
[594] 125 circumprecordia SG
[595] 160 Est S Et CEHDL
[596] 167 grossantur S grassantur HDLT crassantur CEG
[597] 182 dolum SCGDL suum EHT
[598] 184 scelus] dolus EH
[599] 187 rutilans albedo set SCGDL albus paries tamen EHT
[600] 189f.
Sic foris ex auro tumulus splendescit, et intro
Fetet putredo, vermibus esca caro. EHT
DL _have both this couplet and that in the text_
[601] 192 falco SCGDL nisus EHT
[602] 218 pulchra C
[603] 237 ingenii H (_corr._) Ingenuu_m_ L assimulari CE
[604] 256 ipse SL ille CEHD
[605] 269 _Ordinary paragr. in_ CDL, _no paragr._ E
[606] 291 _Ordinary paragr._ CEDL
[607] 350 credet CEHGDL credit S
[608] 409 seruus CE
[609] 470 estatis C (_ras._)
[610] 490 Passebatq_ue_ S
[611] 535 set] et CEL
[612] 562 sunt] sint CE
[613] 599 sitis] satis D
[614] 611 tradidit] contulit CE
[615] 684 queris SGL mauis (mavis) CEHD
[616] 691 regno peccato EHL Regni peccato D
[617] 707 eum CEHDH₂ enim SGLT
[618] 721 perinterius GLT
[619] 767 spernens famam C fama_m_ serpens L
[620] 816 iuuat S iuuant EGDLTH₂
[621] Cap. xiii. _Heading_ 1 mortui corporis CH
[622] 843 redolens dudum CEHD
[623] 903 nisi] sibi C
[624] 918 et] est S
[625] 921 nostre D nostri SCEHGL
[626] 931 imparat C
[627] 961 fit S sit CEHGDL
[628] 997 et _om._ S
[629] Cap. xix. _Heading_ 1 duplici CEGL dupplici SHT duplice D
[630] 1067 Tethis D
[631] 1095 si SGL sit CEHD
[632] 1107 Cumq_ue_ ST Dumq_ue_ CEHGDL
[633] 1151 comixta H
[634] 1186 mouet] tenet EDLT
[635] Cap. xxii. _Heading_ 2 quotidie CED
[636] 1256 parcit CE
[637] 1278 opes S
[638] 1342 suum SG suo CEHDL
[639] 1380 Et lupus SHDL Pastor et CG (_ras._) Lupus et E
[640] 1388 reddere SEHG soluere CDLT
[641] 1409 f. commune regebat Perstitit in nobis tunc honor atque salus
EDLTH₂ (gerebat E)
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