The complete works of John Gower, volume 3

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iii. 431, 585, 699, 2599, iv. 9, 60, 448, 893, 914, 1090, 1108, 1632, 2014, 2200, 2606, 2738, v. 29, 49, 249, 363, 370, 1879, 1900, 1919, 2015, 2238, 4774, 5507, 5550, 6041, 6359, 6372, 6389, 6395*, 6398, 6498, 7013, 7015*, 7105*, 7612, vi. 71, 218, 253, 770, 857, 1513, 1707, vii. 978, 3137, 3144, 3161* ff., 3581, 5307, viii. 110, 158, 2931, 3012.

=mistime=, iii. 2458, vi. 4.

Morien, iv. 2609.

=moste=, viii. 395.

=mote=, viii. 640.

‘Namplus,’ ‘Nauplus,’ iii. 1002.

=natheles=, i. 21, vii. 979.

‘nedle and ston,’ vi. 1422.

=newe=, P. 92*.

‘Nonarcigne,’ v. 1009.

Norwich, bishop of, P. 268.

Octovien, gold of, v. 4731.

‘of hed,’ iv. 3438.

‘of this lif,’ &c., iv. 3414.

‘offering,’ v. 7140.

=oil=, vii. 2194.

=old=, =olde=, iii. 782.

omission of pronoun subject, P. 676, i. 1895, vi. 34; of relative, i. 10; of negative, ii. 2423, iii. 78.

‘on the ferste,’ &c., iv. 2606.

‘onwrong,’ P. 65*.

=oppose=, i. 225.

‘Orbis,’ vii. 611.

order of words, P. 155, 905, i. 833, ii. 2642, of clauses, P. 34*, i. 2078, ii. 709.

_Ormulum_, viii. 2833.

Orosius, ii. 1613, vii. 3417, 4574.

orthography, P. 24*, 252, 550, 702, iv. 2123, v. 5215, 5248, vii. 3418, viii. 484, 2938, PP. (p. 552).

=other=, =othre=, i. 116.

=outwith=, viii. 2833.

=overhippe=, v. 2004.

Ovid as authority, P. 1055, i. 333, 389, 2275 ff., ii. 104, 2157, 2451, iii. 143 ff., 361, 736, 783, 818, 1331, 1685, iv. 77, 104, 147, 371, 451, 731 ff., 816, 979, 1035, 1901, 2045, 2927 ff., 3187, 3317, 3515 ff., v. 141 ff., 635, 1009, 3927 ff., 4583, 5231, 5551 ff., 6145 ff., 6225 ff., 6713 ff., 6807, vi. 485, 1445, 1513, vii. 3355, 4593 ff., 4754 ff.

‘owl on stock,’ iii. 585.

_Pantheon_, _see_ Godfrey of Viterbo.

=par=, =per=, i. 2049.

paragraphs in the MSS., ii. 2451, v. 1323.

=pars=, v. 4774.

participle absolute, ii. 752, 791, 1723.

participle for infinitive, i. 3153, iv. 249, 816.

participle inflected as predicate, i. 3246.

Paulus Diaconus, i. 2459.

Paulus Langius, ii. 2803.

peace with France, P. 162.

‘peace with honour,’ PP. 157.

peacock, v. 6498.

‘peire of bedes,’ viii. 2904.

_Pericles, Prince of Tyre_, viii. 271, 1534.

=pernable=, viii. 2931.

_Physics_ of Aristotle, vi. 663.

‘pillars of Hercules,’ iv. 2054.

=pipe=, v. 95.

=plight=, vii. 4228.

‘poete,’ i. e. Ovid, v. 5231.

‘positive law,’ P. 247, iii. 172.

pronoun subject omitted, P. 676, i. 1895, vi. 34.

Proteus, v. 3082.

=provende=, P. 210.

proverbs, P. 416, i. 1293, 1917, iii. 585, v. 4787, 6526.

Pseudo, v. 1879.

punctuation, P. 809, i. 320, 1102, 2548, 2939, ii. 762, 1001 f., 1173, 1950, iii. 1394, iv. 733, 1490, 1927, 3438 (end), 3542, v. 1636, 1980, 2937, 3966; 3981, 5093, 5724, 6281, vi. 2074, vii. 2302, viii. 1101, 2713.

=queinte=, iv. 2314.

Ragman, viii. 2378.

Razel, vi. 1316.

relative omitted, i. 10.

=reles=, vi. 253.

=remene=, v. 6541.

repetition of line, i. 2106, iii. 352.

=reprise=, i. 3308, v. 4708.

rhyme, ii. 2578, 2680, iv. 453, 979, 1723, v. 3488, 3786, 6073, vi. 709, viii. 1451, PP. 150.

Richard II, viii. 2991*.

riddles, viii. 405, 1681.

Rishanger’s Chronicle, ii. 2803.

Robert of Geneva, P. 196.

_Roman de la Rose_, P. 945, i. 196, 213, 2443, ii. 389, iii. 1158, iv. 2200, 2421, 2901, vi. 330, vii. 5131.

_Roman de toute Chevalerie_ as authority, vi. 1789 ff.

_Roman des Sept Sages_ as authority, v. 2031, 2643.

_Roman de Troie_, _see_ Benoît de Sainte-More.

‘Romance of Alexander,’ (English), vi. 1789 ff.

Romance of Ydoine and Amadas, vi. 879.

=rote=, vi. 1312.

=schapthe=, vi. 785.

=scomerfare=, viii. 1391.

sea terms, iv. 1741, v. 7048.

_Secretum Secretorum_, iv. 2533, v. 6498, vi. 663, vii. 1, 1706, 2017, 2031 ff., 3207*, 4559.

=see=, PP. 382.

=sein= (= seen), i. 2883.

=sende= (_pret._), P. 1013.

Seneca, vii. 2061, false references to, ii. 3095, v. 7736.

=sete=, vii. 2864.

=sett=, viii. 2095.

Silvester, legend of, ii. 3187.

Simon Magus, P. 204.

‘slake a riff,’ viii. 1983.

=slyke=, v. 6634.

=sojorned=, vi. 1180.

=solein=, iv. 448.

=som=, P. 529.

Sortes, viii. 2718.

=soth=, =sothe=, P. 850.

_Speculum Astronomiae_ as authority, vi. 1306 ff., vii. 1449.

_Speculum Stultorum_, v. 4937 ff.

‘Spertachus,’ vii. 3417 ff.

stars, names of, vii. 1281, 1329 ff.

Statius as authority, i. 1980, iv. 1968, v. 2961 ff.

=statue=, P. 891.

=stature=, vi. 1524.

‘stones’ of alchemy, iv. 2533.

‘strong thing,’ v. 7377.

subjunctive in indirect speech. P. 41, i. 532, iii. 708; with ‘who that,’ &c., P. 460, iv. 1096, v. 2677.

‘Supplication,’ viii. 2217.

=supposeth= (_impers._), v. 22.

symbolism of Gower, i. 2355, ii. 196, v. 5943.

syncope, P. 66*, 152, v. 519.

‘Synon,’ ‘Symon,’ i. 1172.

=take=, P. 54.

‘tale and ende,’ v. 5670.

Tantalus, punishment of, v. 363.

‘testament of love,’ viii. 2955*.

‘that,’ v. 899, ‘that I arise,’ &c., iv. 3273, v. 3422, ‘that I ne hadde,’ &c., iv. 1422, ‘that ... ne betre (more, &c.),’ i. 718, ii. 1423.

‘the,’ use of, P. 72, 116.

Thebith, vi. 1321.

=thenken=, =thinken=, i. 2684.

‘ther,’ i. 987.

Tiberius Constantinus, ii. 590.

=tire=, vi. 817.

‘to,’ use of, v. 5724, ‘to loke,’ &c., P. 133, ‘to’ after ‘mai,’ ‘myhte,’ ‘mote,’ ii. 510, vii. 437, viii. 640.

‘he to go,’ viii. 1393.

=tome= (= to me), i. 232.

=tome= (_subst._), ii. 2680.

=topseilcole=, viii. 1890.

‘toward,’ v. 6757, viii. 2077.

_Trésor_, _see_ Brunetto Latini.

Trevisa’s _Polychronicon_, vii. 2194.

Trivet as authority, ii. 587.

‘Troian,’ vii. 3144.

Tullius, iv. 2648, vii. 1595.

=tyh= (_pret._), v. 5709.

_u_ and _v_, vii. 5390.

‘under the gore,’ &c., v. 5730, 6680.

=unskilfully=, vii. 4757.

=unwar=, vi. 1262.

_Valerii Epistola ad Rufinum_, v. 6398 f.

Valerius Maximus, ii. 1613, vii. 2217, 2783, 2845, 2889, 3181, 3215.

Valerius, _Res Gestae Alexandri_ vi. 1789 ff.

‘vernage,’ vi. 218.

=vers=, vi. 70.

Vincent of Beauvais, i. 761, ii. 1613, iii. 1201, vii. 283, 989, viii. 2573.

Virgil, legends of, v. 2031, viii. 2714.

_Vita Iohannis Eleemosynarii_, vii. 2416.

_Vox Clamantis_, P. 207, 247, 268, 305, 407, 945, 947, i. 718, v. 1879, 1900, 4937, viii. 2212, PP. 157 _and_ p. 554.

Walsingham’s Chronicle, iv. 3438.

‘was,’ viii. 2435.

_Weddynge of Sir Gawene_, i. 1407 ff.

=weer=, P. 143.

=what= (_subst._), i. 1676.

‘what’ (= whatever), P. 69*.

‘whi ne were it,’ iv. 2855.

‘whiche’ in the metre, i. 2769.

‘who that,’ P. 13.

William of Malmesbury, v. 4731.

‘Wit and Will,’ iii. 1158.

‘with,’ use of, i. 452, v. 6757, vii. 3359.

‘with al,’ vi. 1707.

wool, iv. 2895.

=world=, P. 383, iii. 626.

=ydel=, v. 4724.

‘yit’ used redundantly, vi. 311, 2418.

=Ylem=, vii. 216.

Zoroaster, vi. 2368.

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