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A01998
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Io. Gower de confessione amantis; Confessio amantis
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
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STC 12143; ESTC S106702
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aliter_fw-la primitus_fw-la provenisse_fw-la asseruit_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o obsidione_fw-la civitatis_fw-la thebarum_n /_o cum_fw-la ipse_fw-la quodam_fw-la die_fw-la coram_fw-la suis_fw-la hostibus_fw-la ad_fw-la debellandum_fw-la se_fw-la obtulit_fw-la /_o ignis_fw-la de_fw-fr ceso_fw-la subito_fw-la super_fw-la veniens_fw-la ipsum_fw-la armatil_fw-la totaliter_fw-la in_o cineres_fw-la combussit_fw-la my_o son_n in_o all_o manner_n wise_a surquedrye_a be_v to_o despise_v whereof_o i_o find_v write_v thus_o the_o proud_a knight_n campaneus_n he_o be_v of_o such_o surquedrye_a that_o he_o through_o his_o chyvalrye_n upon_o himself_o so_o mochel_n trust_v that_o to_o the_o god_n he_o ne_fw-fr lust_n in_o no_o quarrel_n to_o beseech_v but_o say_v it_o be_v a_o idle_a speech_n which_o cause_n be_v of_o pure_a drede_n for_o lack_v of_o herte_fw-fr and_o for_o no_o need_n and_o upon_o such_o presumption_n he_o hold_v this_o proud_a opinion_n till_o at_o the_o last_o upon_o a_o day_n about_o 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foryete_v his_o own_o vice_n a_o tale_n of_o they_o that_o be_v so_o nice_a and_o feynen_n themselves_o to_o be_v so_o wise_a i_o shall_v the_o tell_v in_o such_o a_o wise_a whereof_o thou_o shall_v ensample_n take_v that_o thou_o no_o such_o thing_n undertake_v ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la confessor_n contra_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la scientia_fw-la presumente_n aliorum_fw-la condiciones_fw-la dividicantes_fw-la indiscrete_a redarguunt_fw-la /_o et_fw-la narrat_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la quodam_fw-la principe_fw-la regis_fw-la hungary_n germano_fw-la /_o qui_fw-fr cum_fw-la fratrem_fw-la suum_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la vidit_fw-la humiliatum_fw-la /_o ipsum_fw-la redarguendo_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la edocere_fw-la presumabat_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la rex_fw-la omni_fw-la sapiencia_fw-la prepollens_fw-la /_o ipsum_fw-la sic_fw-la incante_fw-la presumentem_fw-la ad_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la memoriam_fw-la teribili_fw-la providentia_fw-la mitius_fw-la castigavit_fw-la ¶_o i_o find_v upon_o surquedry_n now_o that_o whilom_o of_o hungarye_a by_o old_a day_n be_v a_o king_n wise_n and_o honest_a in_o all_o thing_n and_o so_o befelle_n upon_o a_o day_n and_o that_o be_v in_o the_o month_n of_o may_n as_o thilk_o time_n it_o be_v usaunce_n this_o king_n with_o noble_a purueyaunce_n have_v for_o himself_o his_o chare_n array_v wherein_o he_o will_v ride_v amay_v out_o of_o the_o city_n for_o to_o play_v with_o lord_n and_o with_o great_a noblay_n of_o lusty_a folk_n that_o be_v young_a where_o some_o play_v and_o some_o song_n and_o some_o go_v and_o some_o ride_n and_o some_o prycke_n her_o horse_n aside_o and_o brydlen_a they_o now_o in_o now_o out_o the_o king_n his_o eye_n cast_v about_o till_o he_o be_v at_o last_o ware_n and_o see_v come_n ageyne_n his_o chare_n two_o pylgremes_n of_o so_o great_a age_n that_o like_v unto_o a_o dry_a image_n that_o weren_a pale_a and_o fade_v hew_v and_o as_o a_o busshe_v which_o be_v besnew_v 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confracti_fw-la viscera_fw-la perscrutans_fw-la ignita_fw-la sue_v concupiscentie_n tela_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la penitus_fw-la extraxit_fw-la quem_fw-la venê°_n postea_fw-la absque_fw-la calore_fw-la percipiens_fw-la /_o vacuum_fw-la reliquit_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la tanden_fw-mi provisa_fw-la senectus_fw-la rationem_fw-la invocans_fw-la hominem_fw-la interiorem_fw-la perprin_n amore_fw-la infatuatum_fw-la mentis_fw-la sanitati_fw-la plenius_fw-la restauravit_fw-la ¶_o cupyde_v which_o may_v hurt_v and_o he_o will_v in_o love_n cause_n as_o for_o my_o heel_n upon_o the_o point_n which_o he_o be_v preyd_v cam_n with_o venus_n where_o i_o be_v leyde_v swounend_n upon_o the_o green_a grass_n and_o as_o i_o think_v anon_o there_o be_v on_o every_o side_n so_o great_a pree_n that_o every_o life_n begin_v to_o pree_n i_o wot_v not_o well_o how_o many_o score_n suche_n as_o i_o speak_v of_o now_o tofore_o lover_n that_o come_fw-mi to_o behold_v but_o most_o of_o they_o that_o be_v old_a 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