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The complete works of John Gower, volume 4

Chapter 8: FOOTNOTES:
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A collected volume of Latin compositions by a medieval poet, assembling epistolary verse, a three-part chronicle, occasional poems on moral corruption and pestilence, a learned tract concerning light and its scrutiny, and several late short pieces. An extended introduction assesses the sparse biographical records and manuscript history, while generous notes and glossaries provide textual commentary and vocabulary aid. The writings alternate didactic moral and theological reflection with historical observation and occasional lyrical moments, presenting a range of forms and registers intended for both instruction and contemplative reading.

Ad mundum mitto mea iacula, dumque sagitto;
At vbi iustus erit, nulla sagitta ferit.
Sed male viuentes hos vulnero transgredientes;
Conscius ergo sibi se speculetur ibi.126a

FOOTNOTES:

79 The MSS. used for the Vox Clamantis are the following:—

S (All Souls College, Oxford, 98), C (Cotton, Tiberius, A. iv), E (Ecton Hall), H (Harleian 6291), G (Glasgow, Hunterian Museum, T. 2. 17), D (Bodleian Library, Digby 138), L (Bodleian Library, Laud 719), T (Trinity College, Dublin, D. 4. 6), H₂ (Hatfield Hall), L₂ (Lincoln Cathedral Library A. 7. 2). The text is based on S.

Table of Contents not found in HLTL₂ (H defective)

80 3 velud C
81 4 fingit SGD narrat CE
82 Lib. I i. 2 eciam om. D
83 i. 7 tamen om. D
84 vi. 4 comitabantur E comitebantur SCG committebantur D
85 vii. 3 associabantur E
86 ix. 3 Geay D Iay E
87 iii. 2 et om. D
88 iiii. S has lost a leaf (Lib. II. iiii-Lib. III. xxii, luxurie). Text follows C
89 v. This heading om. D
90 iiii. Hic loquitur quomodo diligentibus positiuis quasi quotidie noua instituuntur nobis peccata quibus tamen prius fiunt prelati propter lucrum dispensant et ea fieri liberi propter aurum permittunt D
91 v. 1 illis om. D
92 vi. 1 loquitur om. D
93 vi. 2 dicit E dicitur CGD
94 vii. 1 loquitur om. D
95 viii. 1 eciam om. D
96 viii. 2 aliqualiter om. D
97 xv. 1 qualiter] finaliter quod ED
98 xxii. 2 S resumes
99 After Cap. xxvii no space CEGD
100 iii. 1 qualiter modus] de modo D
101 After Cap. xv no space CEGD
102 xix. f. ad ecclesie—viuentes om. D
103 xx. 2 aqualiter S
104 xxiii. 1 circuieundo C circumeundo D
105 After Cap. viii no space CEGD
106 ix. 1 rem bublicam S
107 After Cap. x no space CEGD
108 i. 6 enaruant C
109 iii. 3 colore om. C
110 After Cap. vii no space CEGD
111 vii. 5 f. innocenciam—excusat nearly erased G
112 viii. 3 f. in and honore partly erased G
113 xii. 1 illecebra CED
114 xix. 4 adiu C
115 Lib. VII. i. 4 Nabugonosor C
116 i. 8 significacionem ferri D
117 vi. 3 suum CEGD sum S
118 vii. 4 gratum] congruum D
119 xvi. 3 mundi om. C
120 xvii. 3 eciam S eciam in speciali CED
121 xviii. 1 quod quamuis] quomodo D
122 xix. 2 S has lost two leaves (resoluitur—Lib. I. i. 18). Text follows C
123 xxiii. 4 excercent CE
124 xxiiii. 2 ipse] ille D
125 xxiiii. 4 enaruantur C
126 xxv. 5 penitus CE
126aThese four lines (with picture below) are found here in CEG. L has them later, Lib. III. cap. i.