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The complete works of John Gower, volume 1

INDEX TO THE NOTES

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affoler, 3533.

Albumasar, 26749.

allegger, 15822.

ambicioun, 3398.

anacoluthon, 89.

Archideclin, 28395.

‘as he which,’ 27942.

assener, B. xxxix. 9.

attraire, 10748.

auxiliary verbs, 118, 230, 1135, 1193.

avant, 14730, 17310, 20537, 23573.

bastir, T. x. 18.

bee, 19345.

Beemoth, 4453.

‘beg,’ 5452.

bruisser, 7896.

burette, 9281.

Caecilius Balbus, quoted as Seneca, 9565, 13695, 16633.

capitals, use of, 194.

Cato, 4704.

chalandre, 10707.

chalenge, 6315.

chaloir, 3367, 21676.

Chaucer illustrated, 4117, 6434, 7825, 9148, 10526, 21241, 21369 ff., T. vii. 1 ff.

‘Civile,’ 15217.

come in the verse, 28, B. ii. 9.

concordance, 7475.

conditional, use of, 25, 1688.

conivreisoun, 8815.

conjecture, 3365.

conjunctions, position of, 415, B. xx. 2.

consecutive clauses, 217, 682.

creance, B. xv. 1.

cross, 18580.

‘cross and pile,’ 26133.

‘daiamant,’ B. xxxviii. 1.

dame in the verse, 6733.

‘Danger,’ B. xii. 8.

date, indications of, 2142, 18829.

de, in apposition, 253.

deinzein, 14026.

demonstrative for article, 301.

deviser, 5031.

devoir, as auxiliary, 780, 1193, 17041.

dont, 217, 11466.

-ée, termination, 29390, B. xxxvii. 10.

elision, absence of, 12241, B. xxxiv. 18.

English forms of expression compared, 1135, 2462, 2700, 13037, 17484, 27942, 28115.

‘Eurice,’ T. vii. 11.

fagolidros, 2749.

faire, as auxiliary, 1135:

cp. 3864.

fait a reprendre, &c., 1883.

false references, 1285, 1653, 1849, 3601, 6877, 7315, 9565, 10324, 10962, 12685, 13695, 14833, 16633, 16729, 19897, 21399, 23370.

friars, 21181, 21241 ff.

Fulgentius, 13309.

future tense, use of, 364, 1184, 15266, B. x. 7.

Galice, 15336.

garde pance, 19031.

gerund for inf., 1848, 23638.

Gilbert, 17113.

giroun, 4870.

Godfrey of Winchester, 7640.

Gower, D. i. 16.

‘hedgerow knight,’ 23726.

Hélinand, 11404.

hiatus, 12241, B. xxxiv. 18.

Hilarius, 27031.

hoopoe, 2893, 8869, T. xii. 19.

Horace quoted, 3801:

cp. 10948, 23370.

-ie termination, 296.

‘incest,’ 9085.

indic. for subj. 1180.

Innocent, 18783.

inversions of order, 415, 15941, 17996, 27949.

ja, 13947.

jeu parti, 3240.

Juvenal quoted, 23370.

le meinz, le plus, &c., 2700.

lée (1), 5179.

lée (2), 15821.

legende, 20700.

loisir, 9311.

lot, 6303.

love-days, 23683.

Macarius, 12565.

maisque, 26112, 28110.

‘Malapert,’ 1684.

Marcial, 7640.

Martinmas beef, 7940.

Mayor of London, 26365.

meschine, 3727.

metre, 296, 2742, 3116, 3160, 14568, B. xxvii. 1.

St. Michael, 25607.

mire, 24290.

Montpelliers, gold of, 1944.

Natural History, views of, 10747.

nettle and rose, 3721.

‘oon the beste,’ 2462.

oratour, D. i. 15.

ore in verse, 37.

orine, 16539.

-oun termination, B. i. 16.

ove in verse, 4.

ove tout, 4.

‘Pamphilus,’ 10959, 14449.

papegai, B. xxxvi. 3.

parasi, 25569.

pareies, 10117.

parentre deux, 16338.

par si qe, 3233.

Paul the Eremite, 27061.

Pavia, treasures of, 7319.

pearls, 10813.

Pierre de Peccham quoted, 51.

pigas, 23393.

play on words, 19501.

pluis, B. xxxix. 18.

‘possessioners,’ 9132.

pour, use of, 6328, 10639, 16955.

preposition combined with object of verb, 987, 5492.

pres.part. 12855.

pres.part. with auxiliary, 118, 230, 440.

pret. for perfect, 18797.

preu, 5216.

‘Pseudo,’ 21625.

Ptolemy’s maxims, 12452.

que, 407.

que ... plus, 18589, B. vii. 24.

que sage, &c., 16700.

qui, use of, 1244.

quoy, du quoy, 15500.

relative omitted, 16955.

rhyme, 541, 1180, 2353, 10505, 11160, 12697, 14126, 20294, 21241.

‘Salvatio Romae,’ 14725.

sanctuary for debtors, 25853.

schism in the Church referred to, 18829.

second pers. sing. and pl. confused, 442, 25839.

sestier, 8403.

si ... noun, 6496.

Sidrac, 2509.

Simon, 18451.

sojour, 26130.

Solomon cited for Ecclesiasticus, 1317, 2509.

subj. for conditional, 23, 1776.

suppoer, 16924.

tags to fill up lines, 83, 139, 373, 28475.

‘the less,’ ‘the more,’ &c., 2700, 12347.

tiger-hunting, 1563.

tout with numerals, 11354.

Trajan, 22168.

tuns of sweet and bitter drink, T. xv. 10.

Ulysses (Uluxes), 16673.

verra, 18876.

‘Vers de la Mort,’ 11404.

Waddington, Will. of, 5205.

widow’s marriage to the Church, 9171.

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