1898-] SMYTH — PERICLES AND APOLLONIUS. 255 



The eldest sone of that empire 

 He made king of Antiage, 

 .... that he lovede dure, 

 Of Cirenen that was .... 

 When he hadde al thys y-dyght 

 Cam deth and axede hys fee, 

 .... hys soule to God Almyght, 

 So wel God that hit bee ; 

 . . . . de ech housbonde grace. 

 For to lovye so hys wyf 

 .... y-fed hem witoute trespace, 

 As sche dyde hym al here lyf ; 

 .... ne on alle lyves space, 

 Heere to amende oure mysdede. 

 .... of hevene to have a place, 

 Amen ye synge here, y rede. 

 .... ony thys was translatyd 

 Almost at Engelondes ende. 

 .... to the makers stat, 

 Tak eich an ... . kynde ; 

 .... hove y- take hys bedys on hond. 

 And sayd hys Pater Noster and Crede, 

 .... was vicary, y understonde^ 

 At Wymborne mynstre in that stede ; 

 . . . . y thoughte you have wryte, 

 Hit is nought worth to be knowe, 

 .... thot wole the sothe y-wyte 

 Go Thider and me wol ye schewe ; 

 .... Fader, and Sone, and Holy Gost, 

 To whom y clepide at my begynnynge, 

 .... de he hys of myghtes most, 

 Brynge us alle to a goud endynge : 

 Grannte us voide the payne of helle, 

 O God, Lorde, and persones threo, 

 And in the blysse of hevene dwelle ! 

 Amen, pour charit6 ! 



3. We next find Gower telling the story, to the pious disgust of 

 Chaucer, in the Confessio Amantis, which was finished not later 

 than 1393, and most probably a year or two earlier, and which was 

 first printed by Caxton in 1483. Gower confesses the source of his 

 tale in his opening lines : 



« Of a cronique in daies gon. 

 The wich is cleped Panteon 

 In loves cause I rede thus 

 How that the great Antiochus," etc. 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS, SCO. XXXVII. 158. Q. PRINTED DEC, 15, 1898. 



