OBSERVATIONS 



'HE LANGUAGE OP GOWERV roXFESSIO AMANTIS 



285 



weren dede, i. 76 f, 111 : ii. 173 f, 201 : iii 



198 f. 

 the gates were shette, i. 348. 

 we be saute bothe two, i. 198. 

 hem that were him leve, i. 273 f. 

 briddes been made, ii. 80. 

 that him 



thoughte allii 



women lothe, 



l 



118. 



have be full ofte sithes wroth ii, i. 52, 280. 

 they shull of reson ben answerde, i. 51. 



We have even : whan that these herbesben holsome, 



iii. 161. 

 in thinges that ben naturele, iii. 133. 

 of hem that weren so discrete, iii.^167. 



b. L hem that ben so derk, i. 78. 

 we ben set, i. 317. 

 they be shet, ii. 10. 

 so ben my wittes overbad, ii. 21. 

 all men be left, i. 119. 

 hem that thanne weren good, i. 11, 4. 

 which only weren sauf by ship, i. 38. 

 the thre were eth to reule, i. 60. 





they were cleped, ii. 165. 



the . m laid, ii. 245. 



they b u corrupt, ii. 153: so, 185, 11 c. 



§ 42. Kxo'ptions. 



To 40 c. of gold* and pr< >>use stones, ii. 4 



his IhmIcs most </>voitte. i. <> 1 f. 

 diver occurs, i. 6, 252. : „. 164. 



325: iii. 26, hut is found alio in the 



singular: see § 30, b. 



§43. At least one adjeciive of French or^in 

 exhibits the French plural in 8. 



long time amonges the Roinuins, 

 til they become so vilai?is, i. 28 : so, p*j 

 haps, iii. 18S. 



§ 44. The following; combinations cor ning 

 the Genitive Plural of (ill occur : 



altherwerst, i. 53: ii. 224: iii. 9: allthormeit, 



i. 347, 224. 

 altherbest, i. 106: ii. 20: althertrewest. i. 170. 



PEONOUNS. 



(See, also, §§ 30 ; 32, a ; 35, c ; 39, b ; 44.) 



§ 45. Personal Pronouns and their Possessives. 



I (S. ic), i. 2, etc. 



min (S. min), min herte, i. 3, 215 : ii. 277 : iii. 5 : 

 niin bond, i. 41 : ii. 341 : min holy, i. 66 : ii. 212 : 

 min hole, ii. 277 : min houndes, ii. 382 : min 

 heviuesse, iii. 351, etc. 

 min honour, ii. 310, 334. 

 min owne, ii. 323 : iii. 5 : min one, i. 45 : min 



opinion, ii. 214 : min entent, ii. 222 : min ere, 



min eye, iii. 31, etc. 

 sone min, i. 363 : ii. 139. 



my : my king, i. 3 : my wit, my boke, i. 4 : my 

 minde, i. 6 : my writinges, i. 41 : my fortune, 

 i. 45: my spekinges,i. 49: my trust, my lust, 

 my lif(e), min hele, ii. 249. 



absolute forms : half so well as min (rh. engin, 

 Fr. engin), i. 225. 



Fr. covine), iii. 163. 



m 



] 



(F 



Jg^ 



malgre 



368 



me (S. me), ace., i. 2, etc. 

 thou (S. }>u), i. 45, etc. 



thin (S. *tn), thin herte, i. 60, 109, 336: ii 279: 



thin haj.pes, iii. 10 : thin baring i. 57 : thin help. 



iii. 215, etc. 



thin eye, i. 56, 61 : thin ere, i. 61 : thin ende, ii 



280: thin owne, ii. 823: thin informacion, iii 



145 : thin asse, iii. 196. 

 thy : thy shrifte. i. 40 : thy conscience, i. 50 : thy 

 wittes, i. 60 : thy lust, i. 67, etc., etc. : thy hole, 



ii. 279 (?). 



