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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF GOWER 6 CONFESSIO AMANTI3, 



the (S. pe), dat., i. 50. 98 : iii. 174, etc. 



the (S. pe), ace, i. 49, 51, 83 : iii. 36, 354, 357, etc. 



he (S. he), i. 2, etc. ; it (S. hit), i. 1, etc. ; she (S. 



•eo), i. 4G, etc. 

 his (S. his), gen. masc., i. 2, etc. (a knight of his, 



i. « 14: a castell in Provence of* his, i. 260.) 



bis (8- his), gen. neut., i. 19 (whom it hath elles of 



his wille), 23, 33, o3 : ii. 124. 



her (S. liire), gen. fein., i. 48, 68, 69, 71, etc. 



absolute forms: it shall be hers, ii. 287. 

 his clothes of and her[jf\s bothe, ii. 358. 



hira (S. him), dat. masc, i. 97, 133, 142 : iii. 284, 



329. 



here, her (S. hire), dat. fem., ii. 341 : that well was 

 her[e~\ which him might, ii. 73 : her thought he 

 hath her well deserved, iii. 258 : so as her thought 

 it was to done, i. 47 : she bad me tell and say her 



trouthe. 



(from S, dat. him) 



hire, here, her, acous. fem. (from S. dat. or gen.) : 

 at the bordel because of hire (rh. spire), iii. 324 : 



i. 198, 226. 



as I towardes here wene, i. 122. 



and axen here for to wedde, iii. 270. 



that it of km* so bcfall[e], iii. 312. 



and after here with his hond(e), iii. 332. 



with here which his lemman was, iii. 149. 



of here whom mere} prescrveth, iii. 340. 



that she to her[e] mighte go, ii. 314. 



he tok(e) of her[e] what him list[e], ii. 344. 



to her(e) did I never nought, ii. 349: so, i. 54, 



71 : ii. 39, 166, 341, 344 : iii. 18, 261, etc. 



commonly her. 



and bad that she her shulde mekii, i. 71, 72, 73, 

 74, 100, 102, 103, etc., etc. 



we (S. we), i. 1, etc. 



oure (S. ure), i. 1 : in our'e time amonge us here, 



i. 262 : ii. 90, 192, 215. 



our, ii. 191 : touchend our cure spirituall, which is 



our charge in speciall, iii. 379, 380, 385. 

 OS, dat. (S. ns), that thoughte us, iii. 309. 

 us, ace. (S. us), i. 1, 4, etc. 



ye (S. ge), i. 61, 62, 87, etc. 

 youre (S. eower) : 



but upon youre conscience, ii. 108. 



as ye by your[i>~\ bokes knowe, i. 316. 



in youre dome I put it all, ii. 226. 







your, ii. 344: iii. 372. 



absolute form : thus am I youres ever mo, i. 104, 



you, dat. (S. eow) : you semeth, ii. 61. 



wel you be, i. 210, 135 : ii. 205 : iii. 351, 360. 

 you, ace. (S. eow), i. 62, 87, etc. 



her(S. hira), = their, i. 9, 19, 58, 69, 81, 87, 

 111, 227, etc. (sometimes wrongfully written 

 here). 



absolute form : it shall be Aer[£]s while I live, ik 

 287. 



hem (S. hem), dat., i. 12, 14, 18, etc. 



hem thoughte it souned in her ere. 

 hem, accus. (from S. dat.), i. 15, 16, 17, etc. 



they (S. pa), plural of third person (instead of S. 

 hi) : i. 10, etc. 



their but seldom occurs, and wherever it is found 



we should doubtless read her. 



they saiden of their owne pride, i. 111. 



fro Kome lond they went their waie, i. 245 

 (read wente her). 



there as they had their hertes sette, ii. 48 



(read hadde her). 

 and whan they wiste their avauntage, iii, 



219 (read wiste her). 



So, i. 55, 59, 76, 115. 



them is not found. 



§ 46. The. following are the combinations of tha 

 Personal Pronouns with self in Gower : 



myself (myselfe), i. 160, 228 : ii. 30. 



myselfe, myselve, i. 49, 103 : ii. 30. 



myselven, i. 161 : ii. 380. 



thyself, i. 278. 



thyselven, i. 178. 



himself (himselfe), i. 107, 109, 143, 163, 165, 



215. 



himselfe, himselve, i. 4, 53, 105, 109, 239: ii. 



284. 



himselven, i. 106, 162, 222, 266. 

 herself, i. 129, 165: iii. 300. 

 herselve, ii. 5, 337. 

 herselven, iii. 30, 316. 

 pi., usself, i. 256. 



hemself, themselves, i. 13, 17, 26, 30, 230, 304 : 

 ii. 171, etc., etc. 



