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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF GOWER S CONFESSIO AMANTIS, 



b. in -e. 



were, i. 4, 10, 33, 75, 78, 101, berefte, i. 28. 



110, 111, 127, 242, etc., etc. 



founde, ii. 83. 

 dorste, ii. 237. 



Or, c, has no termination. 



begonne, begunne, 



ii. 36, 326. 

 shulde, ii. 69 f. 



the Grekes let, i. 80. 



teres ran, iii. 300. 



they which understood, i. men wold, iii. 355. 



80 f. (they) had, i. 101 (?) 



theyboth[e] stood, i. 232 f. (they) wist, ii. 163 (?) 

 festes stood, iii. 257 f. 

 men shuld, iii. 144. 



the peril er we fall ther- 

 inne, ii. 380 (?) 



§ 56. Subjunctive. 



The Singular of the Subjunctive, both Present 

 and Imperfect, ends in e through all the Persons, 

 as in Saxon* 



a. Present, 



m •<* 



forthy, my sone, if that thou fele 

 that love wring'e the to sore, ii. 91. 



t-» 



/< 



finde 



who so take kepe, ii. 93. 



but what man that this work beginne, i. 85. 



for what man thilke vice sue, ii. 141. 



who that rede right[e], iii. 102 : i. 231. 



me recheth nought who overthrowe, i. 168. 



(axeth) that she him holde covenaunt, i, 250. 



but er the time that he spede, i. 65. 



what thou here, i. 59. 



and namely that thou ne chide, i. 307. 



I wolde that thou arise, iii. 346. # 



but though that holy chirche it bidde, iii. 280. 



praiden her that she ne spare, iii. 261. 



that non(e) it knowe, ii. 272. 



God grant it mote be redressed, iii. 380. 



he kepe Simon fro the folde I i. 162. 



but God forbede that it were, i. 162, 295 f. 



O Diogene, God the spede ! iii. 162. 





M 



that he baptisrae ne receive, i. 276. 



122. 



•) 



111. 



upon thy fomen alle, 

 sir king, thy sweven mote falle ! i. 139. 



b. Imperfect, 

 as though she verriliche seie, i. 72. 

 though I her kepte and helde fast[e], ii. 130 



w r ho that it understode* i. 162 : ii. 33. 



who that it knewe, ii. 88 f. 



for who that wolde taken hede, iii. 271. 



i 



to hope it were than anon(e), i. 8. 

 it were better dike and delve, i. 15. 

 so fame he wolde it were she, i. 207. 



So, i. 39, 156, 211, *33, 243, 359, 365, etc. : ii. 33. 



etc. 



for that my selfe have ofte si the 

 desired thou wolte, as men saith, i. 181. 

 I not how Jason that night slepe, ii. 241. 



Exceptions : were not infrequently. (See §§ 84, 86.) 



for me were lever to lacke breth, i. 



177. 



but he were lustles in his herte, i. 127. 



So, i. 265, 309, 333 (?) : ii. 93 (?), 276 : iii. 212. 



for if thou here my tale wel(e), ii 

 340. 



c. The Plural of the Present. Subjunctive is in 

 -en and o, like the usual forms of the Indicative : 

 se we, torne we, iii. 292. 



§ 57. Imperative. 



In those forms of the Singular of the Imperative 

 which in Saxon end in a vowel, the vowel is not 

 very well preserved in Gower. In Pauli's text an 

 e is generally appended to the forms which in 

 Saxon end in a consonant ; erroneously, as the 

 slightest inspection will show. 



§ 58. Singular. 

 a. Forms which in Saxon end in a vowel. 



medle (S. midla), i. 143. 



Joke (S. loca). ii. 14 

 telle (S. tele), ii. 39. 



But Iok6, i. 83. 

 But tel, i. 49, 60, 



61, 88 : telle, i. 



47. 



herken 



) 



should very likely be herkne : "now herke 

 hereafter" occurs, iii. 325. 

 shewe (S. sceawa), i. 48. 



b. Forms which in Saxon end in a consonant. 



list (S. hlyst), i. 69, 105, 234. 



let (S. Iset), i. 49. 



yif, yef (S. gif), i. 299, 46, 59. 



who so that reson understood, ii. 129 





