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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OP GOWEft's CONFESSIO AMANTIS 



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at Troie how that Agamemnon, i. 242. 

 and saide how that abed all warm(e), i. 243. 

 . and thenke how she woll me refuse, i. 282. 

 forthy, my sone, how so it stonde, i. 290. 

 of pacience how that it stood, i. 303. 

 maketh knowe how that the Gregois were, i. 313. 

 to knowe how that the sothe was, i. 351. 

 ther(e) shall be knowe how that it is, i. 365. 



So, i. 52, 69, 78, 183, 228, 308, 330, 352. 



ii. 4, 8, 9, 31, 36, 84, 101, 112, 116, 148, 173, 

 179, 207, 208, 235, 242, 292, 299, 313, 314, 

 317, 333, 340, 358, 361. 

 49, 61, 90, 138, 139, 141, 151, 154, 160, 234, 



Exceptions (?) 



if no man write how it stood, i. 4. 



and thoughte how(e) it was not good, i. 269. 



and all the cause how it went, ii. 122. 



In these cases it is probable that we should read 

 how that , which phrase actually occurs in twelve 

 out of the eighteen verses cited above. 



6. Before the adverb here (her) (when not at 

 the end of the verse). 



what shall befalle here afterward, i. 3. 



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and for to beare herof record(e), i. 70. 



lo, sone, her(e) might thou taken hede, ii. 50. 



I not what falle herafter shall, ii. 278. 



of dedely peine here afterwarde, i Ii. 37. 



my sone, herafter thou shalt here, iii. 145. 



[It is to be observed that falle[n], beare[n], 

 may be read as monosyllables. The other three 

 cases cannot be explained away, if the readings are 

 correct.] 



Examples of here at the end of the verse. 



thou shalt have no penaunce here, ii. 43. 

 it thoughte her faire, and saide, here, ii. 45. 

 whil(e) that they were alive here, ii. 171. 

 well mo than I the telle here, ii. 175. 

 endure upon this erthe here, ii. 269: i. 37. 

 among us upon erthe here, iii. 94, 38. 

 benethe upon this erthe here, iii. 106. 

 upon this wofull erthe here, iii. 277. 

 among us on this erthe here, iii. 379. 

 above all other on erthe here, iii. 381. 

 that Crist(e) in erthe taught[e] here, i. 15. 

 but this which (e) I you telle here, i. 168. 

 a man to live chaste here, ii. 342. 





4. Before two or three words of French origin. 



a. the vein[e] honour was nought desired, i. 11. 

 for thilke honour whiche Aaron tok(e), i. 261. 

 and hindreth many a cause honest, ii. 9. 



of armes thilke honour forsake, ii. 64. 

 that love honest in sondry wey. ii. 78. 

 of treble honour he was certain, iii. 165. 

 of pees, richesse, honour, and welthe, iii. 273. 

 may never be to loves lawe honeste, iii. 352. 



But : which techeth thilke honeste, iii. 141, 



but, upon alle honeste, iii. 272, 

 (where elision is prevented by the ictus.) 



b. to feigne humilite withoute, i. 66. 



and with low(e) herte hurnblesse sue, i. 118. 



c. they have of thilke horrible sinne, i. 77, 76. 

 that thilke horrible sinfull dede, i. 365. 



d. and of his quene dame Heleine, ii. 230. 

 tho was in thile quene Heleine, ii. 384. 

 of that Paris had wonne Heleine, ii. 387. 

 (e/. after his moder quene Eleine, i. 276.) 



We find, 



and saide Ha, suster, if ye knewe, ii. 320. 



and whan he wok(e) he saide, Ha, wif(e), iii. 

 310. 



But saide should perhaps be printed said, as 



and said Ha, now thou art atake, ii. 338, 

 or Ha should perhaps be Ah. 



We find, 



receive till he saide ho, ii. 201. 



I woll the telle and thanne ho, iii. 274. 



§ 77. Except in the cases mentioned above, final 

 e is not elided before h. 



e. g. which hath the proudii herte fired, i. 11, 189. 



unto his owne harme it groweth, i. 53, 172. 



that sleighte shulde helpe thanne, i. 79. 



for I have ofte herd you saide, i. 148. 



in alle haste his cause spedde, i. 180, 193 : iii* 

 258. 



his wif(e) Heleine bight also, i. 199. 



but he that thanne herd hem two, ii. 323. 



for love hateth nothing more, ii. 18. 



and shame hindereth every wight, iii. 151. 



the grete hete in which I brenne, iii. 36. 



upon his grete holinesse, i. 257. 



etc., etc., etc. 



