Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors in punctuation have been silently corrected. Corrections noted in “CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA” before page 1 have been corrected in place. Page 548 - corrected “inital” to “initial” THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER OF JOHN GOWER G. C. MACAULAY * * * THE ENGLISH WORKS HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER EDITED FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES, AND GLOSSARIES BY G. C. MACAULAY, M.A. FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE * * *THE ENGLISH WORKS (Confessio Amantis, Lib. V. 1971—Lib. VIII; and In Praise of Peace)