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The Complete Works of John Gower

Edited from the manuscripts with introductions, notes and glossaries by G. C. Macaulay
Gower, John (1325?-1408)
  
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Quod creat ipse deus, necat hoc homicida creatum,
Vltor et humano sanguine spargit humum.
Vt pecoris sic est hominis cruor, heu, modo fusus,
Victa iacet pietas, et furor vrget opus.
Angelus ‘In terra pax’ dixit, et vltima Cristi
Verba sonant pacem, quam modo guerra fugat.
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