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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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Prosper et aduersus obliquo tramite versus
Immundus mundus decipit omne genus.
Mundus in euentu versatur vt alea casu,
Quam celer in ludis iactat auara manus.
Sicut vmago viri variantur tempora mundi,
Statque nichil firmum preter amare deum.
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