Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 757

INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS XCV IV οίυη Confosfo mantis What is known of the circumstances and the life of Gower What of his relations with Chaucer Briefly notice his other literary contemporaries Discuss the date of the Covfessio Amantis in its earlier form What is the date of the later What other works did its author produce Give brief outline of the first three books of the Confessio Amantis with comments From what various sources does Gower derive his ill us- trative stories In what other works are the Seven Deadly Sins represented Point out some of the mediaeval superstitions and ideas that are embodied in this poem Translate exactly into modern English Ο ye my lives hele Say what ye liste in my quarele not what answer shall yi ve For ever while that may live woll that ye be my maistresse For can nought my selfe gesse Which is the best unto my chois Thus grant you min hole vois Chese for us bothe you praie And what as ever that ye saie Righ as ye wolle so woll And moste when they weren glade With false covin which she hadde Her close envie tho she spradde And alle tho that 11 add en be Or in appert or in prive Of counseil to the marriage She slough hem in sodein rage Endlong the borde as they be set So that it mighte nought be let Her owne sone was nought quite But died upon the same phte