Hail, botenere1 of every body blind;
Hail, borgun brightest of all bounty,
Hail, trewore then the wode bynd:
You pray for us thy Sonë so free! AVE

VI.

Hail, mother; hail, maiden; hail, heaven queen;

Hail, gatus of paradise;

Hail, star of the sea that ever is seen;

Hail, rich, royal, and righteous;

Hail, burde yblessed may you bene;

Hail, pearl of all perrie the pris;

Hail, shadow in each a shower shene;
Hail, fairer than that fleur-de-lis,

Hail, chere chosen that never n'as chis;

Hail, chief chamber of charity;

Hail, in woe that ever was wis:

You pray for us thy Sonë so free! AVE, &c. &c.

1 'Botenere:' helper.

SPECIMENS, WITH MEMOIRS,

OF THE

LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.

JOHN GOWER

CONTENTS.

FIRST PERIOD.

PACE

The Chariot of the Sun

The Tale of the Coffers or Caskets, &c.

Of the Gratification which the Lover's Passion receives from the Sense

Canace, condemned to Death by her Father Eolus, sends to her guilty

Brother Macareus the last Testimony of her unhappy Passion

The London Lyckpenny

HARDING, KAY, &c.

ROBERT HENRYSON

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41

45

46

47

49

Dinner given by the Town Mouse to the Country Mouse

The Garment of Good Ladies

WILLIAM DUNBAR

The Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins through Hell

The Merle and Nightingale

GAVIN DOUGLAS

HAWES, BARCLAY, &C.

To Miss Margaret Hussey

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53

59

66

70

72

76

77

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