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In return, Henry presented Gower with an ornamented collar.
Next, Gower composed a series of Latin poems, as well as Traitié, a sequence of French ballads in rhyme royal.

Gower's first work was Mirour de l'Omme (i.e.

Dodd, William George. Gower later latinized the title to Speculum Hominis, and later changed it to Speculum Meditantis to fit with the titles of his later works. 266. He was buried in St. Mary Overies, now the cathedral of St. Saviour's, in Southwark, where his tomb can still be seen today.

John Gower (1325?-1403)

John Gower was Chaucer's friend and fellow poet.

London. It was written in 1382, although later revisions are possible.
Seattle, Univ. of Washington Press, 1962.

Gower, John. 211. In 1397, Gower married Agnes Groundolf, probably his second wife.

Fisher, John H. John Gower, Moral Philosopher and Friend of Chaucer.
New York: New York University Press, 1964.

Gallacher, Patrick J.

Love, the Word, and Mercury: A Reading of John Gower's Confessio Amantis.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1975.

Gower, John.
Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1989.

1376-79), an allegorical poem in French meditating on the fall of man and the effect of sin on the world.

Nicholson, Peter. The poem deeply analyzed the manifestations of evil in contemporary society and was believed to be lost until its manuscript was accidentally discovered in 1895 at the University of Cambridge. Like the Speculum Meditantis, it too treats of sinfulness, and criticizes the corruption of the society.

1st edition. Writers and Their Work 211. In 1400, Gower dedicated and presented his French work Cinkante Balades (Fifty Ballads), which some attribute to his younger days, to King Henry. Gower and Lydgate. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 62. Mirror of Man) (wr.