Confessio

The "Confessio" is written in octo-syllabic couplets, with four accents.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

MSS.; also in the edition of the "Confessio," printed by Caxton; Pauli gives it too: "Confessio," i.p. xxiii.

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

The "Confessio" of Gower is said to have owed its origin to a request made to the poet by King Richard II.; who, accidentally meeting Gower on the Thames, called him into the royal barge, and enjoined him "to booke some new thing."

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In spite of the immense difference in their merit, the names of Chaucer and Gower were constantly coupled; James of Scotland, Skelton, Dunbar, always mention them together; the "Confessio" was printed by Caxton; under Elizabeth we find Gower on the stage; he figures in "Pericles," and recites the prologue of this play, the plot of which is borrowed from his poem.

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He relates in his "Confessio" that he had to travel about 200 miles; and his journey was probably towards Killala Bay and onwards thence to Westport.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

He tells us in his "Confessio" that no fewer than twelve times he and his companions were seized and carried off as captives, and on one occasion in particular he was loaded with chains, and his death was decreed.

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Together with Wimpina and Cochlaeus he represented the Catholic party at the conference (16 Aug.) between Catholic and Lutheran theologians relative to the "Confessio" and its "Confutatio"; and as theologian he served on the sub-committee which canvassed the results of the conference.

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"Confessio", but pronounces against the "De vocatione", the "De providentia", and on the other doubtful works expresses no view.

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"Confessio", appeared between 638 and 653, probably 638-641, while the second, or "Donatio" proper, was written in the reign of Stephen

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The "Confessio" and the "Epistola ad Coroticum" are recognized by all modern critical writers as of unquestionable genuineness.

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