Confessio Amantis, Volume 2

Russell A. Peck is Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is currently the editor of the Middle English Texts Series. Andrew Galloway is Professor of English at Cornell University. He specializes in medieval English literature and its contexts, as well as medieval Latin literature.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionConfessio AmantisBook 2: Envyi. On EnvySorrow for Another's JoyTale of Acis and Galateaii. Joy Over Another’s GriefTale of the Travelers and the Angeliii. DetractionTale of ConstanceTale of Demetrius and Perseusiv. False-SemblantTale of Deianira, Hercules, and Nessusv. SupplantationTale of Geta and AmphitrionTale of the False BachelorTale of Pope Bonifacevi. The Pallor of EnvyCharity and Pity as RemedyTale of Constantine and SylvesterBook 3: Wrathi. On MelancholyTale of Canace and MachaireTale of Tiresias and the Snakesii. ContentionPatience of SocratesOf Jupiter, Juno, and TiresiasTale of Phebus and CornideJupiter and Laariii. HateTale of King Namplus and the Greeksiv. Contek and HomicideTale of Diogenes and AlexanderTale of Pyramus and ThisbeOn DaungerTale of Phebus and DaphneTale of Athemas and DemephonTale of Orestesv. Evil of WarTale of Alexander and the PirateOn CrusadesTale of Telaphus and TeucerBook 4: Slothi. On Lachesce, or ProcrastinationTale of Aeneas and DidoTale of Ulysses and PenelopeThe Great Clerk GrossetesteThe Foolish Virginsii. Pusillamité, or CowardicePygmalion and His StatueTale of Iphis and Ianteiii. ForgetfulnessTale of Demophon and Phyllisiv. NegligenceTale of PhaetonTale of Icarusv. IdlenessTale of RosipheleeTale of Jephthah’s Daughtervi. Decerte, or MeritoriousnessTale of Nauplus and UlyssesExamples of Prowess: ProtesilausSaulEducation of AchillesTale of Hercules and AchelonsPenthesilea, Philemenis, AeneasGentilessevii. On the Uses of LaborDiscoverers and InventorsAlchemyThree Philosopher StonesFirst AlchemistsLetters and Languageviii. SomnolenceOn DreamsTale of Ceix and AlceonePrayer of CephalusTale of Argus and Mercuryix. Tristesse and DespondencyTale of Iphis and AraxarathenExplanatory NotesTextual NotesBibliographyIllustrationFigure 1, MS Bodley 902, Fol. 8r.