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English: John Gower in a portrait from a book with his Vox Clamantis and Chronica Tripertita in Glasgow Univ. Lib., MS Hunter 59 (T.2.17) folio 6v. This is from a revised edition of the book published c. 1400 (before Gower's death). Gower is depicted as an archer with a bow and arrow. Gower prepares to shoot the world, a sphere with compartments representing earth, air, and water. Stockton speculates that the lower half represents the peasantry; the upper quarters represent clergy and nobility.[1]:342 Text on the above image in one version of the Vox Clamantis reads "I hurl my darts at the world and I shoot my arrows; Yet where there is a just man, no arrow strikes. But I wound those transgressors who live evilly; Therefore, let him who is conscious of being in the wrong look to himself in that respect."[1]:342 Ref from: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/chaucer/contemporaries.html

Latin text, transcription: 

Ad mundum mitto mea iacula dumque sagitto
At vbi iustus erit nulla sagitta ferit
Sed male viventes hos vulnero transgredientes
Conscius ergo sibi se speculetur ibi

Latin text, translation, d.lib.rochester.edu : 

I send my darts at the world and simultaneously shoot arrows;
But mind you, wherever there is a just man, no one will receive arrows.
I badly wound those living in transgression, however;
Therefore, let the thoughtful man look out for himself.
Date circa 1400
date QS:P,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/images/chaucer/H59_0006v.jpg
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
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See also the globe representation detail.
Similar image and text from another manuscript of John Gower Vox Clamantis. Hunting Library HM150 folio: f. 13v

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  1. ↑ a b Stockton, Eric William (1962) The Major Latin Works of John Gower, Seattle: University of Washington Press, pp. 503

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