CONFESSIO AMANTIS or TALES OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS By John Gower, 1330-1408 A.D. The following electronic text is based on that edition published in THE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER, ed. Prof. G.C. Macauley. This electronic text was edited and proofed by Douglas B. Killings (DeTroyes@AOL.COM), September 1994. Additional assistance provided by Diane M. Brendan.