En toy qui es fitz de Dieu le Pere,
Sauue soit, qui gist sours cest pierre.
The second Writing Mercy, with this Decree,
O bone Jesu fait ta mercy,
Al' ame, dont le corps gisticy.
The third Writing Pity, with this device,
Pour ta pite Jesu regarde,
Et met cest a me en sauue garde.
And thereby formerly hung a Table, wherein was written, That whoso prayed for the Soul of John Gower, so oft as he did it, should have a M. and D. days of pardon.
His Arms were in a Field Argent, on a Cheveron Azure, three Leopards heads gold, their tongues Gules, two Angels supporters, on the Crest a Talbot.