Comprised
The prologue to this work describes Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a statue with feet of clay and steel. This work includes a story about a knight who steals a ring from the son of a Roman Emperor in order to marry a sultan's daughter, "The False Bachelor," as well as the story of  "Canace and Machaire." Its seventh book discusses Aristotle's education of Alexander the Great. Its eight book's description of Antiochus' incestuous relationship with his daughter, which is discovered by Apollonius of Tyre, inspired Shakespeare's play Pericles. Comprised "Somwhat of lust, somwhat of lore," this work's frame story consists of Genius telling examples of the seven deadly sins to a lover who desires to gain absolution from Venus. FTP, name this poem by John Gower whose title means The Lover's Confession.
The prologue to this work describes Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a statue with feet of clay and steel.
{Confessio Amantis}