The Devonshire Manuscript/And wylt thow leve me thus
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The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 17r
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{9}{p`} 1 And wylt thow leve me thus
2 Say nay say nay ffor shame and thys chefly
3 to save the from the Blame
4 of all my greffe & grame1
5 And wylt thow leve me thus
6 Say nay Say nay
7 And wylt thow leve me thus
8 that hathe lovyd the so long
9 in welthe & woo Among
10 & ys thy hart so strong
11 as for to leve me thus
12 Say nay Say nay
13 And wylt thos leve me thus
14 that hathe gevyn the my hart2
15 neuer for to Depart
16 nother for payn nor smart
17 And wylt thow leve me thus
18 Say nay Say nay
19 And wylt thow leve me thus
20 & have nomore Pyttye
21 of hym that lovythe the
22 helas thy cruellte
23 & wylt thow leve me thus
24 Say nay Say nay
fynys quod{q+d+} W.s
Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H2. The lover laments that his beloved has left.
Here H2 follows his previous lettering style, using large and exaggerated majiscules for the words "Blame," "Depart," and "Pyttye," as well as the word "Say" in the refrain (see also "Bownd am I now & shall be styll" (8v), "May not thys hate from the estarte" (10v), "What menythe thys when I lye alone" (12v), "ys yt possyble" (14r), "My lute awake performe the last labor" (14v), and "Alas poore man what hap have I" (15v)). This poem is is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (81r), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.[2]