The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse It Was my chaunce

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The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 24v

The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 25r

f. [24v]

1    It was my choyse It Was my chaunce
2    that brovgght my hert N others hold
3    wher by it hath had sufferaunce
4    lengar per{p1}de then resan wuld
5    sens I yt bovnd where{r'} it was fre
6    methynks I wys of ryght it shuld
7    Acc^epted yt be

f. [25r] 

8    Accepted yt be ^with{w+t+} owyt Refuse
9    Wnles that fortun haith the powre{r'}
10    all ryght of Low for to a buse
11    for as thei say on happy owre{r'}
12    may more{r'} prevayll yen then ryght ore{r'} myght
13  {r'}{n'} yf fortune then lyst for to lowre

Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H3 and discusses the right of Fortune to abuse lovers. "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" is an excerpt of the thirty-five line poem "It was my choyse yt was no chaunce" (35v).

Textual Notes

Texts Collated

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Collation

1      It Was my chaunce] yt was no chaunce / LDev048 
2      brovgght] browght LDev048     hert] hart LDev048     N] in LDev048     hold] holde / LDev048 
3      wher by] Wherby LDev048     it] ytt LDev048     sufferaunce] Sufferaunce / LDev048 
4      lengar] lenger LDev048     resan] Reason LDev048     wuld] wold / LDev048 
5      sens] syns LDev048     yt bovnd where it was fre] ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree / LDev048 
6      methynks] me thynkes LDev048     I wys] ywys LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     it] yt LDev048     shuld] shold / LDev048 
7      Accepted yt] Acceptyd LDev048 
8      Accepted] Acceptyd LDev048     yt]  LDev048     with owyt Refuse] with owte Refuse / LDev048 
9      Wnles] Vnles LDev048     fortun] fortune LDev048     haith] have LDev048     powre] power / LDev048 
10      all] All LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     Low] love LDev048     a buse] Abuse / LDev048 
11      as thei say on] As thay say / one LDev048     owre] howre / LDev048 
12      prevayll] prevayle LDev048     yen] then LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     ore] or LDev048     myght] myght / LDev048 
13      lowre] lowre / LDev048 
14      ] What vaylyth Right LDev048 
15      ] What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew LDev048 
16      ] then trust to chaunce and go by gesse / LDev048 
17      ] then who so lovyth may well go sew / LDev048 
18      ] vncerten hope for hys redresse / LDev048 
19      ] yett some wolde say Assueredly / LDev048 
20      ] thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / LDev048 
21      ] to fantasy / LDev048 
22      ] To fantasy pertaynys to chose / LDev048 
23      ] All thys I knowe for fantasy / LDev048 
24      ] ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / LDev048 
25      ] but yet I knowe as stedefastly / LDev048 
26      ] that yff love haue no faster knott / LDev048 
27      ] so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly / LDev048 
28      ] yt lastyth nott / LDev048 
29      ] Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / LDev048 
30      ] fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / LDev048 
31      ] both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / LDev048 
32      ] therfore me thynkes best to prevayle LDev048 
33      ] ther ys no way that ys so Iust / LDev048 
34      ] as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle / LDev048 
35      ] And therto trust / LDev048