The Devonshire Manuscript/The restfull place Revyver of my smarte

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The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 18r

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1    # The restfull place Revyver of my smarte
2    the labors salve incressyng my sorow
3    the bodys ese And trobler off my hart
4    quieter of mynd And my vnqyet foo
5    fforgetter of payn Remembryng my woo
6    the place of slepe wherin I do but walke wake
7    Be sprent with{w+t+} ters my bed I the forsake

8    The frost the snow may not redresse my hete
9    nor yet no heate Abate my fervent cold
10    I know nothyng to ese my paynes{es} mete
11    eche care cawsythe increse by XXtes{es}twenties fold
12    Revyvyng carys vpon my sorows old
13    suche overthwart affectes{es} they do me make
14    By sprent with{w+t+} terys my bed for to forsake

15    Yet helpythe yt not I fynd no better ese
16    in bed or owt thys moste cawsythe my payn
17    Where most I seke how beste that I may plese
18    my lost labor Alas ys all in Vayn
19    yet that I gave I cannot call Agayn
20    no place fro me my greffe away can take
21    Wherfor with{w+t+} terys my bed I the forsake

ffynys quod{q+d+} Wyatts

Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H2. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer to his bed, with describing of his vnquiet state” (item 62). Rebholz suggests that Wyatt may have adapted Petrarch's Rime 234 in the first stanza: "Wyatt expands Petrarch's antithesis (between haven in emotional storms and the foundation of tears) into catalogue of antitheses that makes the first stanza resemble XVII." Wyatt may have also derived his refrain from Petrarch's references to tears and retreating from a bedroom that once brought him solace. In the poem the speaker describes the unquiet state of the lover in his bed.

Textual Notes

Texts Collated

LEge27, LEge27, STC13860_28

Collation

1 The] O LEge27 THe STC_13860_28 place Revyver] place: reneewer LEge27 place, renewer STC_13860_28 smarte] smart: LEge27 STC_13860_28
2 the] The STC_13860_28 the labors salve incressyng] O laboorz salue: encreasing LEge27 labors] labours STC_13860_28 salve] salue, STC_13860_28 incressyng] encreasyng STC_13860_28 sorow] sorowe: LEge27 sorow: STC_13860_28
3 the] The STC_13860_28 the bodys ese And trobler off] O bodyez eaze: o troobler of LEge27 bodys] bodyes STC_13860_28 ese] ease, STC_13860_28 And trobler off my hart] and troobler of my hart: LEge27 and troubler of my hart: STC_13860_28
4 quieter] Peaser LEge27 Quieter STC_13860_28 mynd] mynde: LEge27 minde, STC_13860_28 And] STC_13860_28 of LEge27 my vnqyet foo] myne unquyet fo: LEge27 myne vnquiet fo: STC_13860_28
5 fforgetter] Refuge LEge27 Forgetter STC_13860_28 payn] payne, STC_13860_28 payn Remembryng my woo] payene: remembrer of my wo: LEge27 Remembryng my woo] remembrer of my wo: STC_13860_28
5.5 ] Of care coomefort: where I dispayer my part: LEge27
6 the] The LEge27 STC_13860_28 slepe] slepe: LEge27 slepe, STC_13860_28 wherin] wherin, LEge27 do] doo LEge27 walke wake] wake LEge27 wake: STC_13860_28
7 Be sprent] Bysprent LEge27 Besprent STC_13860_28 ters] teares, STC_13860_28 ters my bed] tearez, my bedde, LEge27 teares, my bed, STC_13860_28 the] thee LEge27 STC_13860_28 forsake] forsake. LEge27 STC_13860_28
8 The frost the snow may not redresse my hete] LEge27 frost] frosty STC_13860_28 the snow] snowes STC_13860_28 hete] heat: STC_13860_28
9 nor yet no heate Abate my fervent cold] LEge27 nor yet no heate] Nor heat of sunne STC_13860_28 Abate] abate STC_13860_28 fervent cold] feruent cold. STC_13860_28
10 I know nothyng to ese my paynes mete] LEge27 nothyng] nothing STC_13860_28 ese] ease STC_13860_28 mete] so great. STC_13860_28
11 eche] Ech STC_13860_28 eche care cawsythe increse by XXtes fold] LEge27 care] cure STC_13860_28 cawsythe] causeth STC_13860_28 increse] encrease STC_13860_28 XXtes fold] twenty fold, STC_13860_28
12 Revyvyng] Renewyng STC_13860_28 Revyvyng carys vpon my sorows old] LEge27 carys] cares STC_13860_28 sorows old] sorowes old. STC_13860_28
13 suche] Such STC_13860_28 suche overthwart affectes they do me make] LEge27 overthwart] ouerthwart STC_13860_28 affectes] effectes STC_13860_28 they do me make] in me they make. STC_13860_28
14 By sprent with terys my bed for to forsake] LEge27 By sprent] Besprent STC_13860_28 terys] teares STC_13860_28 bed for to forsake] bedde for to forsake. STC_13860_28
15 Yet helpythe yt not I fynd no better ese] LEge27 Yet helpythe yt not I fynd] But all for nought: I finde STC_13860_28 ese] ease STC_13860_28
16 in] In STC_13860_28 in bed or owt thys moste cawsythe my payn] LEge27 in bed or] in bed, or STC_13860_28 owt thys moste cawsythe my payn] out. This most causeth my paine: STC_13860_28
17 Where most I seke how beste that I may plese] LEge27 most] STC_13860_28 seke] do seke STC_13860_28 beste] best STC_13860_28 plese] please, STC_13860_28
18 my] My STC_13860_28 my lost labor Alas ys all in Vayn] LEge27 labor] labour STC_13860_28 Alas ys] (alas) is STC_13860_28 Vayn] vaine. STC_13860_28
19 yet that I gave I cannot call Agayn] LEge27 yet that I gave] My hart once set, STC_13860_28 cannot] can not STC_13860_28 call Agayn] it refrayne. STC_13860_28
20 no] No STC_13860_28 no place fro me my greffe away can take] LEge27 fro] from STC_13860_28 greffe away can take] grief away can take. STC_13860_28
21 Wherfor] Wherfore STC_13860_28 Wherfor with terys my bed I the forsake] LEge27 terys] teares, STC_13860_28 my bed I] my bed, I STC_13860_28 the forsake] thee forsake. STC_13860_28