The Devonshire Manuscript/Wythe seruing still

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The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 81r

 f. [81r] 

1    {_i}{{s}8} Wythe seruing still
2    this have I won{_o}ne
3    for my god will
4    to be vndon{_o}n

5    And for redresse
6    of all my payne
7    disdaynefulnes
8    I have againe

9    And for reward
10    of all my smar{m'}te
11    so thus vnharde
12    I must depar{p+}te

13    Wherefore all ye
14    that after{t'} shall
15    bye ffortune be
16    as I am thrall

17    Example take
18    what I have won{_o}n
19    thus for her sake
20    to be vndon{_o}ne
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Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that in the Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 the scribe attributes the poem to Thomas Vaux. The speaker’s efforts to woo the lady have won him only disdain; he warns other lovers to pay heed to his misfortune.

Textual Notes

Texts Collated

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Collation

1      seruing] seruyng DBla24     still] styll this DBla24 
2      have] haue DBla24 
3      for] ffor DBla24     god] good DBla24     will] wyll DBla24 
4      vndonn] vndonne DBla24 
5      for] ffor DBla24     redresse] redres DBla24 
7      disdaynefulnes] disdaynffulnes DBla24 
8      againe] agayne DBla24 
9      And] and DBla24     for] ffor DBla24 
10      smarte] smart DBla24 
11      so] lo DBla24     vnharde] vnhard DBla24 
13      Wherefore] Wherfore DBla24     ye] ye that that DBla24 
15      bye] by DBla24     ffortune] fortune DBla24 
17      Example] Exempell DBla24 
18      have] haue DBla24     wonn] wonne DBla24 
19      her] hes DBla24 
20      vndonne] vndone DBla24