The Devonshire Manuscript/ffull well yt maye be sene
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1 ffull well yt maye be sene
2 to suche as vnder{d'} stand
3 how some there be that wene
4 they haue theyre welthe at hand
5 thruhe through loves abusyd band
6 But lytyll do they See
7 thabuse the abuse Wherin they bee
8 of loue there ys A kynd
9 whyche kyndlythe by abuse
10 as in A feble mynd
11 whome fansy may enduce
12 By loues dysceatfull vse
13 to folowe the fond lust
14 & profe of A vayn trust
15 As I my self may saye
16 by tryall of the same
17 no wyght can well bewraye
18 the falshed loue can frame
19 I saye twyxt grefe & game
20 ther ys no lyvyng man
21 that knows the crafte loue can
22 ffor loue so well can fayn
23 to favour for the whyle
24 that suche as sekes the gayn
25 {w+t+}{{s}8} ar seruyd with the gyle
26 & some can thys concyle
27 to gyue the symple leave
28 them sellfes for to dysceave
29 What thyng may more declare
30 of loue the craftye kynd
31 then se the wyse so ware
32 in loue to be so blynd
33 yf so yt be assynd
34 let them enIoye the gayn
35 that thynkes{es} yt worthe the payn
finis finis
Commentary edit
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H6. Rebholz notes that the word "love" used throughout the poem possesses a dual-meaning: it can either refer to the lover's appetite and self-deception or to the deceptions practiced by lovers (or both).[2] Another unidentified hand may have written the second “finis.”
Works Cited edit