The Devonshire Manuscript/howe shulde I
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f. [77r]
1 howe shulde I
2 be so plesunte
3 in mye semblaunt
4 as my fellowes bee
5 not long agoo
6 it chaunsed soo
7 as I ded walke alone
8 I harde aman
9 that nowe and than{_a}n
10 himsilf ded thus bemone
11 Alas he saide
12 I am betraide
13 and vttrelye ondone
14 whoom{_o} I dede trust
15 and think so iuste
16 {_a}{_o} another mann hath wonne
17 mye ser{{s}8}vise due
18 and herte so true
19 on her I ded bestowe
20 I never ment
21 for to repente
22 yn welthe nor yet in woo.
23 The westorne winde
24 hathe turnid his minde
25 and blowen it clene awaye
26 therebye my helthe my mirthe / welthe
27 my h mirthe & helthe
28 are dryvon to grete dekaye
29 ffortune ded smyle
30 a right shorte while
31 and never saide me naye
32 with{w+t+} plesaunte plais
33 and Ioyfull dayes
34 my tyme to passe awaye /
35 Alas ahlas
36 the tyme so was
37 so never shall it be
38 sins she is gone
39 and I alone []
40 armeles as ye maye see/
f. [77v]
41 Where is the othe
42 where is the trothe
43 that she to me ded gyve
44 such fayned wordes{es}
45 with silie boordes{es}
46 lett no t wise man{_a}n beleve
47 ffor even as I
48 thus wofullye
49 vnto my silf 1com{_o}plaine
50 yf ye then truste
51 nedes{es} lerne ye muste
52 to sing my song in vayne /
53 how shulde I &c /
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Notes & Glosses
edit1. The word "silf" demonstrates the similarity between the scribe's renderings of e and i.
Commentary
editAttributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. The speaker recounts how he met a lamenting lover. In the end, the lover hopes the speaker will be more wary in his trust or else he will sing the same song. Rebholz notes that the poem belongs to the medieval French genre chanson à personnages (dramatic song) wherein the poet listens to a young woman's complaint.[2]
Works Cited
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