The Devonshire Manuscript/love doth againe
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and thys
1 love doth againe
2 anput me to payne
3 and yet all is but lost
4 I ser{{s}8}ue yn vayne
5 and am certeyne
6 of all misliked most
7 bothe heate and colde
8 dothe so me holde
9 and com{_o}brid so s my minde
10 that when{_e} I shulde
11 speke and beholde
12 yt dryvithe me still behinde
13 mye wittis be paste
14 my lif dothe waste
15 my com{_o}forte is exild
16 and I in haste
17 am like to taste
18 how love hathe me gbegilde
19 Onles that right
20 maye yn her sight
21 obtaine pitye and grace
22 whye shulde a wight
23 have bewtye bright
24 yf mer{m'}cye have no place
25 Yett I alas
26 am in soche cace
27 that bak I can{_a}not goo.
28 but still forthe trace
29 a patiente pace
30 and suffre secret woo
31 ffor with{w+t+} the winde
32 my fyred mynde
33 dothe still inflame
34 and she vnkinde
35 that ded me binde
36 dothe turne yt all to game
37 Yet can no payne
38 make me refraine
39 nor here & there to range
40 I shall retaine
41 hope to obtayne
42 her hert that{{th}+t+} is so straunge
43 But I require
44 the payne full fire
45 that oft dothe make me suete
46 for all my yre
47 withe lyke desire
48 to gyve her herte a hete /
49 Then shall she prove
50 howe I her love
51 and what I have offerde
52 wiche shulde her move
53 for to remove
54 the paynes that{{th}+t+} I have sulffrd
55 and bettre ffe
56 then she gave me
57 she shall of me attayne
58 for whereas she
59 shewde crueltye
60 she shall my hert obtayne
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Commentary
editAttributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. The lover counts on the lady’s mercy and hopes that he shall win her by remaining constant. This poem is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (on "now all of chaunge" (81r)), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.[2]
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edit1 love] Love DBla09 doth] hathe DBla09 againe] agayne DBla09
3 and] & DBla09 is] ys DBla09
4 yn] in DBla09
5 certeyne] certayne DBla09
6 misliked] myslyked DBla09
7 bothe] Bothe DBla09 heate] het DBla09 colde] cold DBla09
8 dothe] Dothe DBla09 so] DBla09 holde] behold DBla09
9 combrid] combr DBla09 s] DBla09 minde] mynd DBla09
10 shulde] shuld DBla09
11 speke] speak DBla09 beholde] be bold DBla09
12 dryvithe] drawith DBla09 still] styll DBla09 behinde] behynd DBla09
13 mye wittis] My wyttes DBla09 paste] past DBla09
14 lif] lyf DBla09 waste] wast DBla09
15 comforte is exild] comffort ys exyled DBla09
16 haste] hast DBla09
17 like] lyk DBla09 taste] tast DBla09
18 gbegilde] begyllid DBla09
19 right] Ryght may im DBla09
20 maye] may DBla09 yn her] in her DBla09 sight] syght DBla09
21 obtaine pitye and grace] optaye pety & gra DBla09
22 whye] why DBla09 shulde] shuld DBla09 wight] wyght DBla09
23 have] haue DBla09 bewtye] bewty DBla09 bright] bryght DBla09
24 mercye] marsye DBla09 have] haue DBla09 place] place DBla09
25 Yett] Yet DBla09
26 am in soche] an in suche DBla09 cace] case DBla09
27 goo.] goo DBla09
28 still] styll DBla09
29 a] A DBla09 patiente] pacient DBla09
30 and] & DBla09 suffre] suffer DBla09 secret] seckret DBla09 woo] woo / DBla09
31 with] wythe DBla09 winde] wynd DBla09
32 fyred] fyered DBla09 mynde] mynd DBla09
33 still] styll DBla09 inflame] incres in flame DBla09
34 vnkinde] vnkynd DBla09
35 ded] dyd DBla09 binde] bynd DBla09
36 turne] torne DBla09 yt] yet DBla09
37 Yet] yet DBla09 payne] paygne DBla09
38 refraine] reffrayne DBla09
39 &] nor DBla09 there] ther DBla09
40 retaine] retayne DBla09
41 hope] hop DBla09 obtayne] attayne DBla09
42 her] a DBla09 hert] hart DBla09 is] ys DBla09 straunge] strange DBla09
43 require] requyer DBla09
44 payne full] paynffull DBla09 fire] ffyer DBla09
45 make] mak DBla09 suete] swere DBla09
46 yre] hyer DBla09
47 withe] with DBla09 lyke] lyk DBla09 desire] desyere DBla09
48 gyve] geve DBla09 her] here DBla09 herte] hart DBla09 hete /] hette DBla09
50 howe] how DBla09
51 and] & DBla09 have] haue DBla09 offerde] her offeryd DBla09
52 wiche] whiche DBla09 shulde] shuld DBla09 her] here DBla09
53 for] ffor DBla09
54 paynes] payne DBla09 have sulffrd] hau sufferd DBla09
55 and] A DBla09 bettre] better DBla09 ffe] ffee / DBla09
56 gave] geve DBla09 me] me/ DBla09
58 for] ffor DBla09 whereas] wher as DBla09
59 shewde] showyd DBla09 crueltye] creweltye DBla09
60 my] me DBla09 hert] hart DBla09 obtayne] optayne DBla09