It was my choyse It Was my chaunce

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    f. [24v]

    1    It was my choyse It Was my chaunce
    2    that brovgght my hert N others hold
    3    wher by it hath had sufferaunce
    4    lengar per{p1}de then resan wuld
    5    sens I yt bovnd where{r'} it was fre
    6    methynks I wys of ryght it shuld
    7    Accepted yt be

    f. [25r] 

    8    Accepted yt be with{w+t+} owyt Refuse
    9    Wnles that fortun haith the powre{r'}
    10    all ryght of Low for to a buse
    11    for as thei say on happy owre{r'}
    12    may more{r'} prevayll yen then ryght ore{r'} myght
    13  {r'}{n'} yf fortune then lyst for to lowre


    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H3 and discusses the right of Fortune to abuse lovers. "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" is an excerpt of the thirty-five line poem "It was my choyse yt was no chaunce" (35v).

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 128-29.


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    1      It Was my chaunce] yt was no chaunce / LDev048 
    2      brovgght] browght LDev048     hert] hart LDev048     N] in LDev048     hold] holde / LDev048 
    3      wher by] Wherby LDev048     it] ytt LDev048     sufferaunce] Sufferaunce / LDev048 
    4      lengar] lenger LDev048     resan] Reason LDev048     wuld] wold / LDev048 
    5      sens] syns LDev048     yt bovnd where it was fre] ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree / LDev048 
    6      methynks] me thynkes LDev048     I wys] ywys LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     it] yt LDev048     shuld] shold / LDev048 
    7      Accepted yt] Acceptyd LDev048 
    8      Accepted] Acceptyd LDev048     yt]  LDev048     with owyt Refuse] with owte Refuse / LDev048 
    9      Wnles] Vnles LDev048     fortun] fortune LDev048     haith] have LDev048     powre] power / LDev048 
    10      all] All LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     Low] love LDev048     a buse] Abuse / LDev048 
    11      as thei say on] As thay say / one LDev048     owre] howre / LDev048 
    12      prevayll] prevayle LDev048     yen] then LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     ore] or LDev048     myght] myght / LDev048 
    13      lowre] lowre / LDev048 
    14      ] What vaylyth Right LDev048 
    15      ] What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew LDev048 
    16      ] then trust to chaunce and go by gesse / LDev048 
    17      ] then who so lovyth may well go sew / LDev048 
    18      ] vncerten hope for hys redresse / LDev048 
    19      ] yett some wolde say Assueredly / LDev048 
    20      ] thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / LDev048 
    21      ] to fantasy / LDev048 
    22      ] To fantasy pertaynys to chose / LDev048 
    23      ] All thys I knowe for fantasy / LDev048 
    24      ] ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / LDev048 
    25      ] but yet I knowe as stedefastly / LDev048 
    26      ] that yff love haue no faster knott / LDev048 
    27      ] so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly / LDev048 
    28      ] yt lastyth nott / LDev048 
    29      ] Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / LDev048 
    30      ] fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / LDev048 
    31      ] both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / LDev048 
    32      ] therfore me thynkes best to prevayle LDev048 
    33      ] ther ys no way that ys so Iust / LDev048 
    34      ] as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle / LDev048 
    35      ] And therto trust / LDev048