In faythe methynkes yt ys no Ryght

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     f. [21v] 

    1    3 In faythe methynkes{es} yt ys no Ryght
    2    to hate me thus ffor lovyng ye
    3    so fayre a face so full off spyght
    4    who wold have thowght suche crueltye
    5    But syns there ys no Remedye
    6    that by no meanes{es} ye can me love
    7    I shall you leve & other prove

    8    Ffor yff I have for my good wyll
    9    no reward eles{es} but cruelltye
    10    in faythe thereoff I can no skyll
    11    sythe that{{th}+t+} I lovyd ye honestlye
    12    But take hede I wyll tyll I dye
    13    or that I love so well Aogayn
    14    Syns women vse so muche to fayn

    f. [22r] 

    15    And sure I thynke yt ys best way
    16    to love for love Alyke Agayn
    17    & not to make ernest off play
    18    as I to love & she to ffayn
    19    ffor syns fansy so muche dothe rayn
    20    the suryst way nedes{es} take I must
    21    as fyrst to preve and after trust1

    22    By trustyng I was Dysceavyd
    23    for when I thowght myself most sure
    24    another had me Begylyd
    25    & shortly made her to hys lure
    26    but now that{{th}+t+} she ys past Recure
    27    & thus fro me hathe tane her flyght
    28    Best let her go & take hytt lyght

    29    Shuld I take thowght when she ys glad
    30    or shuld I wake when she dothe slepe
    31    yet may I say that ons I had
    32    & nother sobbe nor syghe nor wepe
    33    nor for her love on knee to crepe
    34    ffor surely thys ryght well I wott
    35    happyest ys he that hathe her nott

    ffynys quod{q+d+}A. I.s

    Notes & Glosses

         1. This phrase resonates; see "ys yt possyble" (14r), for example.

    Commentary

    The attribution to "A.I" in the text may refer to Anthony Lee (who was often called the Earl of Idledom). H2, the poem's scribe, maintains his consistency in the presentation of the poem with his previous entries; specifically, he keeps equal spacing and organization of stanzas on the recto and verso pages. The poem's speaker laments the cruelty he receives in return for his service to the lady.