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ys yt possyble

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    ←Pacyence tho I have not My lute awake performe the last labor→
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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 14r

    f. [14r]

    1    3 ys yt possyble
    2    that{{th}+t+} so hye debate
    3    so sharpe so sore & off suche rate
    4    shuld end so sone & was begone so late
    5    is it possyble1

    6    ys yt possyble
    7    so cruell intent
    8    so hasty hete & so sone spent
    9    ffrom love to hate & thens ffor to Rele [] nt
    10    is it possyble

    11    ys yt possyble
    12    that{{th}+t+} eny may fynde
    13  {v'} {w+t+}  within on hert so dyverse mynd
    14    to change or torne as wether & wynd
    15    is it possyble

    16    is it possyble
    17    to spye yt in an yIe
    18    that{{th}+t+} tornys as oft as chance on dy
    19    the trothe wheroff can eny try
    20    is it possyble

    21    it is possyble
    22    ffor to torne so oft
    23    to bryng that{{th}+t+} lowyste that{{th}+t+}  wasse2 most Alofft
    24    & to fall hyest yet to lyght sofft3
    25    it is possyble4

    26    All ys possyble
    27    Who so lyst beleve
    28    trust therfore fyrst & after preve5
    29    as men wedd ladyes by lycence & leve
    30    all ys possyble

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    Notes & Glosses

         1. Note the regular alternation of the spellings of "ys yt" and "is it."
         2. Note the unusual spelling of "wasse." It may be phonetic or musical.
         3. This may be a contemporary allusion.
         4. Note that the indentation gradually increases.
         5. This wording and theme connects to "In faythe methynkes yt ys no Ryght" (22r).

    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1], this poem was entered by H2.

    This poem's curious system of spelling, capitalization, spacing, and indentation supports a visual movement from oscillation (or vacillation) to stabilization and linearization, enforcing the poem's thematic content. One example of this gradual movement occurs in the scribe's uses of variant spellings: specifically, he alternates "ys yt" and "is it" and gradually indents the final lines.

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 181.