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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 81r
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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 81v

    f. [81r]

    1    now all of chaunge
    2    must be my songe
    3    and from{_o}m mye bonde nowe must I breke
    4    sins she so strange
    5    vnto my wrrong
    6    dothe stopp her eris to to here me speke

    7    yet none dothe kno
    8    so well as she
    9    my greefe wiche can
    10    have no restrainte
    10    that faine wolde follo
    11    nowe nedes{es} must fle
    12    for faute of ere vnto my playnte

    13    I am not he
    14    bye fals assayes
    15    nor faynid faith can{_a} bere in hande
    16    tho most I see
    17    that suche alwaes
    18    are best for to be vndrestonde

    19    But I that truth hath a
    20    hathe alwaies ment
    21    {{s}8}{p3} Dothe still procede to serue in vayne
    22    Desire pursuithe
    23    my tyme mispent
    24    and doth not passe vppon my payne

    25    O fortunes might
    26    that eche com{_o}pellis
    27    and me the most yt dothe suffise
    28    nowe for my right to
    29    to aske nought ells
    30    but to with{w+t+}drawe this entreprise

    31    And for the gaine
    32    of that good howre
    33    wiche of my woo shalbe relefe
    34    I shall refrayne
    35    bye paynefull powre
    36    the thing that most hathe bene my grefe

    37    I shall not misse
    38    to excersyse
    39    the helpe therof wich{w+c+} dothe me teche
    40    that after this yn any wise
    41    in any wise /
    42    to kepe right with{w+t+}in my reche

    43    and she oniuste
    44    wich ferithe not

    f. [81v] 

       this
    45    yn this her fame to be defilyde{d,}
    46    yett ons I truste
    47    shalbe my lott
    48    to quite the crafte that me begilde{d,} /

    fs

    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. The speaker complains that he truly loves his beloved, but he tries to exercise reason in order to withdraw himself from his miserable situation.

    H8 separates lines 3, 6, and 9 into two graphical lines to maintain the column width established by the poem above, “Wythe seruing still" (81r). H8 enters the rest of the poem beside this column and on the next page, and keeps the poetic lines intact. An annotation (“lerne but to syng yt”), written in the hand of Margaret Douglas, appears above the poem. Paul Remley links this annotation to "now all of chaunge," but it may be a comment on the lyric above, “Wythe seruing still” (81r). Remley adds that “Now all of change” has a musical setting and suggests that the seventeen entries reading “and thys” may be linked to this annotation. These seventeen entries and this annotation may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.[2] In the Arundel-Harington manuscript, the scribe enters "To Smith of Camden," which Rebholz suggests is the name of an Elizabethan broadside ballad tune that could be used as the melody for this lyric.[3]

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 314-16.
    2. ↑ Paul Remley. "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu." Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. 50.
    3. ↑ Rebholz, 537.


    Textual Notes

    Texts Collated

    AAH10

    Collation

    1.1      now] Now AAH10     chaunge] chaunge, AAH10 
    2.1      songe] song AAH10 
    3.2      fromm] from AAH10     mye bonde/] my bownd, AAH10     nowe] now AAH10     breke] breake AAH10 
    4.3      sins] Since AAH10     she] shee AAH10     strange] straunge, AAH10 
    5.3      wrrong] wronge AAH10 
    6.4      dothe] doth AAH10     stopp] stoppe AAH10     eris/ to] ears, AAH10     here] heare AAH10     speke] speake AAH10 
    7.5      dothe] doth AAH10     kno] know, AAH10 
    8.5      she] shee AAH10 
    9.6      greefe wiche/] greif whiche AAH10 
    10.7      wolde] wold AAH10     follo] follow, AAH10 
    11.7      nowe] now AAH10     nedes]  AAH10     fle] flye AAH10 
    12.8      ere] eare, AAH10     playnte] plaint AAH10 
    13      I am not he]  AAH10 
    14      bye fals assayes]  AAH10 
    15      nor faynid faith can bere in hande]  AAH10 
    16      tho most I see]  AAH10 
    17      that suche alwaes]  AAH10 
    18      are best for to be vndrestonde]  AAH10 
    19      But I that truth hath a]  AAH10 
    20      hathe alwaies ment]  AAH10 
    21      Dothe still procede to serue in vayne]  AAH10 
    22      Desire pursuithe]  AAH10 
    23      my tyme mispent]  AAH10 
    24      and doth not passe vppon my payne]  AAH10 
    25.9      O] Oh AAH10     fortunes] ffortunes AAH10     might] might, AAH10 
    26.9      eche] eache AAH10     compellis] compells AAH10 
    27.10      most] moste, AAH10     yt] it AAH10     dothe] doth AAH10 
    28.11      nowe] now AAH10     right to] right, AAH10 
    29.11      aske] ask AAH10 
    30.12      withdrawe] withdraw AAH10     entreprise] enterprise AAH10 
    31.13      And] And so AAH10     the]  AAH10     gaine] gayne, AAH10 
    32.13      that] this AAH10 
    33.14      wiche] whiche AAH10     woo] woe, AAH10     shalbe] shall be AAH10     relefe] reliefe AAH10 
    34.15      refrayne] refrayne, AAH10 
    35.15      bye] by AAH10     paynefull] paynfull AAH10 
    36.16      most] moste, AAH10     hathe] hath AAH10     grefe] griefe AAH10 
    37      I shall not misse]  AAH10 
    38      to excersyse]  AAH10 
    39      the helpe therof wich dothe me teche]  AAH10 
    40      that after this yn any wise]  AAH10 
    41      in any wise /]  AAH10 
    42      to kepe right within my reche]  AAH10 
    43.17      and] And AAH10     she] shee AAH10     oniuste] vniust, AAH10 
    44.17      wich ferithe] that feareth AAH10 
    45.18      this/ yn] in AAH10     fame] fame, AAH10     defilyde] defyl'de AAH10 
    46.19      yett] yet AAH10     ons] once AAH10     truste] trust AAH10 
    47.19      shalbe] shall be AAH10 
    48.20      quite] quyte AAH10     crafte] crafte, AAH10     begilde/] beguil'de AAH10