Lo how I seke & sew to haue

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    ←Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott My loue ys lyke vnto theternall fyre→
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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 52v

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    1    Lo how I seke & sew to haue
    2    that no man hathe & maye be had
    3    there ys more but synk or saue
    4    & bryng thys doute to good or bad
    5    to lyue in sorows allways sad
    6    I lyke not so to lynger{g'} fforthe
    7    hap evyll or good I shallbe glad
    8    to take that comes as well in worthe

    9    Shold I sustayne{n'} thys gret dystres
    10    styll wandryng forthe thus to & froo
    11    in dredfull hope to hold my pese
    12    & fede my sellf with{w+t+} secret woo
    13    nay nay cer{c'}tayn I wyll not soo
    14    but sure I shall my self aply
    15    to put in profe thys doute to knoo
    16    & Rydd thys daunger{g'} Redely

    17    I shall assay by secret sute
    18    to show the mynd of myn entent
    19    {es}{p+} & my deportes1 shall gyue suche frute
    20   {es}{w+t+}  as with my hart my wordes be ment
    21    so by the pro{p2}fe of thys consent
    22    send owt of doute I shall be sure
    23    for to reIoyce or to Repent
    24    in Ioye or payn for to endure

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    Notes & Glosses

         1. For the expansion of "por," see Cappelli.[1]

    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[2] this poem was entered by H6 and is unique to the manuscript. The speaker hopes for a quick answer to his doubts about the lady’s regard for him, though it might bring him pain instead of joy.

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ Adriano Cappelli. Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane. Mailand: Hoepli, 1990. xxx.
    2. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 240-41.