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At most myscheffe

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    ←The hart & servys to yow profferd What menythe thys when I lye alone→
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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 12r

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    1    and thys At most myscheffe
    2    I suffer greffe
    3    ffor off releffe
    4    syns I have none
    5    my lute & I
    6    contynually
    7    shall vs apply
    8    to syghe & mone

    9    Nowght may pre{p'}vayle
    10    to wepe or wayle
    11    pety dothe fayle
    12    in yow Alas
    13    mornyng or mone
    14    complaynt or none
    15    yt ys Alone
    16    as in thys case

    17    ffor cruelte
    18    most that{{th}+t+} can be
    19    hathe suffraynte
    20    with{w+t+}in yor hart
    21    Whyche makythe bare
    22    all my welffare
    23    nowght do ye care
    24    How sore I smart

    25    No tygres hart
    26    ys so per{p+}vart 1
    27    with{w+t+}out Desart
    28    to wreke hys yre
    29    & you me kyll
    30    ffor my good wyll
    31    lo how I spyll
    32    ffor my Desyre

    33    Ther ys no love
    34    that{{th}+t+} can ye move
    35    & I can prove
    36    none other way
    37    Wherfor I must
    38    Refrayn me lust
    39    banysshe me trust
    40    & welthe Awaye

    41    thus in myscheffe
    42    I suffer greffe
    43    ffor off releffe
    44    syns I have none
    45    my lute & I
    46    contynually
    47    shall vs apply
    48    to syghe & mone

    ffynys quod{q+d+} Wyatts

    Notes & Glosses

         1. The expansion can also be to "parvart."[1]

    Commentary

    Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt[2] in the Devonshire Manuscript, this poem was entered by H2. Similar to other courtly poetry found in the Devonshire Manuscript, this poem describes a suffering lover and his cruel mistress.

    This poem is one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks with “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (81r), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.[3]

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ See Anthony G. Petti, English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977), 24.
    2. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 160.
    3. ↑ Paul Remley, "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu," in Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts, ed. Peter C. Herman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 40-77.


    Textual Notes

    Texts Collated

    DBLa04, LEge03

    Collation

    1 most] moste DBla04 moost LEge03 myscheffe] myschyef DBla04 myschief LEge03
    2 suffer] suffre LEge03 greffe] gryeff DBla04 greif LEge03
    3 ffor] for DBla04 LEge03 off releffe] of relyef DBla04 of relief LEge03
    4 syns] sith DBla04 have] haue DBla04 none] noone DBla04
    5 my] My DBla04 LEge03 &] and DBla04
    6 contynually] continuelly LEge03
    8 syghe] sigh LEge03 wele syth DBla04 &] or and DBla04 mone] mon DBla04
    9 Nowght] Nought LEge03 Naught DBla04 may] doth DBla04 prevayle] prevaill LEge03
    10 wepe] sighe DBla04 wayle] waill LEge03
    11 pety] pitie LEge03 sens pety DBla04 dothe] Doth DBla04 doeth LEge03 fayle] faill LEge03
    12 yow] you LEge03 DBla04 Alas] al DBla04
    13 mornyng] Mornyng DBla04 Morning LEge03
    14 complaynt] complaynte DBla04 complaint LEge03
    15 yt] hit DBla04 yt ys Alone] it is all one LEge03 hit ys alone DBla04
    16 thys] this DBla04 LEge03
    17 cruelte] crueltye DBla04 crueltie LEge03
    18 most] moste DBla04 moost LEge03 can] may DBla04
    19 hathe] hath DBla04 LEge03 suffraynte] sufferaunte DBla04 soveraynte LEge03
    20 yor] youre DBla04 your LEge03 hart] harte DBla04 hert LEge03
    21 Whyche] Which LEge03 and DBla04 makythe] maketh LEge03 makith DBla04
    22 welffare] welfare DBla04 LEge03
    23 nowght] nought LEge03 nowght do ye] naught doo you DBla04
    24 How] how DBla04 LEge03
    25 No] Noo DBla04 No tygres hart] LEge03 tygres] tygurs DBla04
    26 ys so pervart] LEge03 so] soo DBla04 pervart] pervarte DBla04
    27 without Desart] LEge03 Desart] desarte DBla04
    28 to wreke hys yre] LEge03 hys yre] his Ire DBla04
    29 & you] And ye DBla04 & you me kyll] LEge03
    30 ffor] for DBla04 ffor my good wyll] LEge03
    31 lo] Lov DBla04 lo how I spyll] LEge03
    32 ffor] for DBla04 ffor my Desyre] LEge03 Desyre] desyre DBla04
    33 Ther] There DBla04 Ther ys no love] LEge03 no] noo DBla04
    34 that can ye move] LEge03 ye] you DBla04
    35 &] and DBla04 & I can prove] LEge03 can] cann DBla04
    36 none] no DBla04 none other way] LEge03 other] nother DBla04
    37 Wherfor] Wherfore DBla04 Wherfor I must] LEge03
    38 Refrayn me] refrayne my DBla04 Refrayn me lust] LEge03 lust] luste DBla04
    39 banysshe] banyshe DBla04 and banyshe DBla04 banysshe me trust] LEge03 me] DBla04
    40 & welthe Awaye] frome me alway DBla04 LEge03
    41 thus] Thus DBla04 thus in myscheffe] LEge03 myscheffe] myschyef & c / DBla04
    42 I suffer greffe] DBla04 LEge03
    43 ffor off releffe] DBla04 LEge03
    44 syns I have none] DBla04 LEge03
    45 my lute & I] DBla04 LEge03
    46 contynually] DBla04 LEge03
    47 shall vs apply] DBla04 LEge03
    48 to syghe & mone] DBla04 LEge03