what shulde I saye

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    ←lament my losse my labor and my payne howe shulde I→
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    The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 77r

     f. [77r] 

    1    what shulde I saye
    2    sins faithe is dede
    3    and truthe awaye
    4    from{_o} you ys fled
    5    shulde I be led
    6    with{w+t+} doblenesse
    7    naye naye mistresse /

    8    I pro{p3}miside you
    9    & you pro{p3}misid me
    10    to be as true
    11    as I wolde bee
    12    but sins I se yor dobl
    13    yor doble herte
    14    farewell my parte

    15    Though for to take
    16    yt ys not my minde
    17    but to forsake
    18    and as I finde
    19    so will I truste
    20    fare well oniuste

    21    Can{_a}n ye saye nay
    22    but you saide
    23    that I all waye
    24    shulde be obeide
    25    and thus betraide
    26    or that I wiste
    27    fare well onkiste

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    Commentary

    This poem, attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] was entered by H8. The speaker laments over his double-hearted lady and her faithlessness.

    H8 combines lines 5 and 6 together in order to make 26 graphical lines out of 27 poetical lines.

    Works Cited

    1. ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 301-02.