The Devonshire Manuscript/All yn the sight my lif doth hole depende

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1    All yn the sight my lif doth hole depende 2    thy hidest thy self and I must dye therefore 3    but sins thou maiste so easelye saue thy frinde 4    {{th}+u+} {{th}+u+} whye doste thou styk to hale that thou madist sore / 5    whye doo I dye sins thou {{th}+u+} maist me deffende 6    for if I dye then maiste thou {{th}+u+} / lyve nomore 7    sins ton bye tother / dothe lyve and fede thy herte 8    {m'} {w+t+} I with thye sight then also with my smarte /s

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “To his louer to loke vpon him” (item 90). Wyatt's epigram partially translates Serafino Aquilano's strambotto “Viuo sol di mirarti.”

An outline drawing of a left hand, held up with a thumb outstretched, appears in the margin. An unidentified hand has also entered the letters “a m a” on the page.

Texts Collated
STC13860_01

Collation
1     All yn the sight] AL in thy loke STC_13860_01     lif] life STC_13860_01     hole] whole STC_13860_01     depende] depende. STC_13860_01 2     thy] Thou STC_13860_01     hidest] hydest STC_13860_01     self] self, STC_13860_01     therefore] therfore. STC_13860_01 3     but] But STC_13860_01     maiste] mayst STC_13860_01     easelye saue] easily helpe STC_13860_01     frinde] frend: STC_13860_01 4     whye] Why STC_13860_01     doste] doest STC_13860_01     styk] stick STC_13860_01     hale] salue STC_13860_01     madist] madest STC_13860_01     sore /] sore? STC_13860_01 5     whye doo] Why do STC_13860_01     dye] dye? STC_13860_01    maist] mayst STC_13860_01     deffende] defend? STC_13860_01 6     for] And STC_13860_01     dye] dye, STC_13860_01     then maiste thou / live nomore] thy life may last no more. STC_13860_01 7     sins ton bye tother / dothe lyve and fede thy herte] For ech by other doth liue and haue reliefe, STC_13860_01 8     with] in STC_13860_01     thye] thy STC_13860_01     sight then also with my smarte /] loke, and thou most in my griefe. STC_13860_01