The Devonshire Manuscript/Ceaser whan the traytor of egipte

f. [70r]

1    Ceaser whan {_a} the traytor of egipte 2    the honorable with {w+t+} thonorable hed ded him presente 3    Covering his gladnesse ded repre {p'} sente 4    plaint as it is with {w+t+} his tearis / outwarde asitis writ / 5    And Annyball Hannibal eke / whan fortune ded flitt 6    from {_o} him and to Rome ded her whele relente 7    ded laugh among thim when tearis had besprent 8    her cruell dispight inwardelye to shitt / 9    soo chaunsith yt oft that {y+t+} everye passhion 10    the minde hidithe bye collor con {_o} trarye 11    with {w+t+} faynid visage / now sad now merye / 12    wherebye If I laughe at any season 13    yt is by cause I have none other waye 14    to cloke my care but vndre sporte and playe /

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. Wyatt's sonnet is an adaptation of Petrarch's Rime 102 and, according to R. A. Rebholz, may have referenced a commentary on Petrarch by Vellutello da Lucca. This sonnet's theme describes the need to hide one’s true feelings from the public eye—a popular subject throughout the manuscript. For examples of other poems portraying the theme of concealment, see: “Sum summ say I love sum say I moke” (58v); “In places Wher that I company” (62v); “I am not she be prowess off syt” (65r); “Myght I as well within my song be lay” (65v); “To cowntarffete a mery mode” (65v); and “Whan that I call vnto my mynde” (82v-83r)). The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “Of others fained sorrow, and the louers fained mirth” (item 45).

Texts Collated
LEge05, STC13860_03

Collation
1     Ceaser] Caesar, LEge05 CEsar, STC_13860_03     whan] when that LEge05 STC_13860_03     traytor] traytour LEge05 STC_13860_03     egipte] Egipt LEge05 Egypt STC_13860_03 2     with] With STC_13860_03     thonorable] thonourable LEge05     hed] hed, LEge05     ded] did LEge05 STC_13860_03     presente] present: LEge05 present, STC_13860_03 3     Covering] covering LEge05 Coueryng STC_13860_03     gladnesse] gladnes: LEge05 hartes gladnesse, STC_13860_03     ded] did LEge05 STC_13860_03     represente] represent LEge05 STC_13860_03 4     plaint] playnt, LEge05 Plaint STC_13860_03     tearis /] teeres / LEge05 teares STC_13860_03     outwarde] owteward: LEge05 outward, STC_13860_03     asitis] as it is LEge05 STC_13860_03     writ /] writt LEge05 writ. STC_13860_03 5     And] and, LEge05  STC_13860_03     AnnyballHannibal eke /] Hannyball, eek, LEge05 Eke Hannibal, STC_13860_03     whan] when LEge05 STC_13860_03     ded flitt] him shitt LEge05 him outshyt STC_13860_03 6     from him] cleene from his reign: LEge05 Clene from his reigne, STC_13860_03     and] &amp; LEge05     to Rome ded her whele relente] from all his intent: LEge05 from all his entent, STC_13860_03 7     ded laugh among thim] laught to his folke, / LEge05 Laught to his folke, STC_13860_03     when tearis had besprent] whome sorrowe did torment: LEge05 whom sorow did torment, STC_13860_03 8     her] his LEge05 His STC_13860_03     cruell] cruelle LEge05 cruel STC_13860_03     dispight] dispite / LEge05 despite STC_13860_03     inwardelye to shitt /] for too disgorge, &amp; qwite. LEge05 for to disgorge and quit. STC_13860_03 9     soo] so, LEge05 So STC_13860_03     chaunsith] chaunceth LEge05 chanceth STC_13860_03     yt] it LEge05 me, STC_13860_03     oft] oft: LEge05  STC_13860_03     everye] every LEge05 euery STC_13860_03     passhion] passion LEge05 STC_13860_03 10     the] The STC_13860_03     minde] mynde LEge05     hidithe] hideth, LEge05 hideth STC_13860_03     bye] by LEge05 STC_13860_03     collor] coolour LEge05 colour STC_13860_03     contrarye] contrary: LEge05 contrary, STC_13860_03 11     with] With STC_13860_03     faynid visage /] fayned visage, LEge05 STC_13860_03     sad] sad, LEge05 STC_13860_03     merye /] mery. LEge05 STC_13860_03 12     wherebye] whereby, LEge05 Wherby, STC_13860_03     If I] if that I STC_13860_03     laughe] laught, LEge05 laugh STC_13860_03     at]  LEge05     season] tyme, or season: LEge05 season: STC_13860_03 13     yt] it LEge05 It STC_13860_03     is] is: LEge05     by cause] for bicause LEge05 because STC_13860_03     have] haue STC_13860_03     none other] not hernother LEge05     waye] waye, LEge05 way STC_13860_03 14     to] too LEge05 To STC_13860_03     care] care: LEge05 care, STC_13860_03     but] but, LEge05     vndre] vnder LEge05 STC_13860_03     sporte] sporrt, LEge05 sport STC_13860_03     and] &amp; LEge05     playe /] playe. LEge05 play. STC_13860_03