The Devonshire Manuscript/Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me

f. [24r]

1    Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me and thys 2    how thy lady dose and thou {{th}+u+} shalt know   of myn

3    My lady ys wnkynd per {p1} dy 4    Alas why ys she soo 5    she lowes a nother better {t'} then I 6    and yett she wyll say noo

7    I fynd no shech doblenes 8    for1 I fynd women trew 9    my lady lovyth me dowtles 10    and wyll chang for no new2

11    Thow art happy yf ytt doth last 12    bot I say as I fynd 13    that womens lou ys but A blast 14    and tornyth as the wynd

15    Yf that be trew yett as thou sayst 16    that women turn their hart 17    then spek better of them thov mayst 18    In hop to hau thy partt

f. [24v]

19    Such folke shal tak no hurt by louee 20    that can abyd their torn 21    bot I Alas can no ways prou 22    In lou butt lak and mornn {_n}

23    yet yff thow wylt Avoyd the harm 24    Lern thys leson off me 25    at others fyers thy self to Warn 26    and lett them warn wyth the

ffynys quod {q+d+} s a i r3

Notes & Glosses
1.   It is possible that an e is indicated after "for."

2.   This phrase resonates. See "Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng" (20v).

3.   One possibility is that the author is "sair," as in "sayer," a person who says, but Harrier argues that it may read "58i3," a code for Wiat.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H3. Rebholz observes that this poem may be an expansion of a popular song: a slightly different version of the first three stanzas appears in Henry VIII's song-book and Feste sings another version of the poem in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (IV, 2, 78-9). H10 enters a seven-line excerpt of the poem on 22v.

This poem is is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks: “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.

Texts Collated
LDev035, LEge02, LHen1

Collation
1     Hey] He LDev035 A LHen1     Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me/] A Robyn/ Ioly Robyn/ tell me LEge02     Robyn] robyn LHen1     Ioly Robyn tell me/] gentyll robyn/ tell me LDev035 gentyl robyn/ tel me LHen1     how] howe LDev035     lady dose] leman doeth/ LEge02 lemman doth/ LHen1     dose] dothe/ LDev035     thou] thow LHen1     shalt] shalte LDev035 shall LEge02 shal LHen1     know/] knowe LDev035 LEge02     know/ of] know off LHen1     myn] myne LHen1 1.1     ] A robyn gentil robyn gentyl LHen1 1.2     ] thy lemman doth LHen1 1.3     ] and thow shal know of myne LHen1 1.4     ] A robyn gentil robyn LHen1 1.5     ] tel me how thy lemman doth LHen1 1.6     ] and thow shalt know of myne LHen1 2     My] my LHen1     lady] ladye LDev035     ys] is LEge02     ys wnkynd] is vnkynde LDev035     ys wnkynd perdy] us vnkynde I wis LHen1     wnkynd] vnkynd LEge02     perdy] perdye LDev035 perde LEge02 3     Alas] allas LDev035 alac LHen1     Alas why ys she soo] alack whi is she so LEge02     ys] is LDev035 LHen1     soo] so LHen1 4     she] She LDev035     lowes] loves LDev035 loveth LEge02 louyth LHen1     a nother] another LDev035 LHen1 an othre LEge02     better] Beter LDev035     then] than LHen1     I] me LEge02 LHen1 5     yett] yet LDev035 LEge02 LHen1     wyll] will LEge02 LHen1     say] saye LDev035     noo] W LDev035 no LEge02 LHen1 5.1     ] Responce LEge02 r robyn LHen1 6     I fynd no shech doblenes]  LDev035     fynd] fynde LEge02     fynd no shech] can not thynk such LHen1     shech] suche LEge02     doblenes] doublenes LEge02 dobylnes LHen1 7     for]  LEge02     for I fynd women trew]  LDev035     fynd] fynde LEge02     women] wo men LHen1     trew] true LEge02 8     my] In faith my LHen1     my lady lovyth me dowtles]  LDev035     lovyth] loveth LEge02 louith LHen1     dowtles] well LHen1 9     and] she LHen1     and wyll chang for no new]  LDev035     wyll] will LEge02 LHen1     chang] chaunge LEge02 change LHen1     new] newe LEge02 9.1     ] le plaintif LEge02 A robyn LHen1 10     Thow] Thou LEge02     Thow art happy yf ytt doth last]  LDev035 LHen1     yf ytt] while that LEge02     doth] doeth LEge02 11     bot] but LEge02     bot I say as I fynd]  LDev035 LHen1 12     that womens lou ys but A blast]  LDev035 LHen1     lou ys but A] love is but a LEge02 13     and tornyth as the wynd]  LDev035 LHen1     tornyth] torneth LEge02     as] lik LEge02     wynd] wynde LEge02 14     Yf that be trew yett as thou sayst]  LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 15     that women turn their hart]  LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 16     then spek better of them thov mayst]  LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 17     In hop to hau thy partt]  LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 17.1     ] Responce LEge02 18     Such] Suche LEge02     Such folke shal tak no hurt by louee]  LDev035 LHen1     folke] folkes LEge02     shal] shall LEge02     tak] take LEge02     hurt] harme LEge02     louee] love LEge02 19     that can abyd their torn]  LDev035 LHen1     abyd their] abide their LEge02 20     bot] But LEge02     bot I Alas can no ways prou]  LDev035 LHen1     Alas] alas LEge02     ways] way LEge02     prou] prove LEge02 21     In lou butt lak and mornn]  LDev035 LHen1     In lou] in love LEge02     butt] but LEge02     lak] lake LEge02     and] &amp; LEge02     mornn] morn LEge02 21.1     ] le plaintif LEge02 22     yet yff thow wylt Avoyd the harm]  LDev035 LHen1     yet yff thow wylt Avoyd the] But if thou wilt avoyde thy LEge02     harm] harme LEge02 23     Lern] lerne LEge02     Lern thys leson off me]  LDev035 LHen1     thys] this LEge02     leson off] lessen of LEge02 24     at] in LEge02     at others fyers thy self to Warn]  LDev035 LHen1     others] othre LEge02     fyers] fieres LEge02     Warn] warme LEge02 25     and lett them warn wyth the]  LDev035 LHen1     lett] let LEge02     them] theim LEge02     warn] warme LEge02     wyth] with LEge02