The Devonshire Manuscript/I lowe lovyd and so doithe she

f. [6r]

I lovey love loveyd and so dothe

1    I lowe lovyd and so doithe she 2    and yet in love wee sufer still 3    The cause is strange as simeth me 4    to lowe so will and want or will

5    O deadly yea o grevous smart 6    worse then refuse vnhappe gaine 7    I lowe whoeuer {u'} playd thes part 8    to lovve so will and leve in payn

9    Was euer {u'} hart soo will agrede 10    Sines lowe was lowe as I do trowe 11    that in ther lowe soo evell dyd sped 12    to low so will and leve in woo

13    Thes morne wele bothe and l hathe don long 14    with {w+t+} wofull plaint and carefull voice 15    alas alas it is a grevous wrowng

16    To love so will and not reioce

17    and here an end of all or mone 18    with {w+t+} sighinge of my brethe is s skant 19    Sines of myshappe vr1 es {es} is alone ours 20    To lowe so will and it to wantt

21    But they that causer is of thes 22    of all owr cares god send then part 23    that they may knowe2 what greve it es 24    tl to lowe so will and leve in smart

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Notes & Glosses
1.   This abbreviation is unique to the manuscript.

2.   This word has been read by others as "trow."

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H1.