The Devonshire Manuscript/In places Wher that I company

f. [62v]

1    In places {es} Wher that I company 2    I go sayng I lywe full merely 3    yet offtymes to cloke my care and payn 4    I make my contenance to be glad and fayn 5    {t+r+} {{th}+t+} when that my hert wepith and sithyth full bitterly 1 [I speke by that I mene by this] I speke by that / And mene by this

Notes & Glosses
1.   A superscript r following a t indicates an omitted "er" or "ur."

Commentary
Entered by H7, this poem remains unattributed. This poem is one of a several entries in the manuscript that speaks of counterfeiting feelings in public (see: “Sum summ say I love sum say I moke” (58v); “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); “Ceaser whan the traytor of egipte” (70r); and “Whan that I call vnto my mynde” (82v-83r)). In this instance, the speaker explains how they change countenance in public to appear glad when they are not.