The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse It Was my chaunce

f. [24v]

1    It was my choyse It Was my chaunce 2    that brov g ght my hert N others hold 3    wher by it hath had sufferaunce 4    lengar per {p1} de then resan wuld 5    sens I yt bovnd where {r'} it was fre 6    methynks I wys of ryght it shuld 7    Accepted yt be

f. [25r]

8    Accepted yt be with {w+t+} owyt Refuse 9    Wnles that fortun haith the powre {r'} 10    all ryght of Low for to a buse 11    for as thei say on happy owre {r'} 12    may more {r'} prevayll yen then ryght ore {r'} myght 13   {r'} {n'} yf fortune then lyst for to lowre

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H3 and discusses the right of Fortune to abuse lovers. "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" is an excerpt of the thirty-five line poem "It was my choyse yt was no chaunce" (35v).

Texts Collated
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Collation
1      It Was my chaunce] yt was no chaunce / LDev048 2      brovgght] browght LDev048     hert] hart LDev048     N] in LDev048     hold] holde / LDev048 3      wher by] Wherby LDev048     it] ytt LDev048     sufferaunce] Sufferaunce / LDev048 4      lengar] lenger LDev048     resan] Reason LDev048     wuld] wold / LDev048 5      sens] syns LDev048     yt bovnd where it was fre] ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree / LDev048 6      methynks] me thynkes LDev048     I wys] ywys LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     it] yt LDev048     shuld] shold / LDev048 7      Accepted yt] Acceptyd LDev048 8      Accepted] Acceptyd LDev048     yt]  LDev048     with owyt Refuse] with owte Refuse / LDev048 9      Wnles] Vnles LDev048     fortun] fortune LDev048     haith] have LDev048     powre] power / LDev048 10      all] All LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     Low] love LDev048     a buse] Abuse / LDev048 11      as thei say on] As thay say / one LDev048     owre] howre / LDev048 12      prevayll] prevayle LDev048     yen] then LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     ore] or LDev048     myght] myght / LDev048 13      lowre] lowre / LDev048 14      ] What vaylyth Right LDev048 15      ] What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew LDev048 16      ] then trust to chaunce and go by gesse / LDev048 17      ] then who so lovyth may well go sew / LDev048 18      ] vncerten hope for hys redresse / LDev048 19      ] yett some wolde say Assueredly / LDev048 20      ] thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / LDev048 21      ] to fantasy / LDev048 22      ] To fantasy pertaynys to chose / LDev048 23      ] All thys I knowe for fantasy / LDev048 24      ] ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / LDev048 25      ] but yet I knowe as stedefastly / LDev048 26      ] that yff love haue no faster knott / LDev048 27      ] so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly / LDev048 28      ] yt lastyth nott / LDev048 29      ] Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / LDev048 30      ] fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / LDev048 31      ] both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / LDev048 32      ] therfore me thynkes best to prevayle LDev048 33      ] ther ys no way that ys so Iust / LDev048 34      ] as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle / LDev048 35      ] And therto trust / LDev048