The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse yt was no chaunce /

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1    3 It was my choyse yt was no chaunce / 2    that browght my hart in others holde / 3    Wherby ytt hath had Sufferaunce / 4    lenger perde then Reason wold / 5    syns I ytt Bownde {d,} where ytt was ffree / 6    me thynkes {es} ywys of Ryght yt shold / 7    Acceptyd be

8    Acceptyd be with {w+t+} owte Refuse / 9    {{th}+e+} {{th}+t+} Vnles that fortune have the power / 10    All Ryght of love for to Abuse / 11    for As thay say / one happy howre / 12    may more prevayle then Ryght or myght / 13    yf fortune then lyst for to lowre / 14    What vaylyth Right

15    What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew / 16    then trust to chaunce and go by gesse /1 17    then who so lovyth may well go sew / 18    vncerten hope for hys redresse / 19    yett some wolde {d,} say Assueredly / 20    thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / 21    to fantasy /

22    To fantasy pertaynys to chose / 23    All thys I knowe for fantasy / 24    ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / 25    but yet I knowe as stedefastly / 26    that yff love haue no faster knott / 27    so nyce a choyse slyppes {es} sodenly / 28    yt lastyth nott /

29   {es} {{th}+t+} Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / 30    fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / 31    both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / 32    therfore me thynkes {es} best to prevayle / 33    ther ys no way that {{th}+t+} ys so Iust / 34    as trowgh to lede / tho tother fayle / 35    And therto trust /

Notes & Glosses
1.   It is possible that the writer is indulging in wordplay with guess and guise.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H4 and discusses Fortune's right to abuse lovers. Rebholz notes the speaker's decision to dwell on the mental image ("fantasy") of a new love in order to gain freedom from a current love.

H3 enters a thirteen line excerpt of the poem on "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" (24v-25r).

Texts Collated
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Collation
1      yt was no chaunce /] It Was my chaunce LDev039 2      browght] brovgght LDev039     hart] hert LDev039     in] N LDev039     holde /] hold LDev039 3      Wherby] wher by LDev039     ytt] it LDev039     Sufferaunce /] sufferaunce LDev039 4      lenger] lengar LDev039     Reason] resan LDev039     wold /] wuld LDev039 5      syns] sens LDev039     ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree /] yt bovnd where it was fre LDev039 6      me thynkes] methynks LDev039     ywys] I wys LDev039     Ryght] ryght LDev039     yt] it LDev039     shold /] shuld LDev039 7      Acceptyd] Accepted yt LDev039 8      Acceptyd] Accepted LDev039     be] yt be LDev039     with owte Refuse /] with owyt Refuse LDev039 9      Vnles] Wnles LDev039     fortune] fortun LDev039     have] haith LDev039     power /] powre LDev039 10      All] all LDev039     Ryght] ryght LDev039     love] Low LDev039     Abuse /] a buse LDev039 11      As thay say / one] as thei say on LDev039     howre /] owre LDev039 12      prevayle] prevayll LDev039     then] yen LDev039     Ryght] ryght LDev039     or] ore LDev039     myght /] myght LDev039 13      lowre /] lowre LDev039 14      What vaylyth Right]  LDev039 15      What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew /]  LDev039 16      then trust to chaunce and go by gesse /]  LDev039 17      then who so lovyth may well go sew /]  LDev039 18      vncerten hope for hys redresse /]  LDev039 19      yett some wolde say Assueredly /]  LDev039 20      thou mayst Appele for thy relesse /]  LDev039 21      to fantasy /]  LDev039 22      To fantasy pertaynys to chose /]  LDev039 23      All thys I knowe for fantasy /]  LDev039 24      ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse /]  LDev039 25      but yet I knowe as stedefastly /]  LDev039 26      that yff love haue no faster knott /]  LDev039 27      so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly /]  LDev039 28      yt lastyth nott /]  LDev039 29      Itt lastyth not that stondes by change /]  LDev039 30      fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle /]  LDev039 31      both thes to plese / the ways ys strange /]  LDev039 32      therfore me thynkes best to prevayle /]  LDev039 33      ther ys no way that ys so Iust /]  LDev039 34      as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle /]  LDev039 35      And therto trust /]  LDev039