The Devonshire Manuscript/My hope alas hath me abusid

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1    My hope alas hath me abusid 2    and vaine reioising hathe me fed 3    lust and Ioye have me refusid 4    and careful playnt is in there sted 5    to moche avauncing slakte my spede 6    mirthe hathe causid my hevines 7    and I remaine all com {_o} fortelesse /

8    Whereto ded I assure my thought 9    with {w+t+} out displeasure stedfastelye 10    in fortunes forge my Ioye was wrought 11    and is revoltid redelye 12    I am mistakin wonderuslye 13    for I thought nought but faithfulnes 14    yet I remaine all com {_o} forteles

15    In gladsome chere I ded delight 16    {m'} {{th}+t+} till that delight ded cause me smarte 17    and all was wrong were I thought right 18    for right it was that {{th}+t+} my true harte 19    shulde not for trouthe be set aparte 20    sins trouthe ded cause my herdines 21    yet I remaine all com {_o} forteles

22    Some tyme delight ded tune my song 23    and lede my herte full plesauntelye 24    and to my self I saide among 25    my hap is com {_o} ming hastelye 26    but yt hathe happd con {_o} trarye 27    Assuraunce causith my distresse / 28    and I remaine

29    then if my note now doth varye 30    and leave his won {_o} td plesauntenesse 31    the hevye burdin that I carrye 32    hathe altred all my Ioyfullnes 33    no pleasure hathe still stedfastnes 34    but haste hathe hurte my happines 35    and I Remayne/

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker enjoys good luck, but progresses too quickly and meets with adversity. Where he expects faithfulness, he is met instead by ill fortune. This lyric does not name love or a lady expressly as the speaker’s pursuit.

H8 marks stanzas in several ways in this poem: by using a capital letter at the start of each first line, by writing the first line of each stanza slightly to the left of the following lines, and by adding a space between each stanza.

Texts Collated
AAH07, LEge21

Collation
1     alas] Alas LEge21     abusid] abused AAH07 LEge21 2     and] And AAH07     vaine] vayne AAH07 vain LEge21     reioising] reioycinge AAH07 reIoysing LEge21     hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21     fed] fedd AAH07 3     lust] Luste AAH07     Ioye] ioye AAH07     refusid] refused AAH07 LEge21 4     careful] carefull AAH07 LEge21     playnt] plaint LEge21     there] their AAH07 LEge21     sted] steed AAH07 stede LEge21 5     moche] muche LEge21     avauncing] advauncing AAH07     slakte] slaked AAH07 LEge21     spede] speed AAH07 6     mirthe] myrth AAH07 LEge21     hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21     causid] cawsed AAH07 caused LEge21     hevines] heavynes AAH07 7     and] And AAH07     remaine] remayne AAH07 remain LEge21     comfortelesse /] comfortles AAH07 LEge21 8     Whereto] Wheare to AAH07     ded] did AAH07 LEge21 9     without] withoute LEge21     stedfastelye] stedfastlye AAH07 stedfastly LEge21 10     forge] fordge AAH07     my] mye AAH07     Ioye] ioye AAH07 11     and] And AAH07     revoltid] revolted AAH07 LEge21     redelye] readelye AAH07 redely LEge21 12     am] ame LEge21     mistakin] mystaken AAH07 LEge21     wonderuslye] wonderlye AAH07 wonderly LEge21 13     for] ffor AAH07     thought] though LEge21     faithfulnes] faithfullnes AAH07 14     yet] Yet AAH07     remaine] remayne AAH07 remain LEge21     comforteles] comfortles AAH07 LEge21 15     gladsome] gladsom LEge21     chere] cheere AAH07     ded] did AAH07     ded delight] did delite LEge21 16     delight ded cause me] delite did cause my LEge21     ded] did AAH07     me] my AAH07     smarte] smart AAH07 smert LEge21 17     were] wheare AAH07 wher LEge21 18     for] ffor AAH07     harte] hart AAH07 hert LEge21 19     shulde] should LEge21     for] from AAH07 LEge21     trouthe] trothe AAH07 trouth LEge21     set] sett AAH07     aparte] a parte AAH07 apart LEge21 20     sins] Syns AAH07 syns LEge21     trouthe] trothe AAH07 trouth LEge21     ded] did AAH07 LEge21     my herdines] mye hardynes AAH07 me hardines LEge21 21     yet] Yet AAH07     remaine] remayne AAH07 remain LEge21     comforteles] comfortles AAH07 LEge21 22     Some tyme] Somtyme AAH07 Sometyme LEge21     ded] did LEge21     ded tune] did tewne AAH07 23     lede] lead AAH07 led LEge21     herte] hart AAH07 hert LEge21     plesauntelye] pleasantly AAH07 LEge21 24     saide] said AAH07 25     my] mye AAH07     hap] happ AAH07 LEge21     comming] comminge AAH07 commyng LEge21     hastelye] hastely LEge21 26     yt] it AAH07 LEge21     hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21     happd] happid AAH07 happed LEge21     contrarye] contrarie AAH07 contrary LEge21 27     Assuraunce] assuraunce LEge21     causith] cawseth AAH07 causeth LEge21     distresse /] distresse AAH07 distres LEge21 28     and] And AAH07     remaine] remayne all comfortles AAH07 remain all comfortles LEge21 29     then] Then AAH07 LEge21     note] note : LEge21     doth] do LEge21     varye] varie AAH07 vary LEge21 30     leave] leve LEge21     wontd] wonted AAH07 LEge21     plesauntenesse] pleasantnes AAH07 plesauntnes LEge21 31     the hevye] The heavie AAH07     hevye] hevy LEge21     burdin] burden AAH07 LEge21     carrye] cary LEge21 32     hathe] Hathe AAH07 hath LEge21     altred] alterd LEge21     Ioyfullnes] ioyfulnes AAH07 Ioyefulnes LEge21 33     hathe] hath LEge21 34     haste] hast LEge21     hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21     hurte] hurt AAH07 LEge21     happines] happenes LEge21 35     and] And AAH07     Remayne/] remayne all comfortles AAH07 remain all comfortles LEge21