The Devonshire Manuscript/Mye love toke skorne my servise to retaine

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1    Mye love toke skorne my servise to retaine 2    wherein me thought she vsid crueltie 3    sins with {w+t+} good will I lost my libretye 4    to followe here wiche causith all my payne 5    Might never care cause me for to refrayne 6    but onlye this wiche is extremytie 7    gyving me nought alas as not to agree 8    that as I was her man I might remayne 9    But sins that thus ye list to ordre me 10    that wolde have bene yorser {{s}8} uante true and faste 11    displese the not my doting dayes bee paste 12    and withe my losse to leve I must agre 13    for as there is a certeyne tyme to rage 14    so ys there tyme suche madnes tasswage to assuage /

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The lady scorns the lover, but seeks to retain his service. The lover, in turn, recognizes his “madness” and amends his behaviour. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer abused renownseth loue” (item 75).

H8 emphasizes the form of this sonnet by marking the two quatrains. H8 also leaves a slight space between the stanzas and the initial letter of the first word of every stanza is capitalized.

Texts Collated
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Collation
1     Mye] MY STC_13860_13     love] loue STC_13860_13     toke] to STC_13860_13     skorne] skorne, STC_13860_13     servise] seruice STC_13860_13     retaine] retayne, STC_13860_13 2     wherein me thought she] Therin (me thought) you STC_13860_13     vsid] vsed STC_13860_13     crueltie] crueltie. STC_13860_13 3     sins] Since STC_13860_13     libretye] libertie, STC_13860_13 4     to followe here wiche causith all my payne]  STC_13860_13 5     never] neuer STC_13860_13     care] wo yet STC_13860_13     for]  STC_13860_13     refrayne] refrain, STC_13860_13 6     but] But STC_13860_13     onlye] onely STC_13860_13     this] this, STC_13860_13     wiche] which STC_13860_13     extremytie] extremitie, STC_13860_13 7     gyving] To geue STC_13860_13     alas not] (alas) nor STC_13860_13     agree] agree, STC_13860_13 8     that] That STC_13860_13     was] was, STC_13860_13     her] your STC_13860_13     remayne] remain. STC_13860_13 9     sins] synce STC_13860_13     ordre] order STC_13860_13     me] me, STC_13860_13 10     that] That STC_13860_13     wolde] would STC_13860_13     have] haue STC_13860_13     yor] your STC_13860_13     seruante] seruant STC_13860_13     true] true, STC_13860_13     faste] fast: STC_13860_13 11     displese] Displease STC_13860_13     the] you STC_13860_13     not] not: STC_13860_13     dayes bee paste] time is past. STC_13860_13 12     and] And STC_13860_13     withe] with STC_13860_13     leve] leaue STC_13860_13     agre] agree. STC_13860_13 13     for] For STC_13860_13     certeyne] certayn STC_13860_13     tyme] time STC_13860_13     rage] rage: STC_13860_13 14     so ys] So is STC_13860_13     tyme] time STC_13860_13     suche] such STC_13860_13     tasswage /] to aswage. STC_13860_13