The Devonshire Manuscript/Nowe fare well love and theye lawes forever

f. [75r]

1    Nowe fare well love and theye lawes forever. 2    thye baytid hookis shall tangle me no more 3    to sore a profe hathe called me from {_o} thye lore 4    to surer helthe / welthe my wyttis to endever 5    In blynde error whylist I dede per {p+} seuer 6    thye sharpe repulse that pryckith so sore 7    hathe taught me to sett in tryfflis no store / 8    but skape f v rthe for libretye is lever. 9    {es} {g'} therefor farewell go truble yonger hertes 10    and in me clayme no more autorytye 11    with {w+t+} Idle youth goo vse thye propretye 12    And therevpon go spende thy brittle dartes {es} 13    for hidreto I have loste mye tyme 14    me liste no longr b rottyn bowes to clyme/

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker renounces love and tells it to go trouble younger hearts. The grafted and rotten bough image is a common image in courtly lyrics. For other examples of this image in the manuscript, see “Yff reason govern fantasye” (45r), “This rotyd greff will not but growe” (47v), and “Tanglid I was yn loves snare” (79v-80r).

The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “A renouncing of loue” (item 99).

Texts Collated
LEge09, STC13860_07, AAH04

Collation
1     Nowe]  AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     fare well] ffarewell AAH04 LEge09 FArewell, STC_13860_07     love and theye] Loue, and all thy STC_13860_07     theye] all thie AAH04 all thy LEge09     lawes] Lawes AAH04     forever.] for ever AAH04 LEge09 for euer. STC_13860_07 2     thye] thie AAH04 thy LEge09 Thy STC_13860_07     baytid] baited AAH04 bayted LEge09 STC_13860_07     hookis] hookes AAH04 LEge09 hokes STC_13860_07     tangle] tangill LEge09     more] more. STC_13860_07 3     to sore a profe hathe called] Senec and Plato call AAH04 Senec and plato call LEge09 Senec, and Plato call STC_13860_07     thye] thie AAH04 thy LEge09 STC_13860_07     lore] lore: STC_13860_07 4     to surer helthe / welthe my wyttis] To parfit wealth my wit for STC_13860_07     surer helthe /] perfect AAH04 perfaict LEge09     welthe] wealthe AAH04 welth LEge09     wyttis] witt for AAH04 wit for LEge09     endever] endevour AAH04 endeuer. STC_13860_07 5     In] in AAH04     blynde] blynd AAH04 blinde STC_13860_07     error] errour AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     whylist] when AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     dede] did AAH04 LEge09 dyd STC_13860_07     perseuer] persever AAH04 parseuer: STC_13860_07 6     thye] thie AAH04 thy LEge09 Thy STC_13860_07     sharpe] sharppe AAH04 sherpe LEge09 sharp STC_13860_07     repulse] repulce LEge09 repulse, STC_13860_07     pryckith] pricketh AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     so] aye so AAH04 STC_13860_07 ay so LEge09     sore] sore: STC_13860_07 7     hathe] Hath AAH04 hath LEge09  STC_13860_07     taught] Taught STC_13860_07     to sett in tryfflis] in trifles that I set STC_13860_07     tryfflis] tryfles AAH04 tryfels LEge09     store /] store AAH04 LEge09 store: STC_13860_07 8     but] and AAH04 LEge09 But STC_13860_07     skape] scape AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     fvorthe for libretye] forthe syns lybertie AAH04     fvorthe for] fourth syns LEge09 forth thence: since STC_13860_07     libretye] libertie LEge09 STC_13860_07     lever.] Lever AAH04 lever LEge09 leuer. STC_13860_07 9     therefor] therefore AAH04 Therefore LEge09 Therfore, STC_13860_07     farewell] fare well AAH04 farewell: STC_13860_07     go] goe AAH04 goo LEge09     truble] trouble AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     hertes] hartes AAH04 hartes: STC_13860_07 10     and] And STC_13860_07     clayme] claime STC_13860_07     more] mroe AAH04     autorytye] aucthoritie AAH04 authoritie LEge09 auctoritie. STC_13860_07 11     with] With STC_13860_07     Idle] idill LEge09 ydle STC_13860_07     youth] youthe AAH04 yeuth LEge09     goo] go AAH04 STC_13860_07     thye] thie AAH04 thy LEge09 STC_13860_07     propretye] propertie AAH04 LEge09 propartie: STC_13860_07 12     And] and AAH04     therevpon go] theare on AAH04 theron LEge09 STC_13860_07     spende] spend AAH04 LEge09 STC_13860_07     thy] thie many AAH04     brittle] many brittill LEge09 many brittle STC_13860_07     dartes] dertes LEge09 dartes. STC_13860_07 13     for] ffor AAH04     for hidreto] For, hytherto though STC_13860_07     hidreto] hetherto thoughe AAH04 hetherto though LEge09     have] haue AAH04 STC_13860_07     loste] lost STC_13860_07     loste mye] spendlost all my LEge09     mye] all my AAH04 my STC_13860_07     tyme] tyme: STC_13860_07 14     me liste no longr b] Me lyst no lenger STC_13860_07     liste] lustithe AAH04 lusteth LEge09     longr b] longer AAH04     longr b rottyn bowes] lenger rotten boughes LEge09     rottyn] rotten AAH04 STC_13860_07     bowes] boughes AAH04     clyme /] clyme AAH04 LEge09 clime. STC_13860_07