The Devonshire Manuscript/Ons me thought fortune me kiste

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1    Ons me thought fortune me kiste 2    and bad me aske what I thought best 3    and I shulde have yt as me liste 4    therewith {w+t+} to set my herte in reste

5    I asked nought but my dere herte 6    to have for evermore my owne 7    {m'} {_e} then att anend were my smarte 8    then shulde I nede to more to mone /

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9    yet for all that a stormy blaste 10    hathe overtornid this goodlye daye 11    and fortune semid at the laste 12    that to her promis she saide naye

13    but like as on out of dispaire 14    to soden hope reviuid I 15    now fortune showith her self so faire 16    that I cotent content me wondreslye

17    my most desire my hand may reche 18    my will is alwaye at my hande 19    me nede not long for to beseche 20    her that hathe powre / me to com {_o} mande

21    what erthelye thing more can I crave 22    what wolde I wishe more at my will 23    no thing on erthe more wold I have 24    save that I have to have it still.

25    for fortune hathe kepte her promis 26    yn gra {gA} unting me my most desire 27   of my sufferaunce I have redresse 28    {w+t+} {_o} and I content me withmy hire /

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer reioiceth the enioying of his loue” (item 86). R. A. Rebholz suggests that "Ons me thought fortune me kiste" may be riddle-like because it proposes contradictory meanings: either Fortune grants the speaker his lady’s love or power over his own heart. Ultimately, the poem's meaning depends on the interpretation of “my none” in line 6.

H8 also enters the first two stanzas of this poem on 71v, "Ons me thoght ffortune me kist."

Texts Collated
STC13860_20, LEge26, LDev123

Collation
1     Ons] ONce as STC_13860_20     me] as me LEge26     thought] thoght LDev123 thought, STC_13860_20     fortune] ffortune LDev123     kiste] kist LDev123 kyst LEge26 kist: STC_13860_20 2     and] &amp; LDev123 And STC_13860_20     bad] bade STC_13860_20     aske] asske LDev123 aske, STC_13860_20     thought] thoght LDev123     best] best: STC_13860_20 3     and] And STC_13860_20     and I shulde] &amp; I shold LDev123     shulde] should LEge26 STC_13860_20     have] haue LDev123 STC_13860_20     yt] it LEge26 STC_13860_20     liste] list LDev123 LEge26 list, STC_13860_20 4     therewith] therwith LDev123 Therewith STC_13860_20     herte] hartt LDev123 hert LEge26 hart STC_13860_20     reste] rest LDev123 LEge26 rest. STC_13860_20 5     asked] assked LDev123     nought] noght LDev123  STC_13860_20     dere herte] ladies hart STC_13860_20     herte] hart LDev123 hert LEge26 6     to] To STC_13860_20     have] haue LDev123 STC_13860_20     evermore] euer more LDev123 euermore STC_13860_20     my] myn LEge26 myne STC_13860_20     owne] none LDev123 owne: STC_13860_20 7     then] Then STC_13860_20     att] at STC_13860_20 LEge26     anend] an end LDev123 STC_13860_20 my ende LEge26     were] were all LEge26     my] all my STC_13860_20     smarte] smert LDev123 LEge26 smart: STC_13860_20 8     then] Then STC_13860_20     shulde] shold LDev123 should LEge26 STC_13860_20     to] no LDev123 LEge26 STC_13860_20     to]  LEge26     mone /] mone LDev123 LEge26 mone. STC_13860_20 9     yet] Yet LEge26 STC_13860_20     yet for all that a stormy blaste]  LDev123     blaste] blast LEge26 STC_13860_20 10     hathe] had LEge26     hathe overtornid this goodlye daye]  LDev123     hathe overtornid] Had ouerturnde STC_13860_20     overtornid] overtorned LEge26     goodlye] goodely LEge26 goodly STC_13860_20     daye] day LEge26 day: STC_13860_20 11     and] And STC_13860_20     and fortune semid at the laste]  LDev123     semid] semed LEge26 STC_13860_20     laste] last LEge26 last, STC_13860_20 12     that] That STC_13860_20     that to her promis she saide naye]  LDev123     promis] promes LEge26 promise STC_13860_20     saide] said STC_13860_20     naye] nay LEge26 nay. STC_13860_20 13     but] But LEge26 STC_13860_20     but like as on out of dispaire]  LDev123     on] oon LEge26 one STC_13860_20     out] oute LEge26     dispaire] dispere LEge26 dispayre STC_13860_20 14     to soden hope reviuid I]  LDev123 To sodain hope reuiued I. STC_13860_20     soden] soudden LEge26     reviuid] revived LEge26 15     now] Now STC_13860_20     now fortune showith her self so faire]  LDev123     showith] sheweth LEge26 STC_13860_20     her self] herself LEge26     self] selfe STC_13860_20     faire] fayer LEge26 fayre, STC_13860_20 16     that] That STC_13860_20     that I cotentcontent me wondreslye]  LDev123     cotentcontent me wondreslye] content me wonderly LEge26     cotentcontent] content STC_13860_20     wondreslye] wondersly. STC_13860_20 17     my] My LEge26 STC_13860_20     my most desire my hand may reche]  LDev123     most] moost LEge26     reche] reach: STC_13860_20 18     my] My STC_13860_20     my will is alwaye at my hande]  LDev123     alwaye] alway STC_13860_20     hande] hand LEge26 hand. STC_13860_20 19     me] Me STC_13860_20     me nede not long for to beseche]  LDev123 20     her] Her, STC_13860_20     her that hathe powre / me to commande]  LDev123     hathe] hath LEge26 STC_13860_20     powre /] power LEge26 STC_13860_20     commande] comaund LEge26 commaunde. STC_13860_20 21     what] What LEge26 STC_13860_20     what erthelye thing more can I crave]  LDev123     erthelye] erthely LEge26 earthly STC_13860_20     crave] craue? STC_13860_20 22     what] What STC_13860_20     what wolde I wishe more at my will]  LDev123     wolde] would LEge26 STC_13860_20     wishe] wisshe LEge26     will] will? STC_13860_20 23     no thing] Nothing STC_13860_20     no thing on erthe more wold I have]  LDev123     erthe] erth LEge26 earth STC_13860_20     wold] would LEge26 STC_13860_20     have] haue, STC_13860_20 24     save] Saue STC_13860_20     save that I have to have it still.]  LDev123     have] haue, STC_13860_20     have] haue STC_13860_20     still.] still LEge26 styll. STC_13860_20 25     for] ffor LEge26 For STC_13860_20     for fortune hathe kepte her promis]  LDev123     hathe] hath LEge26 STC_13860_20     kepte] kept LEge26 STC_13860_20     promis] promes LEge26 promesse, STC_13860_20 26     yn] in LEge26 In STC_13860_20     yn graunting me my most desire]  LDev123     graunting] grauntyng STC_13860_20     most] moost LEge26     desire] desire. STC_13860_20 27     of] Of STC_13860_20     of my sufferaunce I have redresse]  LDev123     sufferaunce] soueraigne STC_13860_20     have] haue STC_13860_20     redresse] my redres LEge26 redresse, STC_13860_20 28     and] And STC_13860_20     and I content me with my hire /]  LDev123     hire /] hiere LEge26 hire. STC_13860_20