The Devonshire Manuscript/Payne of all payne the most grevos paine

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1   Payne of all payne the {{th}+e+} most grevors paine 2   ys to loue hartelye &amp; can {_a} not be louid again

3   {{s}8} {w+t+} love with vnkindenesse is causer of hevenis 4   of inwarde sorro &amp; sighis painefull. 5   Where as I love is no redresse 6   {es} {{th}+e+} {n'} to no manner of pastime the sprites so dull 7   {es} {es} {p`} with priue morninges&amp; lookes Rufull. 8   the boddye all werishe the {{th}+e+} collor pale &amp; wan 9  {_i} {_e} a ghost more like agost then lyk a lyving man

10   {{th}+e+} {_a} Whan cupido hath inflamid the harte desire 11   to love there as ys disdayne. 12   of good or ill the {{th}+e+} minde obliuyous. 13  to attain Nothin {_i} g regardin {_i} g but love tattaine 14   alwais imaginin {_i} g by what meane or train 15   yt may be at rest thus in a momen {_e} te. 16   now here now there being never con {_o} tente.

17   {{th}+e+} {_a} {_i} Tossing and torning whanthe body wolde rest.

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18   with {w+t+} dreamis opprest and visions fantastycall 19   sleping or waking love is ever preste 20   some tyme to wepe some tyme to crye and call 21   bewayling his fortune and lif bestiall 22   Nowe in hope of recure and now in dispaire 23   this yis a sorye lyf to lyve alwaye in care/

24   Recorde of therence in his com {_o} medis poeticall 25   yn love ys Ielosye / and iniuris mannye on {_o} n 26    angre and debate with {w+t+} mynde sensuall. 27   nowe warre nowe peace musing all alone / 28   some tyme all morte and colde as anye stonne 29   this causith unkindenesse of suche as cannot skill 30   of th trewe love assurde with {w+t+} herte and good will

31   Lucrese the Romaine for love of our {o+r+} lorde 32   {_o} {p+} &amp; bye cause perforce she had commit advowtrye 33   with {w+t+} tarquinus as the storye dothe recorde 34   her self ded slea / with {w+t+} c a knif most pituoslye 35   {{th}+t+} {es} among her nigh frindes bye cause that she 36   so falslye was betrayed lo this was the guardon 37   Where as true love hath no domynyon

38   To make rehersall of old antiqui {q+i+} tye 39   what nedithe yt we see bye experience 40   among lovers yt chaunsith daylye 41   Displeasor and variaunce for none offens 42   but if true love might gyve sentens 43   that vnkindenes &amp; disdayne shuld have no place 44   but true harte / for true love yt ware agrete grace /

45   O venuis ladye of love the goddesse 46   help all true lovers / to have love againe 47   bannishe from {_o} thye presens disdayne and vnkindnesse 48   kyndnesse and pytie to thy ser {{s}8} uice Retayne 49   for true love ons fixed / in the cordiall vayne 50   can never be revoulsid bye no manner {n'} of arte 51   {p1} {_o} vnto the sowle from the boddye departe

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The poem is known as “Love with vnkindenesse is causer of hevenis.” Rebholz notes that this lyric could be a modified carol. The speaker uses classical allusions to describe the difficult life of a lover suspended between hope and despair.

The stanzaic division in this lyric is minimal.