The Devonshire Manuscript/She sat and sewid that hathe done me the wronge

f. [73r]

1    {{th}+e+} {{th}+t+} She sat and sewid that hathe done me the wronge 2    whereof I plaine &amp; have done many adaye 3    and while she harde my plaint in pituos song 4    wisshid my hert the sampler as yt laye 5    {{s}8} {m+r+} The blinde master1 whom I have servid so long 6    grudging to here / that he ded here her saye 7    {g'} {w+t+} with hir owne wepon ded make her finger blede 8    to feale if pricking ware so good in dede

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Notes & Glosses
1.   See also a slightly different version of the abbrevation on line 1 of "Cruell desire my master and my foo" (73r). For the abbreviation, see Cappelli.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. H8 enters a companion poem below this one, “Who hathe harde of such tyrannye before” (73r), which expresses similar content and sentiment. The Lady sews a sampler as if she is sticking the needle into her lover’s heart, and she pricks her finger with her own “weapon.” R. A. Rebholz notes that John Skelton's poem Philip Sparrow may have inspired Wyatt's epigrams. In Skelton's poem the lady stitches an image of sparrow. The sparrow calls out when she stitches his head, causing her to prick her finger. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “Of his loue that pricked her finger with a nedle” (item 67).

Texts Collated
STC13860_23, AAH13, LEge31

Collation
1     She] SHe STC_13860_23     sat] satte AAH13 sat, STC_13860_23     sewid] Sowede AAH13 sowde / LEge31 sowed: STC_13860_23     hathe] hath AAH13 LEge31 STC_13860_23     wronge] wrong/ LEge31 wrong: STC_13860_23 2     whereof] wheareof AAH13 wherof LEge31 Wherof STC_13860_23     plaine] playne AAH13 plain : LEge31 plain, STC_13860_23     &amp;] and AAH13 LEge31 STC_13860_23     have] haue STC_13860_23     many] manye AAH13     adaye] a daye. LEge31 a day: STC_13860_23 3     and while] And, whilst STC_13860_23     while] whylest AAH13 whilst LEge31     harde] herd AAH13 LEge31 STC_13860_23     plaint] playnt AAH13 plaint, STC_13860_23     in] in LEge31     pituos] pituous AAH13 pitious LEge31 piteous STC_13860_23     song] songe AAH13 song/ LEge31 song: STC_13860_23 4     wisshid] Wisshed AAH13 wisshed LEge31 She wisht STC_13860_23     hert] hart AAH13 harttheheart STC_13860_23     the]  STC_13860_23     sampler] Sampler AAH13 samplar LEge31 samplar, STC_13860_23     as] that STC_13860_23     yt] it AAH13 LEge31 STC_13860_23     laye] lay AAH13 lay. LEge31 STC_13860_23 5     The] the AAH13 LEge31     blinde] blynde AAH13 blynd LEge31     master] maister / LEge31 maister, STC_13860_23     whom] whome LEge31     have] haue STC_13860_23     servid] serued LEge31 STC_13860_23     so long] solong AAH13     long] long/ LEge31 long: STC_13860_23 6     grudging] Grudging AAH13 Grudgyng STC_13860_23     here /] heare AAH13 here LEge31 heare, STC_13860_23     ded] did AAH13 LEge31 STC_13860_23     here] heare AAH13 STC_13860_23     her] herr AAH13     saye] saye/ LEge31 say: STC_13860_23 7     with hir] Made her AAH13 STC_13860_23 withmade her LEge31     wepon] weapon AAH13 STC_13860_23     ded make] doe AAH13 did makedo LEge31 do STC_13860_23     finger] fynger AAH13 LEge31     blede] bleede AAH13 blede/ LEge31 blede: STC_13860_23 8     to] To STC_13860_23     feale] feele AAH13 fele LEge31 fele, STC_13860_23     pricking] prickinge AAH13     ware] weare AAH13 were LEge31 wer STC_13860_23     dede] deede AAH13 dede. LEge31 STC_13860_23