The Devonshire Manuscript/Sins ye delight to kno

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and thys

1    Sins ye delight to kno 2    that my torment and woo 3    shulde sill encrese still 4    with {w+t+} out relesse 5    I shall enforce me so 6    that lyf and all shall goo 7    for to contente yor cruellnes

8    And so this grevous traine 9    that I so long sustayne 10    shall some tyme cease 11    and have redresse 12    and you also remaine 13    full pleased with {w+t+} my paine 14    for to con {_o} tent yor cruelnes

15    Onles that be to light 16    and that ye wolde ye might 17    see the Distresse 18    and hevinesse 19    of on {_o} n I slayne owtright 20    there with {w+t+} to plese yor sight 21    and to contente &amp;c

22    then in yor cruell mode 23    wold god forthewith {w+t+} ye wode1 24    with {w+t+} force expresse 25    my hert oppresse 26    to do yor herte suche good 27    to se bathe in blode 28    for to contente c

29    then coulde ye aske nomore 30    then sholde ye ease my sore 31    and the excesse 32    of my excesse 33    and you shulde euer {u'} more 34    deffamid be therefore 35    for for to repen {_e} t yor cruellnes

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Notes & Glosses
1.   Note the graphic rhyme of mode / wode (unlike the spelling of wold earlier in line).

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker in this poem laments the Lady's cruelty and her delight in his woe and pain. This poem is one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (on "now all of chaunge" (81r)), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining. Douglas's phrase “and thys” may also relate to this poem, the adjacent one (“Venus thorns that are so sharp and kene”), or both since the annotation is found in the middle of the top margin.

H8 marks the first three stanzas with an initial capital letter.

Texts Collated
LEge35

Collation
1     Sins] Syns LEge35     delight] delite LEge35     kno] knowe LEge35 2     and] &amp; LEge35 3     shulde sillstill] should still LEge35 4     without] withoute LEge35     relesse] relese LEge35 6     lyf and] liff &amp; LEge35 7     contente] content LEge35     yor] your LEge35     cruellnes] cruelnes LEge35 8     traine] trayne LEge35 9     so] to LEge35     sustayne] sustayn LEge35 10     some tyme] sometyme LEge35     cease] cese LEge35 12     remaine] remain LEge35 13     paine] pain LEge35 14     yor] your LEge35 16     wolde] would LEge35     might] myght LEge35 17     see] se LEge35     Distresse] distresse LEge35 18     hevinesse] hevines LEge35 19     onn I stayne] oon slain LEge35     owtright] owte right LEge35 20     there with] therewith LEge35     plese] please LEge35     yor] your LEge35 21     contente] content LEge35     &amp; c] your cruelnes LEge35 22     then] Then LEge35     yor] your LEge35 23     wold] would LEge35     forthewith] fourthwith LEge35     wode] woode LEge35 26     yor] your LEge35     herte] hert LEge35     good] goode LEge35 27     bathe] me bathe LEge35 28     contente] content LEge35     c] your cruelnes LEge35 29     then] Then LEge35     coulde] cowld LEge35     nomore] no more LEge35 30     sholde] should LEge35 32     my] myn LEge35 33     shulde] should LEge35     euermore] evermore LEge35 34     deffamid] defamed LEge35 35     for]  LEge35     yor] your LEge35     cruellnes] cruelnes / LEge35