The Devonshire Manuscript/Spight hathe no powre to make me sadde

f. [78r]

1    Spight hathe no powre to make me sadde /and thys 2    Nor scorenefulnesse to make me playne / 3    yt dothe suffise that on {_o} ns I had 4    and so to leve yt is no payne /1 5    Let thim frowne on that leste dothe gaine 6    who ded reioise maist nedes {es} be gladd 7    and tho with {w+t+} wordis thou wenist to rayne 8    yt dothe suffise that on {_o} ns I had

9    Sins that in chekes {es}. thus overt w awerte 10    and coylye lookis thou doste delight 11    yt dothe suffise that myne thou warte 12    tho change hathe put thye faithe to flight 13    alas it is a pevishe spight 14    to yelde the silf and then to parte 15    but sins thou seiste thie faithe so light 16    yt dothe suffise that myne thou {{th}+u+} warte

17    And sins thye love dothe thus declyne 18    and in thye herte suche hate dothe growe 19    yt dothe suffise that thou warte myne 20    and with {w+t+} good will I quite yt soo. 21    some tyme my frinde fare well my fooo 22    sins thou change I am {_a} m2 not thyne 23    but for relef of all my woo / 24    {{th}+t+} {{th}+u+} yt dothe suffise thatthou warte myne /

25    prayeng you all that {{th}+t+} heris this song 26    to iudge no wight nor none to blame 27    yt dothe suffise she dothe me wrong 28    and that herself doth kno the same / 29    And tho she chang it is no shame 30    theire kinde it is &amp; hathe bene long 31    yet I pro {p2} teste she hathe no name / 32    yt dothe suffise she dothe me wrong /

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Notes & Glosses
1.   There is a space between this line and the next.

2.   This is an example of an "unneeded" consonant, at least according to a modern perspective.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker refuses to remain saddened by love now lost and describes the lady's fickleness as a natural quality of a woman's temperament. He is satisfied to have possessed the lady’s love at one time. For another example describing this perspective concerning womens' fickleness, see the poem “Dyvers dothe vse as I have hard & kno” (77v).

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.