The Devonshire Manuscript/Suche Wayn thowght / as wonted to myslede me /

f. [30.1r] f. [30.1v] f. [31r]

1    Suche Wayn thowght / as wonted to myslede me / 2    in deserte hope / by well assueryd mone / 3    makyth me from company to leyff A lone / 4    in followyng her whome reason byd me fle / 5    She flyeth as fast by gentyll crueltye / 6    And After her myn hart wuld fayne be gone / 7    but Armyd syghys my way doth stopp Anon / 8    twyxt hope and drede / lakyng my lybertye / 9    Yet as I gesse / vnder the skornfull browe / 10    one beme off pytie ys in her clowdy loke / 11 {{th}+t+} {{th}+e+}    whych cowmfortyth the mynd that erst for fere shoke / 12    {{th}+e+} {w+t+} And ther with all boldyd / I seke the way howe / 13    {w+t+} {{th}+t+} to vtter the smert that I suffyr within / 14    but such y ytt ys / I nott how to begyn /

T W1

Notes & Glosses
1.   Presumably, the initials "T W" refer to Sir Thomas Wyatt.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt by internal evidence and by R. A. Rebholz, this poem was entered by H4. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The waueryng louer wylleth, and dreadeth, to moue his desire” (item 41). Rebholz notes that this sonnet translates and adapts Petrarch's Rime 169. For instance, on line 8 Wyatt adds a personification of liberty imprisoned within the "walls" of love since "the speaker's hope denies him the liberty of breaking off the relationship; [but] his dread denies him the liberty of pursuing the lady more boldly."

H4's use of c forms in this case reveals his or her understanding of sonnet structure. H4 uses similar majuscule forms in "It was my choyse yt was no chance /" (30v).

Texts Collated
STC13860_26, LEge34, AAH16

Collation
1     Suche Wayn] SVch vain STC_13860_26     Wayn] vayne AAH16 vayn LEge34     thowght /] thought AAH16 LEge34 thought, STC_13860_26     myslede] mislead AAH16 STC_13860_26     me /] me AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 2     in] In STC_13860_26     deserte] desert AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     hope /] hope AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     well]  AAH16     assueryd] assured AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     mone /] mone, STC_13860_26 mone AAH16 LEge34 3     makyth] maketh AAH16 LEge34 Makes STC_13860_26     company] Companye AAH16 compayne LEge34     leyff A lone /] lyve alone AAH16 live alone LEge34 liue alone, STC_13860_26 4     in] In STC_13860_26     followyng] following AAH16 folowing LEge34 folowyng STC_13860_26     whome] whom STC_13860_26     byd] bid AAH16 LEge34 bids STC_13860_26     fle /] flee AAH16 fle LEge34 fle. STC_13860_26 5     She flyeth] she fleeith AAH16     She flyeth as fast by gentyll crueltye /] And after her my hart would faine be gone: STC_13860_26     flyeth] fleith LEge34     gentyll] gentill AAH16 LEge34     crueltye /] crueltie AAH16 LEge34 6     And] and AAH16 LEge34     And After her myn hart wuld fayne be gone /] But armed sighes my way do stop anone, STC_13860_26     After] after AAH16 LEge34     myn] my AAH16     hart] hert LEge34     wuld] wolde AAH16 would LEge34     fayne] faine AAH16 fain LEge34     gone /] gone AAH16 LEge34 7     but Armyd syghys my way doth stopp Anon /] Twixt hope and dread lockyng my libertie. STC_13860_26    Armyd syghys] armed sighes AAH16 LEge34     doth] do AAH16 LEge34     stopp] stoppe LEge34     Anon /] anone AAH16 anon LEge34 8     twyxt] twixt AAH16 LEge34     twyxt hope and drede / lakyng my lybertye /] So fleeth she by gentle crueltie. STC_13860_26    and] &amp; LEge34     drede /] dread AAH16 drede LEge34     lakyng] lacking AAH16 LEge34     lybertye /] libertie AAH16 lib libertie LEge34 9     gesse /] gesse AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     the skornfull browe /] disdaynfull brow AAH16 that scornefulldisdaynfull browe LEge34 disdainfull brow STC_13860_26 10     one] One STC_13860_26     beme] beame AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     off] of AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     pytie] pittie AAH16 pitie LEge34 ruth STC_13860_26     ys] is AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     clowdy loke /] Clowdie Looke AAH16 clowdy loke LEge34 11     whych] whiche AAH16 which LEge34 Which STC_13860_26     cowmfortyth] compforteth AAH16 comforteth LEge34 comfortes STC_13860_26     mynd] mynde LEge34 mind, STC_13860_26     erst] earst AAH16     fere] feare AAH16 fear STC_13860_26     shoke /] shooke AAH16 shoke. STC_13860_26 12     And] and AAH16     And ther withall boldyd / I seke] That bolded straight STC_13860_26     ther withall] thearwithall AAH16 therewithall LEge34     boldyd /] bolded AAH16 LEge34     seke] seeke AAH16     howe /] how AAH16 LEge34 then seke I how STC_13860_26 13     to] To STC_13860_26     vtter] vtter forth STC_13860_26     smert] smartt AAH16 smart STC_13860_26     that]  STC_13860_26     suffyr] suffer AAH16 suffre LEge34 bide STC_13860_26     within /] within AAH16 LEge34 within: STC_13860_26 14     but] But STC_13860_26     such] suche AAH16 LEge34     y ytt ys /] it is AAH16 LEge34 it is, STC_13860_26     nott] not AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26     begyn /] begyn AAH16 LEge34 begyn. STC_13860_26