The Devonshire Manuscript/The restfull place Revyver of my smarte

f. [18r]

1    # The restfull place Revyver of my smarte 2    the labors salve incressyng my sorow 3    the bodys ese And trobler off my hart 4    quieter of mynd And my vnqyet foo 5    fforgetter of payn Remembryng my woo 6    the place of slepe wherin I do but walke wake 7    Be sprent with {w+t+} ters my bed I the forsake

8    The frost the snow may not redresse my hete 9    nor yet no heate Abate my fervent cold 10    I know nothyng to ese my paynes {es} mete 11    eche care cawsythe increse by XXtes{es} twenties fold 12    Revyvyng carys vpon my sorows old 13    suche overthwart affectes {es} they do me make 14    By sprent with {w+t+} terys my bed for to forsake

15    Yet helpythe yt not I fynd no better ese 16    in bed or owt thys moste cawsythe my payn 17    Where most I seke how beste that I may plese 18    my lost labor Alas ys all in Vayn 19    yet that I gave I cannot call Agayn 20    no place fro me my greffe away can take 21    Wherfor with {w+t+} terys my bed I the forsake

ffynys quod {q+d+} Wyatts

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H2. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer to his bed, with describing of his vnquiet state” (item 62). Rebholz suggests that Wyatt may have adapted Petrarch's Rime 234 in the first stanza: "Wyatt expands Petrarch's antithesis (between haven in emotional storms and the foundation of tears) into catalogue of antitheses that makes the first stanza resemble XVII." Wyatt may have also derived his refrain from Petrarch's references to tears and retreating from a bedroom that once brought him solace. In the poem the speaker describes the unquiet state of the lover in his bed.

Texts Collated
LEge27, LEge27, STC13860_28

Collation
1     The] O LEge27 THe STC_13860_28     place Revyver] place: reneewer LEge27 place, renewer STC_13860_28     smarte] smart: LEge27 STC_13860_28 2     the] The STC_13860_28     the labors salve incressyng] O laboorz salue: encreasing LEge27     labors] labours STC_13860_28     salve] salue, STC_13860_28     incressyng] encreasyng STC_13860_28     sorow] sorowe: LEge27 sorow: STC_13860_28 3     the] The STC_13860_28     the bodys ese And trobler off] O bodyez eaze: o troobler of LEge27     bodys] bodyes STC_13860_28     ese] ease, STC_13860_28     And trobler off my hart] and troobler of my hart: LEge27 and troubler of my hart: STC_13860_28 4     quieter] Peaser LEge27 Quieter STC_13860_28     mynd] mynde: LEge27 minde, STC_13860_28     And]  STC_13860_28 of LEge27     my vnqyet foo] myne unquyet fo: LEge27 myne vnquiet fo: STC_13860_28 5     fforgetter] Refuge LEge27 Forgetter STC_13860_28     payn] payne, STC_13860_28     payn Remembryng my woo] payene: remembrer of my wo: LEge27     Remembryng my woo] remembrer of my wo: STC_13860_28 5.5     ] Of care coomefort: where I dispayer my part: LEge27 6     the] The LEge27 STC_13860_28     slepe] slepe: LEge27 slepe, STC_13860_28     wherin] wherin, LEge27     do] doo LEge27     walke wake] wake LEge27 wake: STC_13860_28 7     Be sprent] Bysprent LEge27 Besprent STC_13860_28     ters] teares, STC_13860_28     ters my bed] tearez, my bedde, LEge27 teares, my bed, STC_13860_28     the] thee LEge27 STC_13860_28     forsake] forsake. LEge27 STC_13860_28 8     The frost the snow may not redresse my hete]  LEge27     frost] frosty STC_13860_28     the snow] snowes STC_13860_28     hete] heat: STC_13860_28 9     nor yet no heate Abate my fervent cold]  LEge27     nor yet no heate] Nor heat of sunne STC_13860_28     Abate] abate STC_13860_28     fervent cold] feruent cold. STC_13860_28 10     I know nothyng to ese my paynes mete]  LEge27     nothyng] nothing STC_13860_28     ese] ease STC_13860_28     mete] so great. STC_13860_28 11     eche] Ech STC_13860_28     eche care cawsythe increse by XXtes fold]  LEge27     care] cure STC_13860_28     cawsythe] causeth STC_13860_28     increse] encrease STC_13860_28     XXtes fold] twenty fold, STC_13860_28 12     Revyvyng] Renewyng STC_13860_28     Revyvyng carys vpon my sorows old]  LEge27     carys] cares STC_13860_28     sorows old] sorowes old. STC_13860_28 13     suche] Such STC_13860_28     suche overthwart affectes they do me make]  LEge27     overthwart] ouerthwart STC_13860_28     affectes] effectes STC_13860_28     they do me make] in me they make. STC_13860_28 14     By sprent with terys my bed for to forsake]  LEge27     By sprent] Besprent STC_13860_28     terys] teares STC_13860_28     bed for to forsake] bedde for to forsake. STC_13860_28 15     Yet helpythe yt not I fynd no better ese]  LEge27     Yet helpythe yt not I fynd] But all for nought: I finde STC_13860_28     ese] ease STC_13860_28 16     in] In STC_13860_28     in bed or owt thys moste cawsythe my payn]  LEge27     in bed or] in bed, or STC_13860_28     owt thys moste cawsythe my payn] out. This most causeth my paine: STC_13860_28 17     Where most I seke how beste that I may plese]  LEge27     most]  STC_13860_28     seke] do seke STC_13860_28     beste] best STC_13860_28     plese] please, STC_13860_28 18     my] My STC_13860_28     my lost labor Alas ys all in Vayn]  LEge27     labor] labour STC_13860_28     Alas ys] (alas) is STC_13860_28     Vayn] vaine. STC_13860_28 19     yet that I gave I cannot call Agayn]  LEge27     yet that I gave] My hart once set, STC_13860_28     cannot] can not STC_13860_28     call Agayn] it refrayne. STC_13860_28 20     no] No STC_13860_28     no place fro me my greffe away can take]  LEge27     fro] from STC_13860_28     greffe away can take] grief away can take. STC_13860_28 21     Wherfor] Wherfore STC_13860_28     Wherfor with terys my bed I the forsake]  LEge27     terys] teares, STC_13860_28     my bed I] my bed, I STC_13860_28     the forsake] thee forsake. STC_13860_28