The Devonshire Manuscript/Tho I can not yowr cruelte constrayne /

f. [37r] f. [37v]

1    Tho I can not yowr cruelte constrayne / 2    for my good wyll to favor me Agayne / 3    thowe my trewe and faythfull love / 4    haue no power yowr hart to move / 5    yett rewe Apon my payne /

6    Tho I yowr thrall must euer {u'} more remayne / 7    And for yowr sake my liberte restrayne /1 8    the grettest grace that {{th}+t+} I do crave / 9    ys that ye wuld wytsave / 10    to rewe Apon my payne /

11    Tho I haue not deseruyd to optayne2 12    so ^ hey reward but thus to ser {{s}8} ve in vayne / 13    tho I shall haue no redresse / 14    yet of ryght ye can no lesse / 15    but rewe Apon my payne /

16    For I se wele that {{th}+t+} yowr hey dysdayne / 17    wull no wyse graunt that {{th}+t+} I shall more Attayne / 18    yett ye must graunt At the leste 19    thys my power And small request 20    to rewe apon my pame payne

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Notes & Glosses
1.   This phrase is resonant.

2.   This phrase is resonant.

3.   It is uncertain that the same hand creates the flourish and the character.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt based on internal evidence, this poem was entered by H4 who uses large capitals in order to indicate stanzaic divisions. The speaker asks that his beloved feel sorrow for his pain in love: "thys my power And small request / to rewe apon my pame payne" (19-20).

Texts Collated
AAH18, LEge40

Collation
1     Tho] Thoughe AAH18     can not] cannot AAH18 LEge40     yowr] your AAH18 LEge40     cruelte] crueltie AAH18 LEge40     constrayne /] constrayne AAH18 constrain LEge40 2     for] ffor AAH18     my] mye AAH18     wyll] will AAH18 LEge40     favor] favour AAH18 LEge40     Agayne] agayne AAH18 again LEge40 3     thowe] thoughe AAH18 tho LEge40     trewe] trew AAH18 true LEge40     and] &amp; LEge40     faythfull] faithfull AAH18 LEge40     love /] love AAH18 LEge40 4     haue] Have AAH18 have LEge40     power] powre AAH18     yowr] your AAH18 LEge40     hart] hert LEge40     move /] move AAH18 LEge40 5     yett] Yet AAH18 yet LEge40     rewe] rew AAH18 LEge40     Apon] vppon AAH18 vpon LEge40     payne /] payne AAH18 pain LEge40 6     Tho] though AAH18     yowr] your AAH18 LEge40     euermore] evermore AAH18 LEge40     remayne /] remayne AAH18 remain LEge40 7     And] and AAH18 LEge40     yowr] your AAH18 LEge40     liberte] lybertie AAH18 libertie LEge40     restrayne] restrain LEge40 8     grettest] greattest AAH18 greatest LEge40     crave /] crave AAH18 LEge40 9     ys] is LEge40     ye] you AAH18     wuld] wold AAH18 would LEge40     wytsave /] vouchesave AAH18 LEge40 10     rewe] rew AAH18 LEge40     Apon] vppon AAH18 vpon LEge40     payne /] payne AAH18 pain LEge40 11     Tho] Though AAH18     haue] have AAH18 LEge40     deseruyd] deservid AAH18 deserued LEge40     optayne] obtayne AAH18 obtain LEge40 12     hey] highe AAH18 high LEge40     reward] rewarde AAH18 Reward LEge40     serve] serue LEge40     vayne /] vayne AAH18 vain LEge40 13     tho] thowghe AAH18     haue] have AAH18 LEge40     redresse /] redresse AAH18 LEge40 14     yet] Yet AAH18     ryght] right AAH18 LEge40     lesse /] lesse AAH18 LEge40 15     rewe] rew AAH18 LEge40     Apon] vppon AAH18 vpon LEge40     my] mye AAH18     payne /] payne AAH18 pain LEge40 16     For] But AAH18 but LEge40     wele] well AAH18 LEge40     yowr] your AAH18 LEge40     hey] highe AAH18 high LEge40     dysdayne /] disdayne AAH18 disdain LEge40 17     wull] Will AAH18     wyse] wise LEge40     Attayne /] attayne AAH18 attain LEge40 18     yett] yet LEge40     yett ye must graunt At the leste]  AAH18     At] at LEge40     leste] lest LEge40 19     thys] this LEge40     thys my power And small request]  AAH18     power And] poure and LEge40 20     to rewe apon] to rew vponreioyse not at LEge40     to rewe apon my pame payne]  AAH18     my pame payne] my pain LEge40