The Devonshire Manuscript/To wette yowr Iye withouten teare

f. [5r]

1   To wette yowr Iye with  {w+t+}  houten teare 2   and in good helth to faine desease 3   that you ther be myn eyne myght bleyr 4   therw therewith yowr other freindes to please 5   and thoo ye thinke ye ned not ferfeare 6   yet f so ye can not me apease 7   but as ye list faine flater or golse 8   ye shall not wynne yf I do lose

9   prat and paint and spre not 10   ye knowe I can me worke 11   and if be ye ca n rre not1 12   be sure I do not reke 13   and thowe ye swere it were not 14   I can bothe swere and speke 15   by god and by this crvsse 16   yf I haue the moke ye shall haue the loss

Notes & Glosses
1.   The n is overwritten by an r.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H1. The poet describes a lover’s awareness of his mistress’ duplicity.

Texts Collated
DBLa19

Collation
1      yowr] your DBla19     Iye] yee DBla19     withouten] withoutyn DBla19 2      good helth to] goodhelthe to DBla19     faine] fayne DBla19     desease] dyssease DBla19 3      ther be] therby DBla19     eyne] yee DBla19     bleyr] bleare DBla19 4      therwtherewith] therwith DBla19     yowr] your DBla19     other]  DBla19     freindes] ffrendes DBla19 5      thoo] thoughe DBla19     tyhinke] thynk DBla19     feare] ffeare DBla19 6      f]  DBla19     can not] cannot DBla19 7      ye] you DBla19     list] lyst DBla19     faine flater] ffayne fflatyr DBla19     golse] glose DBla19 8      ye] you DBla19     wynne] wyn DBla19     lose] losse DBla19 9      prat] Prat DBla19     paint] paynt DBla19     spre] spare DBla19 10      worke] wreke DBla19 11      if] yf DBla19     canrre] car DBla19 12      sure] suer DBla19     reke] recke DBla19 13      thowe] thoughe DBla19     it] yt DBla19 14      speke] speake DBla19 15      this] the DBla19     crvsse] crosse DBla19 DBla19 16      yf] If DBla19     moke] mocke DBla19     the] it the DBla19     loss] worse DBla19