The Devonshire Manuscript/Was neuer yet fyle half so well fylyd

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To my

1    Was neuer yet fyle half so well fylyd 2    to fyle A fyle to any smythys intent 3    as I was made a fylyng instrument 4    to frame other / Whyle I was begylyd 5    But Reason at my foly hathe smylyd 6    And pardond me syns that {{th}+t+} I me Repent 7    my lytyll per {p+} seyvyng / &amp; tyme myspent 8    ffor yowthe dyd lede me &amp; falshed a gylyd 9    But thys trust I haue by gret Aparans 10    syns that {{th}+t+} Dyscayte ys ay Retournable 11    of very force yt ys Agreable 12    that therwith {w+t+} all be done the Recompence 13    &amp; gylys Reward is small trust for euer 14    gyle begyld shuld be blamyd neuer

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt by Kenneth Muir, this poem was entered by H2. The poem is also found in Tottel's Miscellany as entry number 39, entitled “The abused louer seeth his foly, and entendeth to trust no more.”. The poem may be an adaptation of Petrarch's Rime 258.

Interestingly, an unidentified hand writes “to my” above but omits a name.

Texts Collated
STC13860_34, DBLa22, LEge37, AAH20

Collation
1     Was] WAs STC_13860_34     Was neuer yet] Ther was never DBla22     Was neuer yet fyle] There was never ffile LEge37     yet] ffile yet AAH20     yet fyle] file yet STC_13860_34     fyle]  AAH20     half] halfe DBla22     fylyd] yfyled AAH20 filed LEge37 yfiled, STC_13860_34 2     to] To AAH20 STC_13860_34  DBla22     fyle] file LEge37 STC_13860_34     A] a AAH20 DBla22 LEge37 STC_13860_34     fyle] file LEge37 STC_13860_34     to] for AAH20 DBla22 STC_13860_34     to any] for everyany LEge37     smythys] smythes AAH20 LEge37 smyth DBla22 smithes STC_13860_34     intent] Intent DBla22 intent, STC_13860_34 3     as] As AAH20 STC_13860_34     I]  DBla22     made] mad DBla22     fylyng] fylinge AAH20 filing LEge37 filyng STC_13860_34     instrument] Instrument DBla22 instrument, STC_13860_34 4     to] To AAH20 STC_13860_34     to frame other /]  fra another DBla22     other /] other, AAH20 STC_13860_34 othres LEge37     Whyle I] whyle that I AAH20 whyle I DBla22 while I LEge37 while that I STC_13860_34     begylyd] beguyled AAH20 begiled LEge37 begiled. STC_13860_34 5     But] but AAH20     But Reason]  hath DBla22     Reason] reason AAH20 LEge37 reason, STC_13860_34     at my foly hathe smylyd] loe, hathe at my follye Smyled AAH20 hath at my folly smylyd DBla22 hath at my follie smyled LEge37 loe, hath at my foly smiled, STC_13860_34 6     And] and LEge37     And pardond me]  pardon me DBla22     pardond me] pard'ned me, AAH20 pardoned me, STC_13860_34     syns] sens DBla22 sins STC_13860_34     Repent] repent AAH20 DBla22 LEge37 STC_13860_34 7     my] Of my AAH20 STC_13860_34 off my DBla22 of my LEge37     lytyll perseyvyng / &amp;] laste yeares, and of my AAH20 lost yeres, and of my STC_13860_34     lytyll perseyvyng /] lost yeres DBla22 LEge37     tyme] time STC_13860_34     myspent] mispent. STC_13860_34 8     ffor] For AAH20 for LEge37     ffor yowthe] For youthe AAH20  youth DBla22 for yeuth LEge37 For youth STC_13860_34     dyd lede me] led me, AAH20 dyd me lede DBla22 did me lede LEge37 led me, STC_13860_34     &amp; falshed a gylyd] and falsehood me mysguyded AAH20 and falshod me misguided. STC_13860_34    falshed] falshode LEge37     a] me DBla22     a gylyd] guyded LEge37     gylyd] gydyd DBla22 9     But] Yet, AAH20 STC_13860_34 yet DBla22 Yet LEge37     thys] this AAH20 LEge37 STC_13860_34     haue] have AAH20 LEge37     by] of AAH20 STC_13860_34 off DBla22     by gret Aparans] of full great aparaunce LEge37     gret] great AAH20 STC_13860_34     Aparans] apparaununce AAH20 app DBla22 apparence: STC_13860_34 10     syns] Syns AAH20 sens DBla22 Sins STC_13860_34     Dyscayte] decete DBla22     Dyscayte ys ay] disceyte is aye AAH20     Dyscayte ys] decept is LEge37 disceit is STC_13860_34     Retournable] returnable AAH20 returnabyll DBla22 retourneable LEge37 returnable, STC_13860_34 11     of] Of STC_13860_34     of very force] off euery fors DBla22     very] vearye AAH20 verye STC_13860_34     yt ys] it is AAH20 LEge37     yt ys Agreable] it is agreable, STC_13860_34     Agreable] agreable AAH20 agreabyll DBla22 aggreable LEge37 12     that] That AAH20 STC_13860_34     therwithall] thearwithall AAH20 therewithall LEge37     done] don DBla22     Recompence] recompence AAH20 LEge37 recumpens DBla22 recompence. STC_13860_34 13     &amp; gylys Reward is small trust for euer] Then guyle beguyled playnd shuld be never AAH20 the gyle for begylyd blamyd shuld be neve DBla22 then gile begiled plained should be never LEge37 Then gile begiled playnd should be neuer, STC_13860_34 14     gyle begyld shuld be blamyd neuer] And the rewarde is lytle trust for ever AAH20 &amp; the reward but lyttyll trust for euer DBla22 and the reward litle trust for ever LEge37 And the reward is little trust for euer. STC_13860_34