The Devonshire Manuscript/Wythe seruing still

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1    {_i} {{s}8} Wythe seruing still 2    this have I won {_o} ne 3    for my god will 4    to be vndon {_o} n

5    And for redresse 6    of all my payne 7    disdaynefulnes 8    I have againe

9    And for reward 10    of all my smar {m'} te 11    so thus vnharde 12    I must depar {p+} te

13    Wherefore all ye 14    that after {t'} shall 15    bye ffortune be 16    as I am thrall

17    Example take 18    what I have won {_o} n 19    thus for her sake 20    to be vndon {_o} ne fs lerne but ^to syng yt

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that in the Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 the scribe attributes the poem to Thomas Vaux. The speaker’s efforts to woo the lady have won him only disdain; he warns other lovers to pay heed to his misfortune.

Texts Collated
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Collation
1      seruing] seruyng DBla24     still] styll this DBla24 2      have] haue DBla24 3      for] ffor DBla24     god] good DBla24     will] wyll DBla24 4      vndonn] vndonne DBla24 5      for] ffor DBla24     redresse] redres DBla24 7      disdaynefulnes] disdaynffulnes DBla24 8      againe] agayne DBla24 9      And] and DBla24     for] ffor DBla24 10      smarte] smart DBla24 11      so] lo DBla24     vnharde] vnhard DBla24 13      Wherefore] Wherfore DBla24     ye] ye that that DBla24 15      bye] by DBla24     ffortune] fortune DBla24 17      Example] Exempell DBla24 18      have] haue DBla24     wonn] wonne DBla24 19      her] hes DBla24 20      vndonne] vndone DBla24