The Devonshire Manuscript/Yff I had sufferd thys to yow vnware

f. [11r]

1    Yff I had sufferd thys to yow vnware 2    myn were the fawte &amp; yow nothynge to blame 3    but syns yow know my wo &amp; All my care 4    Why do I dy alas for shame for shame

5    I know ryght well my face my loke my terys 6    myn yeys my word es {es} &amp; eke my dere chere 7    hathe cryyd my dethe full oft vnto yor erys 8    herd off beleffe it dothe apere apere

9   {{th}+t+} {t'}   A better proffe I se that ye wold have 10    how I am dede therfore when ye here tell 11    beleve yt not altho ye se my grave 12    cruell vnkynd I say farwell farwell

ffynys quod  {q+d+} Wyatts

Commentary
Entered by H2, this poem is an excerpt from Sir Thomas Wyatt's poem “Heaven and earth and all that hear me plain.” Like the previous poem, this poem also features a description of a cruel, unrelenting woman.

This poem and the one on the facing page "May not thys hate from the estarte" (10v) appear to be imitative repetitions of each other.

Texts Collated
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Collation
1      Yff] Yf LEge49     sufferd] suffered LEge49     thys] this LEge49     yow] you LEge49 2      yow] you LEge49     nothynge] nothing LEge49 3      yow] you LEge49     wo] woo LEge49     All] all LEge49 4      Why] why LEge49 5      ryght] right LEge49     loke] lowke LEge49     terys] teeres LEge49 6      yeys] Iyes LEge49     dere] drery LEge49     chere] chiere LEge49 7      hathe] have LEge49     cryyd] cryd LEge49     dethe] deth LEge49     yor] your LEge49     erys] eres LEge49 8      off] of LEge49     beleffe] belefe LEge49     dothe] doeth LEge49     apere] appere: LEge49     apere] appere LEge49 9      proffe] prouff LEge49     wold] would LEge49 10      am] ame LEge49     therfore] therefore LEge49 11      beleve yt] beleveit LEge49     altho] all tho LEge49 12      vnkynd] vnknynd LEge49     farwell] farewell : LEge49     farwell] farewell LEge49