The Devonshire Manuscript/Yowre ferefull hope cannot prevayle

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1 {9} {p'} {_u}   3secundusYowre ferefull hope cannot prevayle 2    nor yet faythfull trust Also 3    sum thynke to hytt oftymes do fayle 4    wherby they change theyre welthe to wo

5    What tho In that yet put no trust 6    but allways after as ye see 7    for say yor wyll &amp; do yor lust 8    there ys no place for yow to be

9    No sure therin ye ar farr owte 10    yor labor lost ye hope to save 11    but ons I put ye owt off dowte 12    the thyng ys had that ye wold have

13    tho to Remayn with {w+t+} owt Remorce 14    &amp; petyles to be opprest 15    yet ys the coorse of love by force 16    to take all thynges {es} vnto the best

17    Well yet beware yff thow be wysse 18    &amp; leve thy hope thy hete to coole 19    ffor fere lest she thy love dyspyse 20    reputyng the but as a ffole

21    syns thys to folow of force thow must 22    &amp; by no Reason can Refrayn 23    thy chawnce shall change thy lest mystrust 24    as thow shalt prove vnto thy payn

25    When wythe suche payn thow shalt be payd 26    the whyche shall passe all Remedy 27    then thynke on thys that I have sayd 28    &amp; blame thy folysshe ffantasy

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Notes & Glosses
1.   Standard witness indexes indicate that the obscured word here is "somebody," corresponding to the attribution to "nobody" in the corresponding poem, "My ferefull hope from me ys fledd" (7v).

Commentary
This poem remains unattributed and may be an original creation unique to this manuscript. Entered by H2, this poem is the second of a question/answer pair placed on facing pages, marked first (primus) and second (secundus) by an unidentified hand, and with possibly corresponding attributions. The speaker cautions the narrator of the preceding poem to put his trust in what he can see and not what he imagines.