The Devonshire Manuscript/ffull well yt maye be sene

f. [51r]

1    ffull well yt maye be sene 2    to suche as vnder {d'} stand 3    how some there be that wene 4    they haue theyre welthe at hand 5    thruhe through loves abusyd band 6    But lytyll do they See 7    thabuse the abuse Wherin they bee

8    of loue there ys A kynd 9    whyche kyndlythe by abuse 10    as in A feble mynd 11    whome fansy may enduce 12    By loues dysceatfull vse 13    to folowe the fond lust 14    &amp; profe of A vayn trust

15    As I my self may saye 16    by tryall of the same 17    no wyght can well bewraye 18    the falshed loue can frame 19    I saye twyxt grefe &amp; game 20    ther ys no lyvyng man 21    that knows the crafte loue can

22    ffor loue so well can fayn 23    to favour for the whyle 24    that suche as sekes the gayn 25    {w+t+} {{s}8} ar seruyd with the gyle 26    &amp; some can thys concyle 27    to gyue the symple leave 28    them sellfes for to dysceave

29    What thyng may more declare 30    of loue the craftye kynd 31    then se the wyse so ware 32    in loue to be so blynd 33    yf so yt be assynd 34    let them enIoye the gayn 35    that thynkes {es} yt worthe the payn

finis finis

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H6. Rebholz notes that the word "love" used throughout the poem possesses a dual-meaning: it can either refer to the lover's appetite and self-deception or to the deceptions practiced by lovers (or both). Another unidentified hand may have written the second “finis.”