The Devonshire Manuscript/hate whom ye list for I kare not

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1    hate whom {_o} ye list for I kare not 2    love whom ye list &amp; spare not 3    do what ye list &amp; drede not 4    think what ye liste I fere not 5    for as for me I am not 6    {es} {{th}+t+} but even as one that reckes not 7    whyther ye hate or hate not 8    for yn yor love I dote not 9    Wherefor I pgra {gA} pray aye1 you forget not 10    but love whom {_o} ye liste / for I care not

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Notes & Glosses
1.   The scribe makes the abbreviation that supplies "ra" and then writes out the a.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker, here, asserts his independence of the lady and feels neither joy nor sorrow from her behaviour.

The Folger manuscript contains a longer version of the poem. Rebholz suggests that the two surviving shorter versions of the poem (which appear in the Devonshire manuscript and Trinity College, Dublin MS D.2.7) are closer to the original poem since the second and fourth lines in the longer poem have not been dropped in revision. Rebholz also points out that all three extant versions of the poem are independent witnesses to the original.

Texts Collated
DBLa06

Collation
1     hate] Hate DBla06     whom] whome DBla06     list for] lyste for for DBla06     kare] care DBla06 2     love] loue DBla06     whom] whome DBla06     list &amp;] lyste and DBla06 3     do] doo DBla06     list] lyst DBla06     &amp; drede] and fere DBla06 4     think] Seymake DBla06     liste I fere] lyst and dred DBla06 6     even] euyn DBla06     one] on DBla06     reckes] rekyth DBla06 7     whyther] whither DBla06 8     yn yor] in youre DBla06     love] loue DBla06 9     Wherefor] wherfore DBla06     pgraayepraye] pray DBla06 10     but] But DBla06     love] loue DBla06     whom] whome DBla06     liste / for I care] lyst and spare DBla06