The Devonshire Manuscript/love doth againe

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and thys

1    love doth againe 2    an put me to payne 3    and yet all is but lost 4    I ser {{s}8} ue yn vayne 5    and am certeyne 6    of all misliked most

7    bothe heate and colde 8    dothe so me holde 9    and com {_o} brid so s my minde 10    that when {_e} I shulde 11    speke and beholde 12    yt dryvithe me still behinde

13    mye wittis be paste 14    my lif dothe waste 15    my com {_o} forte is exild 16    and I in haste 17    am like to taste 18    how love hathe me g begilde

19    Onles that right 20    maye yn her sight 21    obtaine pitye and grace 22    whye shulde a wight 23    have bewtye bright 24    yf mer {m'} cye have no place

25    Yett I alas 26    am in soche cace 27    that bak I can {_a} not goo. 28    but still forthe trace 29    a patiente pace 30    and suffre secret woo

31    ffor with {w+t+} the winde 32    my fyred mynde 33    dothe still inflame 34    and she vnkinde 35    that ded me binde 36    dothe turne yt all to game

37    Yet can no payne 38    make me refraine 39    nor here &amp; there to range 40    I shall retaine 41    hope to obtayne 42    her hert that {{th}+t+} is so straunge

43    But I require 44    the payne full fire 45    that oft dothe make me suete 46    for all my yre 47    withe lyke desire 48    to gyve her herte a hete /

49    Then shall she prove 50    howe I her love 51    and what I have offerde 52    wiche shulde her move 53    for to remove 54    the paynes that {{th}+t+} I have su l ffrd

55    and bettre ffe 56    then she gave me 57    she shall of me attayne 58    for whereas she 59    shewde crueltye 60    she shall my hert obtayne

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The lover counts on the lady’s mercy and hopes that he shall win her by remaining constant. This poem is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (on "now all of chaunge" (81r)), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.

Texts Collated
DBLa09

Collation
1      love] Love DBla09     doth] hathe DBla09     againe] agayne DBla09 3      and] &amp; DBla09     is] ys DBla09 4      yn] in DBla09 5      certeyne] certayne DBla09 6      misliked] myslyked DBla09 7      bothe] Bothe DBla09     heate] het DBla09     colde] cold DBla09 8      dothe] Dothe DBla09     so]  DBla09     holde] behold DBla09 9      combrid] combr DBla09     s]  DBla09     minde] mynd DBla09 10      shulde] shuld DBla09 11      speke] speak DBla09     beholde] be bold DBla09 12      dryvithe] drawith DBla09     still] styll DBla09     behinde] behynd DBla09 13      mye wittis] My wyttes DBla09     paste] past DBla09 14      lif] lyf DBla09     waste] wast DBla09 15      comforte is exild] comffort ys exyled DBla09 16      haste] hast DBla09 17      like] lyk DBla09     taste] tast DBla09 18      gbegilde] begyllid DBla09 19      right] Ryght may im DBla09 20      maye] may DBla09     yn her] in her DBla09     sight] syght DBla09 21      obtaine pitye and grace] optaye pety  &amp; gra DBla09 22      whye] why DBla09     shulde] shuld DBla09     wight] wyght DBla09 23      have] haue DBla09     bewtye] bewty DBla09     bright] bryght DBla09 24      mercye] marsye DBla09     have] haue DBla09     place] place DBla09 25      Yett] Yet DBla09 26      am in soche] an in suche DBla09     cace] case DBla09 27      goo.] goo DBla09 28      still] styll DBla09 29      a] A DBla09     patiente] pacient DBla09 30      and] &amp; DBla09     suffre] suffer DBla09     secret] seckret DBla09     woo] woo / DBla09 31      with] wythe DBla09     winde] wynd DBla09 32      fyred] fyered DBla09     mynde] mynd DBla09 33      still] styll DBla09     inflame] incres in flame DBla09 34      vnkinde] vnkynd DBla09 35      ded] dyd DBla09     binde] bynd DBla09 36      turne] torne DBla09     yt] yet DBla09 37      Yet] yet DBla09     payne] paygne DBla09 38      refraine] reffrayne DBla09 39      &amp;] nor DBla09     there] ther DBla09 40      retaine] retayne DBla09 41      hope] hop DBla09     obtayne] attayne DBla09 42      her] a DBla09     hert] hart DBla09     is] ys DBla09     straunge] strange DBla09 43      require] requyer DBla09 44      payne full] paynffull DBla09     fire] ffyer DBla09 45      make] mak DBla09     suete] swere DBla09 46      yre] hyer DBla09 47      withe] with DBla09     lyke] lyk DBla09     desire] desyere DBla09 48      gyve] geve DBla09     her] here DBla09     herte] hart DBla09     hete /] hette DBla09 50      howe] how DBla09 51      and] &amp; DBla09     have] haue DBla09     offerde] her offeryd DBla09 52      wiche] whiche DBla09     shulde] shuld DBla09     her] here DBla09 53      for] ffor DBla09 54      paynes] payne DBla09     have sulffrd] hau sufferd DBla09 55      and] A DBla09     bettre] better DBla09     ffe] ffee / DBla09 56      gave] geve DBla09     me] me/ DBla09 58      for] ffor DBla09     whereas] wher as DBla09 59      shewde] showyd DBla09     crueltye] creweltye DBla09 60      my] me DBla09     hert] hart DBla09     obtayne] optayne DBla09