The Devonshire Manuscript/myght I as well within my song be lay

f. [65v]

the sued the soveren 1    myght I as well with {w+t+} in my song be lay 2    the thyng I mene as in my hart I may 3    repentence showld dra ffrom thovs yes 4    salt teres with {w+t+} cryes remors and grow ges

Commentary
Written in the hand of Margaret Douglas, this poem is attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt. H7 enters a second version of this poem, "Myght I as well within my songe" (66r). Both versions in the manuscript are only excerpts of Wyatt’s twenty-five line poem, which Rebholz compiled in his edition of Wyatt's poetry. Similar to other poems in the manuscript, this poem discusses the need for concealment and duplicity. For examples of other poems portraying the theme of concealment, see: “Sum summ say I love sum say I moke” (58v); “In places Wher that I company” (62v); “I ame not she be prowess off syt” (65r); “To cowntarffete a mery mode” (65v); “Ceaser whan the traytor of egipte” (70r); and “Whan that I call vnto my mynde” (82v-83r).

Texts Collated
DBLa12, LDev105

Collation
1     myght] Myght DBla12     myght I as well within my song be lay] Myght I as well within my songe LDev105     song] songe DBla12     be lay] dbelaye DBla12 2     the thyng I mene as in my hart I may] belay the thinge I wolde LDev105     thyng] thing DBla12     mene] wolde DBla12     may] maye DBla12 3     repentence] repentens DBla12     repentence showld dra ffrom thovs yes] &gt; as in my harte LDev105     showld dra] shulde Drawe DBla12     ffrom] frome DBla12     thovs] those DBla12     yes] eyes DBla12 4     salt] Salt DBla12     salt teres with cryes remors and growges]  LDev105     teres] tearis DBla12     cryes remors] cryes, remorce DBla12     growges] grudge of hart DBla12 5     ] causles as cause that I haue ssuffred smart DBla12 6     ] O yf myght I ellis enclose my paynfull breast DBla12 7     ] that that myght be in syght my great vnrest DBla12 8     ] ther shulde ye see tormentes remayngne DBla12 9     ] as hell of payne to move your crewell hart DBla12 10     ] causles by cause that I haue suffred smart DBla12 11     ] Or myght Ther ys in  hell no suche a feruent fyere DBla12 12     ] as secret hete of inward hotte desyere DBla12 13     ] that wyll not let the flame appayre DBla12 14     ] that I haue here within my wastyd hart DBla12 15     ] causles by cause that I haue suffred smart DBla12 16     ] Yet you cause yt and ye may cause my welthe DBla12 17     ] ons cause yt then retorne vnto my helthe DBla12 18     ] and of all mene releve that man DBla12 19     ] that no thing can but crye releve this hart DBla12 20     ] causles by cause that I haue souf smart DBla12 21     ] Redres ye owght that harme that ye haue donne DBla12 22     ] yt ys no game that ye nowe haue bygonne DBla12 23     ] but worthye blame ye shall remayne DBla12 24     ] to do hym payne that knowythe not thought of  DBla12 25     ] causles by cause that I haue suffred smart DBla12