The Devonshire Manuscript/now all of chaunge

f. [81r]

1    now all of chaunge 2    must be my songe 3    and from {_o} m mye bonde  nowe must I breke 4    sins she so strange 5    vnto my wrrong 6    dothe stopp her eris  to to here me speke

7    yet none dothe kno 8    so well as she 9    my greefe wiche  can 10    have no restrainte 10    that faine wolde follo 11    nowe nedes {es} must fle 12    for faute of ere vnto my playnte

13    I am not he 14    bye fals assayes 15    nor faynid faith can {_a} bere in hande 16    tho most I see 17    that suche alwaes 18    are best for to be vndrestonde

19    But I that truth hath a 20    hathe alwaies ment 21    {{s}8} {p3} Dothe still procede to serue in vayne 22    Desire pursuithe 23    my tyme mispent 24    and doth not passe vppon my payne

25    O fortunes might 26    that eche com {_o} pellis 27    and me the most yt dothe suffise 28    nowe for my right to 29    to aske nought ells 30    but to with {w+t+} drawe this entreprise

31    And for the gaine 32    of that good howre 33    wiche of my woo shalbe relefe 34    I shall refrayne 35    bye paynefull powre 36    the thing that most hathe bene my grefe

37    I shall not misse 38    to excersyse 39    the helpe therof wich {w+c+} dothe me teche 40    that after this yn any wise 41    in any wise / 42    to kepe right with {w+t+} in my reche

43    and she oniuste 44    wich ferithe not f. [81v]

this 45    yn this her fame to be defilyde {d,} 46    yett ons I truste 47    shalbe my lott 48    to quite the crafte that me begilde {d,} /

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker complains that he truly loves his beloved, but he tries to exercise reason in order to withdraw himself from his miserable situation.

H8 separates lines 3, 6, and 9 into two graphical lines to maintain the column width established by the poem above, “Wythe seruing still" (81r). H8 enters the rest of the poem beside this column and on the next page, and keeps the poetic lines intact. An annotation (“lerne but to syng yt”), written in the hand of Margaret Douglas, appears above the poem. Paul Remley links this annotation to "now all of chaunge," but it may be a comment on the lyric above, “Wythe seruing still” (81r). Remley adds that “Now all of change” has a musical setting and suggests that the seventeen entries reading “and thys” may be linked to this annotation. These seventeen entries and this annotation may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining. In the Arundel-Harington manuscript, the scribe enters "To Smith of Camden," which Rebholz suggests is the name of an Elizabethan broadside ballad tune that could be used as the melody for this lyric.

Texts Collated
AAH10

Collation
1.1      now] Now AAH10     chaunge] chaunge, AAH10 2.1      songe] song AAH10 3.2      fromm] from AAH10     mye bonde/] my bownd, AAH10     nowe] now AAH10     breke] breake AAH10 4.3      sins] Since AAH10     she] shee AAH10     strange] straunge, AAH10 5.3      wrrong] wronge AAH10 6.4      dothe] doth AAH10     stopp] stoppe AAH10     eris/ to] ears, AAH10     here] heare AAH10     speke] speake AAH10 7.5      dothe] doth AAH10     kno] know, AAH10 8.5      she] shee AAH10 9.6      greefe wiche/] greif whiche AAH10 10.7      wolde] wold AAH10     follo] follow, AAH10 11.7      nowe] now AAH10     nedes]  AAH10     fle] flye AAH10 12.8      ere] eare, AAH10     playnte] plaint AAH10 13      I am not he]  AAH10 14      bye fals assayes]  AAH10 15      nor faynid faith can bere in hande]  AAH10 16      tho most I see]  AAH10 17      that suche alwaes]  AAH10 18      are best for to be vndrestonde]  AAH10 19      But I that truth hath a]  AAH10 20      hathe alwaies ment]  AAH10 21      Dothe still procede to serue in vayne]  AAH10 22      Desire pursuithe]  AAH10 23      my tyme mispent]  AAH10 24      and doth not passe vppon my payne]  AAH10 25.9      O] Oh AAH10     fortunes] ffortunes AAH10     might] might, AAH10 26.9      eche] eache AAH10     compellis] compells AAH10 27.10      most] moste, AAH10     yt] it AAH10     dothe] doth AAH10 28.11      nowe] now AAH10     right to] right, AAH10 29.11      aske] ask AAH10 30.12      withdrawe] withdraw AAH10     entreprise] enterprise AAH10 31.13      And] And so AAH10     the]  AAH10     gaine] gayne, AAH10 32.13      that] this AAH10 33.14      wiche] whiche AAH10     woo] woe, AAH10     shalbe] shall be AAH10     relefe] reliefe AAH10 34.15      refrayne] refrayne, AAH10 35.15      bye] by AAH10     paynefull] paynfull AAH10 36.16      most] moste, AAH10     hathe] hath AAH10     grefe] griefe AAH10 37      I shall not misse]  AAH10 38      to excersyse]  AAH10 39      the helpe therof wich dothe me teche]  AAH10 40      that after this yn any wise]  AAH10 41      in any wise /]  AAH10 42      to kepe right within my reche]  AAH10 43.17      and] And AAH10     she] shee AAH10     oniuste] vniust, AAH10 44.17      wich ferithe] that feareth AAH10 45.18      this/ yn] in AAH10     fame] fame, AAH10     defilyde] defyl'de AAH10 46.19      yett] yet AAH10     ons] once AAH10     truste] trust AAH10 47.19      shalbe] shall be AAH10 48.20      quite] quyte AAH10     crafte] crafte, AAH10     begilde/] beguil'de AAH10