The Devonshire Manuscript/perdye I saide yt not

f. [70v]

1    perdye I saide yt notand thys 2    nor never thought to do 3    as well as I ye wott 4    I have no powr thereto 5    and if I ded the lott 6    that first ded me enchaine 7    do never slake the knott 8    but strayter to my payne /

9    And if I ded eche thing 10    that maye do harme or woo 11    contynuallye maye wrin {_i} ge 12    my herte where so I goo 13    Reporte maye alwayes Rin {_i} g 14    of shame of me for aye 15    yf yn my herte ded sprin {_i} g 16    the worde that ye do saye /

17    Yf I saide so eche sterre 18    that is yn heven above 19    maye frowne on me toma [] rre 20    the hope I have yn love 21    and if I ded suche warre 22    as thy brought owt of troye 23    bring all my lyf a farre 24    from {_o} all this luste and Ioye /

f. [71r]

25    and if I ded so saye 26    the bewtye that +t+} me bounde 27    encresse from daye to daye 28    more cruell to my wounde 29    +t+} {w+t+} with all the mone that maye 30    to playnte maye torne my song 31    my lif maye sone dekaye 32    with {w+t+} out redresse bye wrong

33    Yf I be clere for thought 34    whye do ye then com {_o} plaine 35    then ys this thing but sought 36    to torne me to more payne / 37    +t+} {_e} thenthat that ye haue wrought 38    ye muste yt now redresse 39    of right therefore ye ought 40    yorsuche rigor to represse

41    And as I haue deser {{s}8} uid 42    so gra {gA} unte me nowe my hire 43    ye kno I nevr swervid 44    ye never fownd me lyre 45    for Rachell have I seruid 46    for lya carid I never 47    and her I have Reser {{s}8} uid 48    with {w+t+} in my harte for ever / s

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. Wyatt adapts Petrarch's Rime 206, a canzone, for his poem. R. A. Rebholz notes that Wyatt, unlike Petrarch, "does not restrict himself to three rhymes in the entire poem and does not alter the length of the lines." In both poems the lover protests against a charge that he loves another, but "Petrarch's poem is longer (59 lines) and more impassioned than Wyatt's." The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer excuseth him of wordes wherwith he was vniustly charged” (item 91).

This poem is 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.

H8 does not mark stanzas clearly or consistently in this poem.

Texts Collated
STC13860_21, DBLa15

Collation
1     perdye] Perdy DBla15 PErdy STC_13860_21     saide] sayd DBla15 STC_13860_21     yt] hytt DBla15 it STC_13860_21     not] nott DBla15 not: STC_13860_21 2     nor] Nor STC_13860_21     never] newer DBla15 neuer STC_13860_21     thought] thowght DBla15     do] doo DBla15 do. STC_13860_21 3     as] As STC_13860_21     wott] wot: STC_13860_21 4     have] haue DBla15 STC_13860_21     powr] power STC_13860_21     thereto] thertoo DBla15 therto, STC_13860_21 5     and] And STC_13860_21     if] yff DBla15     ded] dyd DBla15 did, STC_13860_21     lott] lot, STC_13860_21 6     that] That STC_13860_21     first] furst DBla15     ded] did STC_13860_21     ded me enchaine] dyd  chayne DBla15     enchaine] enchayne: STC_13860_21 7     do] May STC_13860_21     never] neuer STC_13860_21     knott] knoott DBla15 knot, STC_13860_21 8     but] But STC_13860_21     strayter] strayght STC_13860_21     to] it to STC_13860_21     payne /] payn DBla15 payne. STC_13860_21 9     And if I ded] and yff I dyd DBla15     ded] did STC_13860_21     eche] ech DBla15 STC_13860_21     thing] thyng DBla15 thing, STC_13860_21 10     that] That STC_13860_21     maye] may DBla15 STC_13860_21     harme] harm DBla15     woo] wo: STC_13860_21 11     contynuallye] contynually DBla15 Continually STC_13860_21     maye] may DBla15 STC_13860_21     wringe] wryng DBla15 wring STC_13860_21 12     my] My STC_13860_21     herte] hart DBla15 STC_13860_21     where so] wherso DBla15     I] hytt DBla15     goo] go. STC_13860_21 13     Reporte] report DBla15 Report STC_13860_21     maye] may DBla15 STC_13860_21     alwayes] always DBla15     Ring] ryng DBla15 ring STC_13860_21 14     of] off DBla15 Of STC_13860_21     of] on DBla15 STC_13860_21     aye] nay DBla15 aye: STC_13860_21 15     yf] If STC_13860_21     yn] In DBla15 in STC_13860_21     herte] hart DBla15 STC_13860_21     ded] dyd DBla15 did STC_13860_21     spring] spryng DBla15 16     the] theys DBla15 The STC_13860_21     worde] wordes DBla15 STC_13860_21     ye] you STC_13860_21     saye /] say DBla15 STC_13860_21 17     Yf] and yff DBla15 And if STC_13860_21     saide so] dyd DBla15 did STC_13860_21     eche] ech DBla15 STC_13860_21     sterre] starr DBla15 starre, STC_13860_21 18     that] That STC_13860_21     is] ys DBla15     yn] In DBla15 in STC_13860_21     heven] hevyn DBla15 heauen STC_13860_21     above] aboue DBla15 aboue, STC_13860_21 19     maye] may DBla15 May STC_13860_21     frowne] frown DBla15     tomarre] to mar DBla15 to marre STC_13860_21 20     the] The STC_13860_21     have] haue DBla15 STC_13860_21     yn] In DBla15 in STC_13860_21     love] loue DBla15 loue. STC_13860_21 21     and] And STC_13860_21     if] yff DBla15     ded] dyd DBla15 did STC_13860_21     suche] such DBla15 STC_13860_21     warre] war DBla15 warre, STC_13860_21 22     as] As STC_13860_21     thy] the DBla15 they STC_13860_21     brought] browght DBla15     owt of] In to DBla15 vnto STC_13860_21     troye] troy DBla15 Troye, STC_13860_21 23     bring] bryng DBla15 Bring STC_13860_21     lyf] lyfe DBla15 life STC_13860_21     a farre] afar DBla15 as farre STC_13860_21 24     from] From STC_13860_21     this] hys DBla15 his STC_13860_21     luste] lust DBla15 STC_13860_21     and] & DBla15     Ioye /] Ioy DBla15 ioye. STC_13860_21 25     and] And STC_13860_21     if] yf DBla15     ded] dyd DBla15 did STC_13860_21     saye] say DBla15 say: STC_13860_21 26     the] The STC_13860_21     bewtye] bewty DBla15 beautie STC_13860_21     bounde] bownd DBla15 bounde, STC_13860_21 27     encresse] Incresse DBla15 Encrease STC_13860_21     daye] day DBla15 STC_13860_21     daye] day DBla15 STC_13860_21 28     more] More STC_13860_21     wounde] world DBla15 wounde: STC_13860_21 29     with] wyth DBla15 With STC_13860_21     maye] may DBla15 may, STC_13860_21 30     to] To STC_13860_21     playnte] playnt DBla15 plaint STC_13860_21     maye] may DBla15 STC_13860_21     torne] turn DBla15 turne STC_13860_21     song] song: STC_13860_21 31     my] My STC_13860_21     lif] lyfe DBla15 life STC_13860_21     maye] may DBla15 STC_13860_21     dekaye] decay DBla15 decay, STC_13860_21 32     without] wythowt DBla15 Without STC_13860_21     bye] my DBla15 by STC_13860_21     wrong] worng DBla15 wrong. STC_13860_21 33     Yf] yf DBla15 If STC_13860_21     I]  DBla15     clere] cleare STC_13860_21     for] from DBla15 STC_13860_21     thought] thowght why do ye then complayn DBla15 thought, STC_13860_21 34     whye] why DBla15 Why STC_13860_21     ye] you STC_13860_21     complaine] complayn DBla15 complayne? STC_13860_21 35     then] Then STC_13860_21     ys] is STC_13860_21     this] thys DBla15     thing] thyng DBla15     sought] sought. STC_13860_21 36     to] To STC_13860_21     torne] put DBla15 turne STC_13860_21     me] my hart STC_13860_21     more]  STC_13860_21     payne /] payn DBla15 payne, STC_13860_21 37     then] Then STC_13860_21     that] this STC_13860_21     ye] you STC_13860_21     wrought] wrowght DBla15 wrought, STC_13860_21 38     ye] You STC_13860_21     muste] must DBla15 STC_13860_21     yt] hyt DBla15 it STC_13860_21     redresse] redresse, STC_13860_21 39     of] off DBla15 Of STC_13860_21     right] ryght DBla15     therefore] therefore DBla15 STC_13860_21     ye] you STC_13860_21 40     yor]  DBla15 STC_13860_21     suche] such DBla15 Such STC_13860_21     rigor] rygor DBla15 rigour STC_13860_21     represse] represse. STC_13860_21 41     And] and DBla15     deseruid] deseruyd DBla15 deserued: STC_13860_21 42     so] So STC_13860_21     graunte] grant DBla15 graunt STC_13860_21     nowe] now DBla15 STC_13860_21     hire] hyer DBla15 hire: STC_13860_21 43     ye] You STC_13860_21     kno] know STC_13860_21     nevr] never DBla15 neuer STC_13860_21     swervid] swarvyd DBla15 swerued, STC_13860_21 44     ye] You STC_13860_21     never] neuer STC_13860_21     fownd] found DBla15 founde STC_13860_21     lyre] lyer DBla15 lyer. STC_13860_21 45     for] For STC_13860_21     rachell] rakhell DBla15 Rachel STC_13860_21     have] haue DBla15 STC_13860_21     seruid] seruyd DBla15 serued, STC_13860_21 46     for lya] For Lea STC_13860_21     carid] caryd DBla15 cared STC_13860_21     never] neuer: STC_13860_21 47     and] And STC_13860_21     her]  her DBla15     have] haue DBla15 STC_13860_21     Reseruid] reseruyd DBla15 reserued STC_13860_21 48     within] wythIn DBla15 Within STC_13860_21     harte] hart DBla15 STC_13860_21     ever /] euer DBla15 euer. STC_13860_21