The Devonshire Manuscript/the losse is small to lose suche on

f. [77v]

1    the losse is small to s ose suche on 2    that {{th}+t+} shrynckith for a slendr naye 3    {{th}+t+} {{th}+ei+} &amp; wit thei lak that wolde make mone 4    tho all suche peakes {es} ware wipid awaye /

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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. In this humourous lyric, the female speaker believes that losing a lover put off by a small “nay” is trivial, and that shrinking lovers who complain lack wit because they do not face any real adversity. This short verse may be a comment on the poem above it, “Dyvers dothe vse as I have hard & kno” (77v).