The Devonshire Manuscript/to wishe and wante and not obtaine

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1    to wishe and wante and [] not obtaine 2    to seke &amp; sew ease of my paine 3    Sins all that ever I doo is vaine 4    What maye hit availe me

5    Altho I stryve both daye &amp; night 6    against the streme with {w+t+} all my powre 7    yf fortune liste yet for to lowre 8    what maye &amp;c

9    Yf willinglye I suffer woo 10    if from {_o} the fire me list not go 11    if then I bourne to plaine m y 1 f oo 12    what &amp;c

13    and if the harme that {{th}+t+} I suffre 14    be run {_u} ne to farr out of mesure 15    to seke for helpe ony furthre 16    what &amp;c

17    what tho eche harte that {{th}+t+} heris me plaine 18    petis and plainethe for my paine 19    yf I no lesse in gref remaine 20    what &amp;c

21    Ye tho the wante of my relef 22    Displese the causer of my greef 23    Sins I Remaine still in mischefe 24    what /

25    Suche cruell chaunse doth so^me thrett 26    continuallie inwarde to ffrett 27    then of relef for to intrete 28    what. []

29    ffortune is deff vnto my call 30    my tormen {_e} t movith her not at all 31    and tho she torne as doth a ball 32    what

33    for in dispaire ther is no rede 34    to wante of ere speche is no spede 35    to linger {g'} still alive as dede 36    what maye yt auayle me /

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Notes & Glosses
1.   The scribe crossed through the tail of the overwitten y twice.

Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker, here, laments that Fortune is as deaf to his complaint as the lady.

Texts Collated
LEge43, AAH22

Collation
1     to] To LEge43     to wishe and wante and  not obtaine]  AAH22     wishe] wisshe LEge43     wante] want LEge43      not obtaine] not obtain LEge43 2     to seke &amp; sew ease of my paine]  AAH22     paine] pain LEge43 3     Sins] syns LEge43     Sins all that ever I doo is vaine]  AAH22     doo] do LEge43     vaine] vain LEge43 4     What maye hit availe me]  AAH22     maye] may LEge43     hit] it LEge43     availe] availl LEge43 5     Altho] All tho LEge43     Altho I stryve both daye &amp; night]  AAH22     stryve] styrve LEge43     both] boeth LEge43     daye] day LEge43     night] howre LEge43 6     against the streme with all my powre]  AAH22 7     yf] if LEge43     yf fortune liste yet for to lowre]  AAH22     liste] list LEge43     yet]  LEge43 8     what] What LEge43     what maye &amp; c]  AAH22     maye] may LEge43     &amp; c] it availl me LEge43 9     Yf] If LEge43     Yf willinglye I suffer woo]  AAH22     willinglye] willingly LEge43     suffer] suffre LEge43 10     if from the fire me list not go]  AAH22     fire] fyre LEge43     go] goo LEge43 11     if] Yf AAH22     bourne] burne AAH22 burn LEge43     plaine] playne AAH22     myefsoo] me so AAH22 LEge43 12     what] What LEge43     &amp; c] maye it avayle me AAH22 may it availl me LEge43 13     and] And AAH22 LEge43     suffre] suffer AAH22 14     runne] ronne AAH22 run LEge43     farr] farre LEge43     out] owte LEge43     mesure] measure AAH22 mesur LEge43 15     seke] seeke AAH22     helpe] helpp AAH22     ony] any AAH22 LEge43     furthre] further AAH22 LEge43 16     what] What LEge43     &amp; c] may it availe me AAH22 may it availl me LEge43 17     what] What AAH22 LEge43     tho] thoughe AAH22 tho LEge43     eche] eache AAH22     harte] hart AAH22 hert LEge43     heris] heares AAH22 hereth LEge43     plaine] playne AAH22 plain LEge43 18     petis] Pitieth AAH22 pitieth LEge43     plainethe] playneth AAH22 plaineth LEge43     my] mye AAH22     paine] payne AAH22 payn LEge43 19     yf] Yf AAH22 if LEge43     lesse] les LEge43     gref] greef AAH22 greif LEge43     remaine] remayne AAH22 remain LEge43 20     what] What LEge43     &amp; c] may it availe me AAH22 may it availl me LEge43 21     Ye tho] Yea though AAH22     wante] want AAH22 LEge43     relef] releef AAH22 relief LEge43 22     Displese] Displease AAH22 LEge43     greef] greif LEge43 23     Sins] Syns AAH22 syns LEge43     I] that I LEge43     Remaine] remayne AAH22 remain LEge43     mischefe] mischeef AAH22 myschief LEge43 24     what /] what may it avayle me AAH22 What may it availl me LEge43 25     chaunse] chaunce AAH22 LEge43     doth] doeth LEge43     me] me AAH22 LEge43     thrett] threat AAH22 threte LEge43 26     continuallie] Contynuallye AAH22 continuelly LEge43     inwarde] inward AAH22 LEge43     ffrett] freat AAH22 fret LEge43 27     then] Then AAH22     relef] releace AAH22 relesse LEge43     intrete] entreat AAH22 trete LEge43 28     what.] what may it availe me AAH22 What may it availl me LEge43 29     deff] deafe AAH22 deiff LEge43 30     my] Mye AAH22     movith] moves AAH22 moveth LEge43 31     tho] thoughe AAH22 though LEge43     torne] turne AAH22 torn LEge43     doth] dothe AAH22 doeth LEge43 32     what] what may it availe me AAH22 What may it availl me LEge43 33     for] ffor AAH22 LEge43     dispaire] despere LEge43     ther] theare AAH22 there LEge43     rede] reede AAH22 34     to] To AAH22     wante] want AAH22 LEge43     ere] eare AAH22 ere : LEge43     speche] speeche AAH22     spede] speede AAH22 35     linger] lynger AAH22     alive] a lyve AAH22 alyve LEge43     dede] deade AAH22 ded LEge43 36     what] What LEge43     maye] may AAH22 LEge43     yt auayle me /] it availe me AAH22 it availl me LEge43