The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse It Was my chaunce
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1 It was my choyse It Was my chaunce
2 that brovgght my hert N others hold
3 wher by it hath had sufferaunce
4 lengar per{p1}de then resan wuld
5 sens I yt bovnd where{r'} it was fre
6 methynks I wys of ryght it shuld
7 Accepted yt be
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8 Accepted yt be with{w+t+} owyt Refuse
9 Wnles that fortun haith the powre{r'}
10 all ryght of Low for to a buse
11 for as thei say on happy owre{r'}
12 may more{r'} prevayll yen then ryght ore{r'} myght
13 {r'}{n'} yf fortune then lyst for to lowre
Commentary
[edit | edit source]Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H3 and discusses the right of Fortune to abuse lovers. "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" is an excerpt of the thirty-five line poem "It was my choyse yt was no chaunce" (35v).
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[edit | edit source]1 It Was my chaunce] yt was no chaunce / LDev048
2 brovgght] browght LDev048 hert] hart LDev048 N] in LDev048 hold] holde / LDev048
3 wher by] Wherby LDev048 it] ytt LDev048 sufferaunce] Sufferaunce / LDev048
4 lengar] lenger LDev048 resan] Reason LDev048 wuld] wold / LDev048
5 sens] syns LDev048 yt bovnd where it was fre] ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree / LDev048
6 methynks] me thynkes LDev048 I wys] ywys LDev048 ryght] Ryght LDev048 it] yt LDev048 shuld] shold / LDev048
7 Accepted yt] Acceptyd LDev048
8 Accepted] Acceptyd LDev048 yt] LDev048 with owyt Refuse] with owte Refuse / LDev048
9 Wnles] Vnles LDev048 fortun] fortune LDev048 haith] have LDev048 powre] power / LDev048
10 all] All LDev048 ryght] Ryght LDev048 Low] love LDev048 a buse] Abuse / LDev048
11 as thei say on] As thay say / one LDev048 owre] howre / LDev048
12 prevayll] prevayle LDev048 yen] then LDev048 ryght] Ryght LDev048 ore] or LDev048 myght] myght / LDev048
13 lowre] lowre / LDev048
14 ] What vaylyth Right LDev048
15 ] What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew LDev048
16 ] then trust to chaunce and go by gesse / LDev048
17 ] then who so lovyth may well go sew / LDev048
18 ] vncerten hope for hys redresse / LDev048
19 ] yett some wolde say Assueredly / LDev048
20 ] thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / LDev048
21 ] to fantasy / LDev048
22 ] To fantasy pertaynys to chose / LDev048
23 ] All thys I knowe for fantasy / LDev048
24 ] ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / LDev048
25 ] but yet I knowe as stedefastly / LDev048
26 ] that yff love haue no faster knott / LDev048
27 ] so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly / LDev048
28 ] yt lastyth nott / LDev048
29 ] Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / LDev048
30 ] fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / LDev048
31 ] both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / LDev048
32 ] therfore me thynkes best to prevayle LDev048
33 ] ther ys no way that ys so Iust / LDev048
34 ] as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle / LDev048
35 ] And therto trust / LDev048