The Devonshire Manuscript/Sins you will nedes that I shall sing
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and thys
1 {{th}+t+}{es} Sins you will nedesthat I shall sing
2 take yt in worth siche as I have
3 plentye of plaint mone & mornin{_i}g
4 yn depe dispaire / & delye payne
5 boteles for boote crying to crave
6 to crave yn vayne /
7 {d,}{w+t+} {m'} {_a} Suche hammers worke within my hede
8 that sounde nought els vnto my eris
9 but faste at borde / & wake abede{d,}
10 suche tune the tem{_e}pre to my song
11 {_a}{y+t+} to waile my wrong that I wante teris
12 to waile my wrong
13 Dethe and dispaire afore my face
14 my dayes dekaes1 my grefe doth gro
15 the cause thereof is in this place
16 whan crueltye dothe still con{_o}straine
17 for to reioise tho yt be woo.
18 to here me plaine
19 A brokin lute vntunid stringes{es}
20 with{w+t+} such a song maye well bere part
21 {es}{{th}+t+} that nether pleasith him that singes
22 nor them that{{th}+t+} here / but her alone
23 that with{w+t+} her herte wold straine my herte
24 to here yt grone /
25 Yf it greve you to here this same
26 that you do fele but in my voyse
27 considre then what plesaunt game
28 I do sustaine in everye parte
29 to cause me sing or to reioise
30 with{w+t+}in my herte /
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Notes & Glosses
[edit | edit source] 1. Such a grammatical error is so unusual that it is likely the scribe erred in pluralizing 'dekaes.'
Commentary
[edit | edit source]Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H8. This poem is is also 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.[2] Although Douglas's annotation appears above this poem, it may refer to both lyrics on the page.
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