The Devonshire Manuscript/The hart & servys to yow profferd
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1 {p3} {{s}8} The hart & servys to yow profferd
2 with{w+t+} ryght good wyll full honestly
3 Refuce yt not syns yt ys offerd
4 but take yt to yow Ientylly
5 & tho yt be a small pre{p'}sent
6 yet good consyder gracyowsly
7 the thowght the mynd & the{{th}+e+} entent
8 of hym that{{th}+t+} lovys you faythfully
9 yt were a thyng of small effecte
10 to worke my wo not p [] yowsly thus cruelly
11 ffor w my good wyll to be abiecte
12 therfor accepte yt lovyngly
13 payn or travell to rune & or ryde
14 I vndertake yt plesawntly
15 byd ye me go & strayte I glyde
16 at yor commawndement humbly
17 payn or plesure now may yow plant
18 evyn whyche it plese yow stydfastly
19 do whyche yow lyst I shall not want
20 to be yorser{{s}8}vant secrettly
21 and syns so muche I do desyre
22 to be yor owne Assuryddly
23 ffor all my servys & my hyer
24 reward yorser{{s}8}vante lyberally
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Commentary
[edit | edit source]Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1], this poem was entered by H2. Typical of late medieval and Tudor courtly love poetry, this poem depicts a lover who professes his devotion to a lady.
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