The Devonshire Manuscript/Too yoye In payne my will
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1 Too yoye In payne my will
2 doth will to will me styll
3 ffore payne nowe in this casse
4 Aperithe yoye in place
5 Althowght my payne be greater
6 thane cane be told or thowght
7 my love ys styll the better
8 the derare yt ys bowght
9 Thus do I yoy in payne
10 yett doo I not optayne
11 the thyng that I wold ffayne
12 wherfore I saye Agaeyne
13 All thowght my payne &c
14 I haue hard say or this
15 ffull many a tyme & oft
16 that ys fett fore ladys
17 ffare fecht and derly bowght
18 Soo thowght my payn &c
19 This marvelles{es} moche to me
20 how thes too cane Agree
21 both yoy and payn to be
22 In place bothe twayn per{p+}de
23 yett thowght my payne &c
ffinis
Commentary
[edit | edit source]Written in TH1's hand, this poem remains unattributed and may be an original composition by Thomas Howard. The poem possesses a unique structure and layout: after the first verse followed by the refrain, the stanzas alternate verses and the first line of the refrain. Brackets mark each verse and long flourishes follow each refrain. Marks in the left margin also indicate changes in the refrain (refrain 1, 3, and 4).