The Devonshire Manuscript/fforget not yet the tryde entent
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f. [54v]
1 fforget not yet the tryde entent
2 of suche a truthe as I haue ment
3 my gret travayle so gladly spent
4 fforget not yet
5 fforget not yet when fyrst began
6 the wery lyffe ye know synes{es} whan
7 the sute the ser{{s}8}uys none tell can
8 fforgett not yett
9 fforget not yet the gret assays
10 the cruell wrong the skornfull ways
11 the paynfull pacyence in denAys
12 fforgett not yet
13 fforget not yet forget not thys
14 how long ago hathe ben & ys
15 the mynd that neuer{u'} ment amys
16 fforget not yet
17 fforget not then thyn owne aprovyd
18 the whyche so long hathe the so louyd
19 whose stedfast faythe yet neuer{u'} movyd
20 fforget not thys
Commentary
[edit | edit source]Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,[1] this poem was entered by H6 and is unique to this manuscript. The repeated phrase “fforget not yet” denotes the speaker’s request to the lady to remember his past service and his steadfastness in the face of her disdain.
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