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and thys

1    love doth againe
2    anput me to payne
3    and yet all is but lost
4    I ser{{s}8}ue yn vayne
5    and am certeyne
6    of all misliked most

7    bothe heate and colde
8    dothe so me holde
9    and com{_o}brid so s my minde
10    that when{_e} I shulde
11    speke and beholde
12    yt dryvithe me still behinde

13    mye wittis be paste
14    my lif dothe waste
15    my com{_o}forte is exild
16    and I in haste
17    am like to taste
18    how love hathe me gbegilde

19    Onles that right
20    maye yn ~~her~~ sight
21    obtaine pitye and grace
22    whye shulde a wight
23    have bewtye bright
24    yf mer{m'}cye have no place

25    Yett I alas
26    am in soche cace
27    that bak I can{_a}not goo.
28    but still forthe trace
29    a patiente pace
30    and suffre secret woo

31    ffor with{w+t+} the winde
32    my fyred mynde
33    dothe still inflame
34    and she vnkinde
35    that ded me binde
36    dothe turne yt all to game

37    Yet can no payne
38    make me refraine
39    nor here & there to range
40    I shall retaine
41    hope to obtayne
42    her hert that{{th}+t+} is so str^aunge

43    But I require
44    the payne full fire
45    that oft dothe make me suete
46    for all my yre
47    withe lyke desire
48    to gyve her herte a hete /

49    Then shall she prove
50    howe I her love
51    and what I have offerde
52    wiche shulde her move
53    for to remove
54    the paynes that{{th}+t+} I have sulffrd

55    and bettre ffe
56    then she gave me
57    she shall of me attayne
58    for whereas she
59    shewde crueltye
60    she shall my hert obtayne

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Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,^[1] this poem was entered by H8. The lover counts on the lady’s mercy and hopes that he shall win her by remaining constant. This poem 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]

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Textual Notes

Texts Collated

DBLa09

Collation

1     love] Love DBla09     doth] hathe DBla09     againe] agayne DBla09
3     and] & DBla09     is] ys DBla09
4     yn] in DBla09
5     certeyne] certayne DBla09
6     misliked] myslyked DBla09
7     bothe] Bothe DBla09     heate] het DBla09     colde] cold DBla09
8     dothe] Dothe DBla09     so]  DBla09     holde] behold DBla09
9     combrid] combr DBla09     s]  DBla09     minde] mynd DBla09
10     shulde] shuld DBla09
11     speke] speak DBla09     beholde] be bold DBla09
12     dryvithe] drawith DBla09     still] styll DBla09     behinde] behynd DBla09
13     mye wittis] My wyttes DBla09     paste] past DBla09
14     lif] lyf DBla09     waste] wast DBla09
15     comforte is exild] comffort ys exyled DBla09
16     haste] hast DBla09
17     like] lyk DBla09     taste] tast DBla09
18     gbegilde] begyllid DBla09
19     right] Ryght may im DBla09
20     maye] may DBla09     yn her] in her DBla09     sight] syght DBla09
21     obtaine pitye and grace] optaye pety & gra DBla09
22     whye] why DBla09     shulde] shuld DBla09     wight] wyght DBla09
23     have] haue DBla09     bewtye] bewty DBla09     bright] bryght DBla09
24     mercye] marsye DBla09     have] haue DBla09     place] place DBla09
25     Yett] Yet DBla09
26     am in soche] an in suche DBla09     cace] case DBla09
27     goo.] goo DBla09
28     still] styll DBla09
29     a] A DBla09     patiente] pacient DBla09
30     and] & DBla09     suffre] suffer DBla09     secret] seckret DBla09     woo] woo / DBla09
31     with] wythe DBla09     winde] wynd DBla09
32     fyred] fyered DBla09     mynde] mynd DBla09
33     still] styll DBla09     inflame] incres in flame DBla09
34     vnkinde] vnkynd DBla09
35     ded] dyd DBla09     binde] bynd DBla09
36     turne] torne DBla09     yt] yet DBla09
37     Yet] yet DBla09     payne] paygne DBla09
38     refraine] reffrayne DBla09
39     &] nor DBla09     there] ther DBla09
40     retaine] retayne DBla09
41     hope] hop DBla09     obtayne] attayne DBla09
42     her] a DBla09     hert] hart DBla09     is] ys DBla09     straunge] strange DBla09
43     require] requyer DBla09
44     payne full] paynffull DBla09     fire] ffyer DBla09
45     make] mak DBla09     suete] swere DBla09
46     yre] hyer DBla09
47     withe] with DBla09     lyke] lyk DBla09     desire] desyere DBla09
48     gyve] geve DBla09     her] here DBla09     herte] hart DBla09     hete /] hette DBla09
50     howe] how DBla09
51     and] & DBla09     have] haue DBla09     offerde] her offeryd DBla09
52     wiche] whiche DBla09     shulde] shuld DBla09     her] here DBla09
53     for] ffor DBla09
54     paynes] payne DBla09     have sulffrd] hau sufferd DBla09
55     and] A DBla09     bettre] better DBla09     ffe] ffee / DBla09
56     gave] geve DBla09     me] me/ DBla09
58     for] ffor DBla09     whereas] wher as DBla09
59     shewde] showyd DBla09     crueltye] creweltye DBla09
60     my] me DBla09     hert] hart DBla09     obtayne] optayne DBla09

[1] R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 321-23.

[2] Paul Remley. "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu." Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. 50.

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