The Devonshire Manuscript, To wette yowr Iye withouten teare

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f. [5r]

1    To wette yowr Iye with{w+t+}houten teare

2    and in good helth to faine desease

3    that you ther be myn eyne myght bleyr

4    therw therewith  yowr other freindes to please

5    and thoo ye thinke ye ned not ferfeare

6    yet f so ye can not me apease

7    but as ye list faine flater or golse

8    ye shall not wynne yf I do lose

9    prat and paint and spre not

10    ye knowe I can me worke

11    and if be ye canrre not1

12    be sure I do not reke

13    and thowe ye swere it were not

14    I can bothe swere and speke

15    by god and by this crvsse

16    yf I haue the moke ye shall haue the loss

Notes & Glosses

1. The n is overwritten by an r.

Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,1] this poem was entered by [H1. The poet describes a lover’s awareness of his mistress’ duplicity.

Works Cited

• ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 237.

Textual Notes

Texts Collated

DBLa19

Collation

1      yowr] your DBla19     Iye] yee DBla19     withouten] withoutyn DBla19
2      good helth to] goodhelthe to DBla19     faine] fayne DBla19     desease] dyssease DBla19
3      ther be] therby DBla19     eyne] yee DBla19     bleyr] bleare DBla19
4      therwtherewith] therwith DBla19     yowr] your DBla19     other]  DBla19     freindes] ffrendes DBla19
5      thoo] thoughe DBla19     tyhinke] thynk DBla19     feare] ffeare DBla19
6      f]  DBla19     can not] cannot DBla19
7      ye] you DBla19     list] lyst DBla19     faine flater] ffayne fflatyr DBla19     golse] glose DBla19
8      ye] you DBla19     wynne] wyn DBla19     lose] losse DBla19
9      prat] Prat DBla19     paint] paynt DBla19     spre] spare DBla19
10      worke] wreke DBla19
11      if] yf DBla19     canrre] car DBla19
12      sure] suer DBla19     reke] recke DBla19
13      thowe] thoughe DBla19     it] yt DBla19
14      speke] speake DBla19
15      this] the DBla19     crvsse] crosse DBla19 DBla19
16      yf] If DBla19     moke] mocke DBla19     the] it the DBla19     loss] worse DBla19

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