The Devonshire Manuscript, Wythe seruing still

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1    {_i}{{s}8} Wythe seruing still
2    this have I won{_o}ne
3    for my god will
4    to be vndon{_o}n

5    And for redresse
6    of all my payne
7    disdaynefulnes
8    I have againe

9    And for reward
10    of all my smar{m'}te
11    so thus vnharde
12    I must depar{p+}te

13    Wherefore all ye
14    that after{t'} shall
15    bye ffortune be
16    as I am thrall

17    Example take
18    what I have won{_o}n
19    thus for her sake
20    to be vndon{_o}ne
fs lerne but ^to syng

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Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,1] this poem was entered by [H8. Rebholz notes that in the Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 the scribe attributes the poem to Thomas Vaux.[2] The speaker’s efforts to woo the lady have won him only disdain; he warns other lovers to pay heed to his misfortune.

Works Cited

• ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 296-97.
• ↑ ibid., 531.

Textual Notes

Texts Collated

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Collation

1      seruing] seruyng DBla24     still] styll this DBla24
2      have] haue DBla24
3      for] ffor DBla24     god] good DBla24     will] wyll DBla24
4      vndonn] vndonne DBla24
5      for] ffor DBla24     redresse] redres DBla24
7      disdaynefulnes] disdaynffulnes DBla24
8      againe] agayne DBla24
9      And] and DBla24     for] ffor DBla24
10      smarte] smart DBla24
11      so] lo DBla24     vnharde] vnhard DBla24
13      Wherefore] Wherfore DBla24     ye] ye that that DBla24
15      bye] by DBla24     ffortune] fortune DBla24
17      Example] Exempell DBla24
18      have] haue DBla24     wonn] wonne DBla24
19      her] hes DBla24
20      vndonne] vndone DBla24

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