The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse It Was my chaunce

←Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me || width="200" align="right" | Now may I morne as one off late→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 24v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 25r|thumb|389px f. [24v] 1    It was my choyse It Was my chaunce2    that brovgght my hert N others hold3    wher by it hath had sufferaunce4    lengar per{p1}de then resan wuld5    sens I yt bovnd where{r'} it was fre6    methynks I wys of ryght it shuld7    Accepted yt be f. [25r] 8    Accepted yt be with{w+t+} owyt Refuse9    Wnles that fortun haith the powre{r'}10    all ryght of Low for to a buse11    for as thei say on happy owre{r'}12    may more{r'} prevayll yen then ryght ore{r'} myght13  {r'}{n'} yf fortune then lyst for to lowre __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 128-29. this poem was entered by H3 and discusses the right of Fortune to abuse lovers. "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" is an excerpt of the thirty-five line poem "It was my choyse yt was no chaunce" (35v). Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LDev048 Collation 1      It Was my chaunce] yt was no chaunce / LDev048 2      brovgght] browght LDev048     hert] hart LDev048     N] in LDev048     hold] holde / LDev048 3      wher by] Wherby LDev048     it] ytt LDev048     sufferaunce] Sufferaunce / LDev048 4      lengar] lenger LDev048     resan] Reason LDev048     wuld] wold / LDev048 5      sens] syns LDev048     yt bovnd where it was fre] ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree / LDev048 6      methynks] me thynkes LDev048     I wys] ywys LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     it] yt LDev048     shuld] shold / LDev048 7      Accepted yt] Acceptyd LDev048 8      Accepted] Acceptyd LDev048     yt]  LDev048     with owyt Refuse] with owte Refuse / LDev048 9      Wnles] Vnles LDev048     fortun] fortune LDev048     haith] have LDev048     powre] power / LDev048 10      all] All LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     Low] love LDev048     a buse] Abuse / LDev048 11      as thei say on] As thay say / one LDev048     owre] howre / LDev048 12      prevayll] prevayle LDev048     yen] then LDev048     ryght] Ryght LDev048     ore] or LDev048     myght] myght / LDev048 13      lowre] lowre / LDev048 14      ] What vaylyth Right LDev048 15      ] What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew LDev048 16      ] then trust to chaunce and go by gesse / LDev048 17      ] then who so lovyth may well go sew / LDev048 18      ] vncerten hope for hys redresse / LDev048 19      ] yett some wolde say Assueredly / LDev048 20      ] thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / LDev048 21      ] to fantasy / LDev048 22      ] To fantasy pertaynys to chose / LDev048 23      ] All thys I knowe for fantasy / LDev048 24      ] ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / LDev048 25      ] but yet I knowe as stedefastly / LDev048 26      ] that yff love haue no faster knott / LDev048 27      ] so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly / LDev048 28      ] yt lastyth nott / LDev048 29      ] Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / LDev048 30      ] fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / LDev048 31      ] both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / LDev048 32      ] therfore me thynkes best to prevayle LDev048 33      ] ther ys no way that ys so Iust / LDev048 34      ] as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle / LDev048 35      ] And therto trust / LDev048