The Devonshire Manuscript/To cause accorde or to agree

←my ywtheffol days ar past || width="200" align="right" | All yn the sight my lif doth hole depende→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 69r|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 68-1r 68-1v 68-2r 68-2v 68-3r 68-3v 68-4r 68-4v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 68-5r 68-5v 68-6r 68-6v 68-7r 68-7v 68-8r 68-8v|thumb|389px f. [68.1r]  f. [68.1v]  f. [68.2r]  f. [68.2v]  f. [68.3r]  f. [68.3v]  f. [68.4r]  f. [68.4v]  f. [68.5r]  f. [68.5v]  f. [68.6r]  f. [68.6v]  f. [68.7r]  f. [68.7v]  f. [68.8r]  f. [68.8v]  f. [69r] 1    To cause accorde or to agree2    two contraries yn on degre3    and yn on point as semyth me4    to all menns wytt it cannot bee5    yt is ympossible6    of heat and colde when I com{_o}plaine7    And saye that heat doth cause my paine8    whan colde dothe shake me everye vayne /9    and bothe atons I saye againe10    yt is impossible /    Twixt lif and dethe saye when wh saithe11    That man that hath his herte awaye12    if lyfe lyve there as men dothe saye /13    that herteles sholde laste on daye14    alyue and not to torne to claye15    it ys impossible16    Twixt lif and dethe saye what who saith17    there lyvith no lif that drawithe brethe18    they Ioine so nere / and eke I faithe19    to seke for lyf bye wishe of dethe20    it is impossible21    yet love that al thinges{es} doth subdue22    whose powre there maye no lif eschewe23    hath wrought in me that I maye rewe24    this myracles to be so trewe25    that are impossible /sfs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 147-48. this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that the poem makes a mockery of Petrarchan contraries and conceits of the heart and, amusingly, tries to apply reason to popular love conventions.ibid., 419. TH2 adds part of line 3, “as semyth me.” Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LEge42 Collation 1 accorde] accord LEge42 agree] aggre LEge42 2 yn on] in oon LEge42 3 yn on point] in oon poynct LEge42 semyth] semeth LEge42 4 menns wyll] mans wit / LEge42 bee] be LEge42 5 yt] it LEge42 ympossible] impossible LEge42 6 of heat] Of hete LEge42 colde] cold LEge42 complaine] complain LEge42 7 And] and LEge42 saye] say LEge42 heat] hete LEge42 doth] doeth LEge42 paine] pain LEge42 8 whan] when LEge42 colde] cold LEge42 dothe] doeth LEge42 me] my LEge42 everye] every LEge42 vayne /] vain LEge42 9 bothe] boeth LEge42 atons] at ons LEge42 saye] say LEge42 againe] again LEge42 10 yt] it LEge42 impossible /] impossible LEge42 10.1 Twixt lif and dethe saye when wh saithe] LEge42 11 herte] hert LEge42 awaye] away LEge42 12 lyfe] lyff LEge42 lyve] lyveth LEge42 dothe] do LEge42 saye /] say LEge42 13 hertelesHercules sholde] he hertles should LEge42 laste] last LEge42 daye] day LEge42 14 alyue] a lyve LEge42 and not] & not to LEge42 torne] torn LEge42 claye] clay LEge42 15 ys] is LEge42 16 lif] lyff LEge42 dethe] deth LEge42 saye] say LEge42 saith] saeyth LEge42 17 lyvith] lyveth LEge42 lif] lyff LEge42 drawithe] draweth LEge42 brethe] breth LEge42 18 theyr] they LEge42 Ioine] Ioyne LEge42 / and eke] & eke LEge42 faithe] feith LEge42 19 lyf bye] liff by LEge42 wishe] wissh LEge42 dethe] deth LEge42 21 yet] Yet LEge42 al] all LEge42 thinges] thing LEge42 doth] doeth LEge42 22 powre] power LEge42 there] ther LEge42 maye] may LEge42 lif] liff LEge42 eschewe] eschew LEge42 23 maye] may LEge42 rewe] rew LEge42 24 this] these LEge42 myracles] miracles LEge42 trewe] true LEge42 25 impossible /] impossible LEge42