The Devonshire Manuscript/The hart & servys to yow profferd

←Yff I had sufferd thys to yow vnware || width="200" align="right" | At most myscheffe→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 11v|thumb|389px f. [11v] 1  {p3} {{s}8} The hart & servys to yow profferd2    with{w+t+} ryght good wyll full honestly3    Refuce yt not syns yt ys offerd4    but take yt to yow Ientylly5    & tho yt be a small pre{p'}sent6    yet good consyder gracyowsly7    the thowght the mynd & the{{th}+e+} entent8    of hym that{{th}+t+} lovys you faythfully9    yt were a thyng of small effecte10    to worke my wo not p [] yowsly thus cruelly11    ffor w my good wyll to be abiecte12    therfor accepte yt lovyngly13    payn or travell to rune & or ryde14    I vndertake yt plesawntly15    byd ye me go & strayte I glyde16    at yor commawndement humbly17    payn or plesure now may yow plant18    evyn whyche it plese yow stydfastly19    do whyche yow lyst I shall not want20    to be yorser{{s}8}vant secrettly21    and syns so muche I do desyre22    to be yor owne Assuryddly23    ffor all my servys & my hyer24    reward yorser{{s}8}vante lyberallyfynys Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 269., this poem was entered by H2. Typical of late medieval and Tudor courtly love poetry, this poem depicts a lover who professes his devotion to a lady. Works Cited