The Devonshire Manuscript/In faythe methynkes yt ys no Ryght

←Who wold haue euer thowght || width="200" align="right" | The knot which fyrst my hart dyd strayn→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 21v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 22r|thumb|389px f. [21v] 1    3 In faythe methynkes{es} yt ys no Ryght2    to hate me thus ffor lovyng ye3    so fayre a face so full off spyght4    who wold have thowght suche crueltye5    But syns there ys no Remedye6    that by no meanes{es} ye can me love7    I shall you leve & other prove8    Ffor yff I have for my good wyll9    no reward eles{es} but cruelltye10    in faythe thereoff I can no skyll11    sythe that{{th}+t+} I lovyd ye honestlye12    But take hede I wyll tyll I dye13    or that I love so well Aogayn14    Syns women vse so muche to fayn f. [22r] 15    And sure I thynke yt ys best way16    to love for love Alyke Agayn17    & not to make ernest off play18    as I to love & she to ffayn19    ffor syns fansy so muche dothe rayn20    the suryst way nedes{es} take I must21    as fyrst to preve and after trust122    By trustyng I was Dysceavyd23    for when I thowght myself most sure24    another had me Begylyd25    & shortly made her to hys lure26    but now that{{th}+t+} she ys past Recure27    & thus fro me hathe tane her flyght28    Best let her go & take hytt lyght29    Shuld I take thowght when she ys glad30    or shuld I wake when she dothe slepe31    yet may I say that ons I had32    & nother sobbe nor syghe nor wepe33    nor for her love on knee to crepe34    ffor surely thys ryght well I wott35    happyest ys he that hathe her nottffynys quod{q+d+}A. I.s __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. This phrase resonates; see "ys yt possyble" (14r), for example. Commentary The attribution to "A.I" in the text may refer to Anthony Lee (who was often called the Earl of Idledom). H2, the poem's scribe, maintains his consistency in the presentation of the poem with his previous entries; specifically, he keeps equal spacing and organization of stanzas on the recto and verso pages. The poem's speaker laments the cruelty he receives in return for his service to the lady.