The Devonshire Manuscript/whan that I call vnto my mynde

←patiens for I have wrong / || width="200" align="right" | To make an ende of all this strif→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 82v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 83r|thumb|389px f. [82v] 1    whan that I call vnto my mynde2    the tyme of hope that ons I hade3    the grete abuse that ded me blinde4    dothe force me allwaies to be sad5    yet of my greef I fayne me glad6    but on assurid I was to bolde7    to truste to such a slippre{p'} holde /8    I thought yt well that I had wrought9    willing forthewith{w+t+} so to ensue10    but he that sekis as I have sought11    shall finde most trust oft tymes vntrue12    for lest I reckte that most I rue13    of that I thought my silf most sure14    ys nowe the wante of all my cure / f. [83r] 15    Amiddes{es} my welthe I dede not reke16    but sone alas or that I wiste17     to weake the tyme was come that{{th}+t+} all toweake18    I had no powre to to resiste19    nowe am I prof . to . them that liste20    to flee suche woo . and wrongfull paine21    as in my herte I doo sustayne /22    for faynid faithe is alwaies free23    and dothe inclyne to bee vniuste24    that sure I thinck there can{_a}n none bee25    to miche assurid with{w+t+}out mistruste26    but hap what maye. to theim that muste27    Sustaine suche cruell destenye28    wythe patiens for remedye /29    As I am on biche bye restrainte30    abides the tyme of my retorne31    yn hope that fortune bye my playnte32     burn wyll slake the fire wherewith{w+t+} I borurne33    sins no waies els maye ser{{s}8}ue my torne34    yet for the dowt of this distresse35    I aske but right for my redresse /fs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 245-46. this poem was entered by H8. In this poem, the speaker feels disappointed by someone who appeared faithful but is really untrue. Similar to many courtly love lyrics, this poem can be interpreted as commenting on both love and politics. This poem is one of a several entries in the manuscript that speaks of counterfeiting feelings in public (for instance, see: “Sum summ say I love sum say I moke” (58v), “In places Wher that I company” (62r), "I ame not she be prowess off syt" (65r), “Myght I as well within my song be lay” (65v), “To cowntarffete a mery mode” (65v), and “Ceaser whan the traytor of egipte” (70r)). Works Cited