The Devonshire Manuscript/thy promese was to loue me best

←What deth ys worse then thys / || width="200" align="right" | I se the change ffrom that that was→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 40r|thumb|389px f. [40r] 1    thy [s]promese was to loue me best2    and that thy hart with{w+t+} myn shold rest3    and nat to brek thys thy behest4    thy promese ^1was thy promese was5    thy promese was nat to aquyt6    my ffathffulnes with{w+t+} sech destyt7    but recompenset yf thow myght8    thy promese was thy promese was9    thy promese was I tel the pleyn10    my ffayth shold nat be spent in wene11    but to hawe mor shold be my gayne12    thy promese was thy promese was13    thy promese was to hawe obsarwed14    my ffayth lyke as yt hath deserwed15    and nat casles thys to asward have sweared 16    thy promese was thy promese was17    thy promese was I dar a woe18    but yt ys changyt I wot well how219    tho then wer then and now ys now20    thy promese was thy promese was21    but sens to change tho doos delyt22    and that thy ffatyh hath tayn hes fflythe23    as thow desarwest I shall the quyt24    I promese the I promese theffynys __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. Caret is downwards.      2. Consider early modern pronunciation in the rhyme of "woe" and "now." Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 271-72. this poem was entered by Margaret Douglas. She uses ruled lines, few capital letters, and smudges the page, which might indicate that she is left-handed. The page shows evidence of careful copying, with many insertions and deletions. Although the sentiment of this poem is difficult to relate to the known biographical details of the Douglas’s life, this song could possibly have been copied for entertainment purposes. Works Cited