The Devonshire Manuscript/Bownd am I now & shall be styll

←Yowre ferefull hope cannot prevayle || width="200" align="right" | Farewell all my wellfare→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 8v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 9r|thumb|389px f. [8v]1    3# Bownd am I now & shall be styll2    euer my lyff contynually3    she shall be sure off my good wyll4    so shall none els but she onlye5    enduryng payne In hope of pyttye6    Trusty & true she shall me fynd7    in worde & dede neuer to offend8    alas accepte myn Inward mynd9    altho my power do not extend10    I wyll be trew to my lyves end11    Oh what payn yt ys to me12    yf chawnce I cum in her pre{p'}synce113    when I wold speke yt wyll not be14    my hart ys there my wyttes{es} be thence15    I am in fere with{w+t+}owt offence16    Marvell yt ys to se the lyff17    whyche I do lede from day to day18    my wyttes{es} & wyll allways in stryff19    I know not what to do nor say20    but yeld me to her gra{gA}race allwayf. [9r]21    A thowsand hartes{es} yff that I had22    she shuld be sure of them all23    ther were nothyng cold make me sad24    yff in her favowre I myght fall25    who hathe my hart & euer shall26    sso fervently I do her love27    as hart can thynke or tong expresse28    my paynes{es} they ar all other above29    thus love putes{es} me to grett dystresse30    & noways can I fynd Relesse31    How shuld I do my paynes{es} to cesse32    alas whyche dare not me me com{_o}playn233    Ryght sore my sorows shall encrease34    vnles I may her love optayn35    I must endure allways in paynfynysfynys __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. This is an unusual form of abbreviation.      2. This is an older form of macron although still in use in the late 15th century.See Anthony G. Petti, English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977), 22. Commentary Entered by H2, this poem remains unattributed and may be an original creation unique to this manuscript. Typical of late medieval and Tudor courtly love poetry, this poem depicts the speaker's longing at unrequited love: "my paynes{es} they ar all other above / thus love putes{es} me to grett dystresse" (28-9). The capital letters that begin each stanza could be considered small size majuscules. Works Cited