The Devonshire Manuscript/Now must I lerne to lyue at rest

←Yf in the worlde there be more woo || width="200" align="right" | fforget not yet the tryde entent→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 54r|thumb|389px f. [54r] 1    Now must I lerne to lyue at rest2    & weyne me of my wyll3    ffor I repent where I was prest4    my fansy to ffullfyll5    I may no longer{g'} more endure6    my wontyd lyf to lede7    but I must lerne to put in vre8    the change of womanyede9    I may not se my ser{{s}8}uys long10    rewardyd in suche wyse11    nor I may not sustayn suche wrong12    that ye my loue dyspyce13    I may not syghe in sorows depe14    nor wayle the wante of loue15    nor I may nother cruche nor crepe16    where hyt dothe not behoue17    But I of force must nedes{es} forsake18    my faythe so fondly sett19    & frome henceforthe must vnder{d'}take20    suche foly to fforgett21    Now must I seke some other ways22    my self for to with{w+t+}saue23    & as I trust by myn assays24    some Remedy to haue25    I aske none other Remedy26    to recompence my wronge27    but ones{es} to haue the lyberty28    that I haue lakt so longffinis1 __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. The dots on the letter is are scoops, as in "Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott" (52r), "Lo how I seke & sew to haue" (52v), "My loue ys lyke vnto theternall fyre" (53r), and "Yf in the worlde there be more woo" (53v). Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 312-13. this poem was entered by H6 and is unique to this manuscript. The speaker tries to exercise reason by forcing himself to forsake a love that is not returned. The power that holds him derives either from the lady’s beauty or his own fancy and will. Rebholz notes that the speaker's use of passive voice may indicate "a reluctance to acknowledge responsibility for falling in love."ibid., 536. H6 seems fond of dotting the letter “i” with a scoop; see, for instance, "Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott" (52r), "Lo how I seke & sew to haue" (52v), "My loue ys lyke vnto theternall fyre" (53r), and "Yf in the worlde there be more woo" (53v). Works Cited