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The Devonshire Manuscript/I se the change ffrom that that was
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f. [40v] 1 I se the change ffrom that that was2 and how thy ffayth hath tayn hes fflyth3 but I with{w+t+} pacyense let yt pase4 and with{w+t+} my pene thys do I wryt5 to show the playn be prowff off syght6 I se the change7 I se the change off weryd mynd8 and sleper hold hath quet my hyer9 lo how be prowff in the I ffynd10 a bowrnyng ffath in changyng ffyer11 ffar well my part prowff ys no lyer12 I se the change13 I se the change off chance in loue14 [d] delyt no lenger may a byed15 what shold I sek ffurther to prowe16 no no my trust ffor I hawe tryd17 the ffolloyng off a ffallse gyd18 I se the chang19 I se the change as in thys case20 has mayd me ffre ffrom myn a woo21 ffor now anovder has my plase22 and or I west I wot ner how23 yt hapnet thys as ye here now24 I se the change f. [41r1]25 I se the change seche ys my chance26 to sarwe in dowt and hope in weyn27 but sens my surty so doth glanse28 repentens now shall quyt thy payn29 neuer to trust the lyke agayn30 I se the changeI s [] ffynys
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Notes & Glosses
1. The top inch of the page has been cut and repaired, and the original text is missing, evidenced by several descenders. So, too, has the part of the manuscript before the "ffynys" to the first poem, which appears to be a repeating of the burden, "I se the change."
Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 272-73. this poem was entered by Margaret Douglas. The speaker in the poem discusses the theme of mutability, a common subject of Petrarchan poetry.
Margaret Douglas's writing becomes progressively sloppier, larger, and lighter as she makes her way down the page. Her writing on "ther ys no cure ffor care off miyd" (41r) appears so faint that it is almost unreadable.
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