The Devonshire Manuscript/Yff reason govern fantasye

←Too yoye In payne my will || width="200" align="right" | What helpythe hope of happy hape→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 45r|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 45v|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 46r|thumb|389px f. [45r] 1    Yff reason govern fantasye2    Soo that my fansy gugjugge a right3    of all pleasurs to man erthlye4    The cheist pleasur{{s}8} of delyght5    ys only this that I resight6    ffor frenshipe shoid to fynd at end7    the frendshyp of a faythfull frend8    Yff this be trewe trew ys this too9    In all this pleasant enenes10    the most displeasur{{s}8} chaunce may doo11    ys onkendnes shoyd for kendnes12    ffor frendly frendshyp frowernes13    lykk as theon case plesant ys14    lykwise A paynfull case ys this15    Thes too Aprovyde aprove the thurde16    That ys to say my self to be17    In wofull caes for at A worde18    Wher I sho frendshype & wold See19    ffore frendshyp : frendshyp shoyd to me120    Ther fynd I frendship So fare fayntyd21    That I ska skantly may Seme aquantyde f. [45v] 22    By this word frendshpp now here sayde{d,}23    my menyng to declare trewlye24    I mene no whyt / the bornyng brayde{d,}25    of ragyng love most Amoroslye26    but onnest frendly com{_o}pany27    And other love than this I knowe28    here self nor yett no nother can show29    And Sens here self no farder knowit30    nor I my self but As I tell /31    thowght fals report doth grass as growith232    that I loue here excedynde well33    And that I loveshe takythe my love as yell34    Sens I in ded mene no Such thyng35    What hurt cold honest frendshyp bryng36    Noo staryng eye nor herkenyng ere37    cane hurt in this except that she38    haue other frendes{es} that may not bare39    In here preasens : preasens of me40    And that for that here pleasur{{s}8} be41    To sho vnkyndnes for non nother42    But banyshe me to bryng in other f. [46r] 43    But sens that fancy /3ledes{es} here soo44    And ledes{es} my frendshyp from the lyght45    and walkyth me darlyng to and froo46    wyell other frendes{es} may walk in Sight47    I pray for paciens in that spyt48    And this fullfyllyd here apetyd49    I shall example be I trowe50    or frendes{es} sho frendshypp frendes{es}  to knowefinis T. H. __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. This may be the only instance of the use of a colon-type mark within the manuscript.      2. This phrase is resonant.      3. The virgule is a vertical bar. Commentary Entered by TH1, the initials "T H" and "T. How" on 46r attribute the composition to Thomas Howard. The speaker describes the comfort of honest friendship, the disapproval of this friendship by others, and the quick growth of “fals report” by the lady’s “frendes” who cannot bear his presence by her. The grafted and rotten bough image is a common image in courtly lyrics. For other examples of this image in the manuscript, see "This rotyd greff will not but growe" (47v), “Nowe fare well love and theye lawes forever” (75r), and "Tanglid I was yn loves snare" (79v-80r). TH1 makes later corrections in a different ink. Small flourishes shaped like the number two with a long tail appear at the end of almost every line.