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The Devonshire Manuscript/Wythe seruing still
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f. [81r] 1 {_i}{{s}8} Wythe seruing still2 this have I won{_o}ne3 for my god will4 to be vndon{_o}n5 And for redresse6 of all my payne7 disdaynefulnes8 I have againe9 And for reward10 of all my smar{m'}te11 so thus vnharde12 I must depar{p+}te13 Wherefore all ye14 that after{t'} shall15 bye ffortune be16 as I am thrall17 Example take18 what I have won{_o}n19 thus for her sake20 to be vndon{_o}nefs lerne but ^to syng
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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 296-97. this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that in the Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 the scribe attributes the poem to Thomas Vaux.ibid., 531. The speaker’s efforts to woo the lady have won him only disdain; he warns other lovers to pay heed to his misfortune.
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1 seruing] seruyng DBla24 still] styll this DBla24 2 have] haue DBla24 3 for] ffor DBla24 god] good DBla24 will] wyll DBla24 4 vndonn] vndonne DBla24 5 for] ffor DBla24 redresse] redres DBla24 7 disdaynefulnes] disdaynffulnes DBla24 8 againe] agayne DBla24 9 And] and DBla24 for] ffor DBla24 10 smarte] smart DBla24 11 so] lo DBla24 vnharde] vnhard DBla24 13 Wherefore] Wherfore DBla24 ye] ye that that DBla24 15 bye] by DBla24 ffortune] fortune DBla24 17 Example] Exempell DBla24 18 have] haue DBla24 wonn] wonne DBla24 19 her] hes DBla24 20 vndonne] vndone DBla24