The Devonshire Manuscript/my hart ys set nat to remowe

←blame not my lute for he must sownde || width="200" align="right" | I ame not she be prowess off syt→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 65r|thumb|389px f. [65r] 1    my hart ys set nat to remowe2    ffor wher as I lowe ffaythffully3    I know he welnot slake hes lowe4    nor never chang hes ffantecy5    I hawe delyt hym ffor to plese6    in hal hall that tovchet honesty17    who ffeleth greve so yt hym hes8     plesyt doth well my ffantesy9    and tho that I be banysht hym ffro10    hys speket hes syght and compayy11    yet wyll I in spyt off hes ffo12    hym lowe and kep my ffantasy __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. Note the different spelling of this phrase in the internal witness. Commentary Written in Margaret Douglas's hand, this poem remains unattributed and is unique to this manuscript. A longer version of the poem entered by Douglas appears on 58v-59r, "my hart ys set not remove". The speaker asserts that despite the adversity found in loving her beloved, nothing will change her feelings for him. The poem may be related to the poem found immediately below, “I ame not she be prowess off syt” (64v), written in Mary Shelton's hand. The two poems have a similar rhyme scheme, meter, and sentiment. This poem sequence could present another instance of Margaret Douglas and Mary Shelton playing at one another’s texts. For other examples of this textual play, see the lyrics lamenting former happier times (e.g. "When I bethynk my wontet ways" (58r-59r)); professing steadfast love in the face of adversity (e.g. “My hart is set not to remove” (58v) and "Lo in thy hat thow hast be gone" (59r)); and the need and/or difficulty to conceal actual feelings (e.g. “I am not she be prowess off syt” (65r) and “Myght I as well within my song be lay” (65v)). Douglas's writing increases in size over the three stanzas and many smudges appear on the page; these two features seem to appear in a number of Douglas’s transcriptions. Textual Notes Texts Collated LDev087 Collation 1 nat to] not LDev087 remowe] remove LDev087 2 lowe] love LDev087 ffaythffully] ffathfully LDev087 3 welnot] wyll not LDev087 slake] slak LDev087 hes] hys LDev087 lowe] love LDev087 4 ffantecy] ffantesy LDev087 6 in hal] yn LDev087 hall] all LDev087 tovchet] tocheth LDev087 honesty] onesty LDev087 7 who ffeleth greve] hou felyth gref LDev087 hes] ese LDev087 8 plesyt] plesyth LDev087 9 banysht] banest LDev087 ffro] fro LDev087 10 hys speket] hes spech LDev087 compayny] company LDev087 11 yet] yt LDev087 in] yn LDev087 off] of LDev087 12 lowe] love LDev087 ffantasy] fantesy LDev087 13 ] do what they wyll and do ther warst worest LDev087 14 ] ffor all they do ys wanetyvanity LDev087 15 ] ffor a sunder my hart shall borst LDev087 16 ] soworer then change my ffantesy LDev087