The Devonshire Manuscript/Who wold haue euer thowght

←Pacyence of all my smart || width="200" align="right" | In faythe methynkes yt ys no Ryght→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 21r|thumb|389px f. [21r] 1    Who wold haue euer{u'} thowght2    A hart that{{th}+t+} was so sett3    to haue suche wrong me wrowght4    or to be cownterfett5    but who that trustythe most6    ys lyke to pay the cost7    I must of force god wott8    thys paynfull lyff susteyen9    & yet I know nott10    the chefe cawse of my payn11    thys ys a strange dyssase{u'}{{s}8} 12    to serve & neuer plese13    I must of force endure14    thys drawght drawyn Away15    ffor I am fast & sure16    to have the mate therby17    But note I Wyll thys texte18    to draw better{t'} the nextefynys s __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 297-98. this poem was entered by H2. Using a chess metaphor to signify a courtly "game of love" (lines 14 and 16), the speaker denotes his or her displeasure at receiving the affections of a lover. Rebholz notes that lines 17-18 suggest that the poem's recollection will remind the speaker to choose a better love next time.Rebholz, 531. Works Cited