The Devonshire Manuscript/fforget not yet the tryde entent

←Now must I lerne to lyue at rest || width="200" align="right" | o happy dames that may enbrayes→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 54v|thumb|389px f. [54v] 1    fforget not yet the tryde entent2    of suche a truthe as I haue ment3    my gret travayle so gladly spent4    fforget not yet5    fforget not yet when fyrst began6    the wery lyffe ye know synes{es} whan7    the sute the ser{{s}8}uys none tell can8    fforgett not yett9    fforget not yet the gret assays10    the cruell wrong the skornfull ways11    the paynfull pacyence in denAys12    fforgett not yet13    fforget not yet forget not thys14    how long ago hathe ben & ys15    the mynd that neuer{u'} ment amys16    fforget not yet17    fforget not then thyn owne aprovyd18    the whyche so long hathe the so louyd19    whose stedfast faythe yet neuer{u'} movyd20    fforget not thys Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 273-74. this poem was entered by H6 and is unique to this manuscript. The repeated phrase “fforget not yet” denotes the speaker’s request to the lady to remember his past service and his steadfastness in the face of her disdain. Works Cited