The Devonshire Manuscript/ther ys no cure ffor care off miyd

←I se the change ffrom that that was || width="200" align="right" | as ffor my part I know no thyng→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 41r|thumb|389px f. [41r] 1    ther ys no cure ffor care o off miyd mind  12    but to fforget wych can nat be3    I cannat sayll agayst the wynd4    nor help the thyng past remedy5    yff eny seche adwersety6    do trobell owther with{w+t+} seche lyk smart7    thys shall I say ffor charety8    I pray god help every woffull hartffynys __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. There is no macron to supply the spelling needed for the rhyme. Commentary Written in Margaret Douglas's hand, this poem remains unattributed and is unique to this manuscript. The lyric laments the powerlessness of the speaker in the face of adversity, a sentiment which resonates with Douglas’s position vis-à-vis Henry VIII when her engagement to Thomas Howard was discovered. Margaret Douglas's writing appears so faintly on the page that it becomes almost unreadable.