The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse yt was no chaunce /

←O ye louers that hygh vpon the whele || width="200" align="right" | Suche Wayn thowght / as wonted to myslede me /→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 30v|thumb|389px f. [30v] 1    3 It was my choyse yt was no chaunce /2    that browght my hart in others holde /3    Wherby ytt hath had Sufferaunce /4    lenger perde then Reason wold /5    syns I ytt Bownde{d,} where ytt was ffree /6    me thynkes{es} ywys of Ryght yt shold /7    Acceptyd be 8    Acceptyd be with{w+t+} owte Refuse /9   {{th}+e+} {{th}+t+} Vnles that fortune have the power /10    All Ryght of love for to Abuse /11    for As thay say / one happy howre /12    may more prevayle then Ryght or myght /13    yf fortune then lyst for to lowre /14    What vaylyth Right 15    What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew /16    then trust to chaunce and go by gesse /117    then who so lovyth may well go sew /18    vncerten hope for hys redresse /19    yett some wolde{d,} say Assueredly /20    thou mayst Appele for thy relesse /21    to fantasy /22    To fantasy pertaynys to chose /23    All thys I knowe for fantasy /24    ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse /25    but yet I knowe as stedefastly /26    that yff love haue no faster knott /27    so nyce a choyse slyppes{es} sodenly /28    yt lastyth nott / 29  {es} {{th}+t+}  Itt lastyth not that stondes by change /30    fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle /31    both thes to plese / the ways ys strange /32    therfore me thynkes{es} best to prevayle /33    ther ys no way that{{th}+t+} ys so Iust /34    as trowgh to lede / tho tother fayle /35    And therto trust / __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. It is possible that the writer is indulging in wordplay with guess and guise. Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 128-9. this poem was entered by H4 and discusses Fortune's right to abuse lovers. Rebholz notes the speaker's decision to dwell on the mental image ("fantasy") of a new love in order to gain freedom from a current love.Rebholz, 407. H3 enters a thirteen line excerpt of the poem on "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" (24v-25r). Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LDev039 Collation 1      yt was no chaunce /] It Was my chaunce LDev039 2      browght] brovgght LDev039     hart] hert LDev039     in] N LDev039     holde /] hold LDev039 3      Wherby] wher by LDev039     ytt] it LDev039     Sufferaunce /] sufferaunce LDev039 4      lenger] lengar LDev039     Reason] resan LDev039     wold /] wuld LDev039 5      syns] sens LDev039     ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree /] yt bovnd where it was fre LDev039 6      me thynkes] methynks LDev039     ywys] I wys LDev039     Ryght] ryght LDev039     yt] it LDev039     shold /] shuld LDev039 7      Acceptyd] Accepted yt LDev039 8      Acceptyd] Accepted LDev039     be] yt be LDev039     with owte Refuse /] with owyt Refuse LDev039 9      Vnles] Wnles LDev039     fortune] fortun LDev039     have] haith LDev039     power /] powre LDev039 10      All] all LDev039     Ryght] ryght LDev039     love] Low LDev039     Abuse /] a buse LDev039 11      As thay say / one] as thei say on LDev039     howre /] owre LDev039 12      prevayle] prevayll LDev039     then] yen LDev039     Ryght] ryght LDev039     or] ore LDev039     myght /] myght LDev039 13      lowre /] lowre LDev039 14      What vaylyth Right]  LDev039 15      What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew /]  LDev039 16      then trust to chaunce and go by gesse /]  LDev039 17      then who so lovyth may well go sew /]  LDev039 18      vncerten hope for hys redresse /]  LDev039 19      yett some wolde say Assueredly /]  LDev039 20      thou mayst Appele for thy relesse /]  LDev039 21      to fantasy /]  LDev039 22      To fantasy pertaynys to chose /]  LDev039 23      All thys I knowe for fantasy /]  LDev039 24      ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse /]  LDev039 25      but yet I knowe as stedefastly /]  LDev039 26      that yff love haue no faster knott /]  LDev039 27      so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly /]  LDev039 28      yt lastyth nott /]  LDev039 29      Itt lastyth not that stondes by change /]  LDev039 30      fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle /]  LDev039 31      both thes to plese / the ways ys strange /]  LDev039 32      therfore me thynkes best to prevayle /]  LDev039 33      ther ys no way that ys so Iust /]  LDev039 34      as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle /]  LDev039 35      And therto trust /]  LDev039