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f. [13v] 1 Pacyence tho I have not and and thys> 2 the thyng that{{th}+t+} I desyryd3 I must of force god wott4 fforbere that{{th}+t+} I Requiryd15 ffor no ways can I ffynd6 to sayle Agaynst the wynd7 Pacyence do what she wyll8 to worke me woo or spyght9 I shall content me styll10 to thynk that{{th}+t+} ons I myght11 to thynk & hold my pese12 syns there ys no Redresse13 Pacyence with{w+t+}owten blame14 ffor I offendyd nowght15 I know she knows the same16 tho she have changyd her thowght17 was euer thowght so movyd18 to hate where yt hathe lovydd19 Pacyence of all my harme20 ffor fortune ys my ffoo21 pacyence must be the charme22 to ease me of my wo23 pacyence with{w+t+}owt offence24 ys A paynfull pacyencefynys quod{q+d+} Wyatts
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Notes & Glosses
1. There is a correction over the small r of "Requiryd."
Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 108. this poem was entered by H2. This poem is an invocation to patience; according to the speaker, the lady hates him for no reason, yet he bears her unwarranted aversion patiently. The related poem, "Patiens for my devise" (71r) is about the Lady’s lament about the patience required by unfaithful men. The two poems taken together seem to be a humorous comment on the general trope of woman’s fickleness found throughout the manuscript.
In "Patiens for my devise," (71r) H8 makes a direct association between the poems with an annotation.
"Pacyence tho I have not" is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it" (81r), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.Paul Remley, "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu," in Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts, ed. Peter C. Herman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 40-77.
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Textual Notes
Texts Collated
AAH12, DBLa16, LEge29
Collation
0.1 ] pations off all my blame DBla16 0.2 ] for I offendyd nowght DBla16 0.3 ] I wishe she knoyth the same DBla16 0.4 ] thowgh she haue changyd her thowght DBla16 0.5 ] was euerthowght so movyd DBla16 0.6 ] to hate wher hyt hath lovyd DBla16 1 Pacyence tho] Pacience thoughe AAH12 patiens thowgh DBla16 Patience though LEge29 2 thyng] thing AAH12 LEge29 3 of force god] off fors good DBla16 4 fforbere] forbeare AAH12 forbere DBla16 LEge29 5 ffor] fo DBla16 for LEge29 6 sayle] saile LEge29 7 Pacyence] Patience AAH12 LEge29 pations DBla16 8 woo] woe AAH12 9 styll] still AAH12 LEge29 10 thynk] thinck AAH12 thynke DBla16 thyncke LEge29 11 to] To AAH12 12 syns there] Syns theare AAH12 sens ther DBla16 13 Pacyence withowten] patience without AAH12 Patience withouten LEge29 14 ffor] for LEge29 15 I know she knows the same] DBla16 16 tho] thoughe AAH12 though LEge29 17 was] Was AAH12 18 to hate where yt hathe lovydd] DBla16 19 Pacyence] Patience AAH12 LEge29 pations DBla16 20 ffor] seth DBla16 for LEge29 21 pacyence] Patience AAH12 pations DBla16 patience LEge29 22 ease] heale AAH12 hele DBla16 LEge29 23 pacyence] tience AAH12 pations DBla16 patience LEge29 24 ys] Ys AAH12 is LEge29