The Lyrics of Henry VIII/My thought oppressed my mynd in trouble (Unattributed)

← QUid petis o fily || width="325" align="right" | Svmwhat musyng → [ff. 116v-120r] My thought oppressed my mynd in trouble my body languisshyng my hart in payn my Ioyes dysteres my sorows dowble my lyffe as one that dye wold fayne my nyes for sorow salt ters doth rayne.                                       5 thus do I lyue in gret heuenes withowte hope or comfort of redresse. My hope frome me is clene exiled exiled for euer which is my payne my payne with hope hath me begyled                                       10 begyled am I and can not refrayne refrayne I must yet in dysdayne in dysdayn I shall my lyfe endure endure alas withowt hope of recure. Oftyme for death for soth I call                                                  15 in releasse of my gret smert for death ys endart principall of all the sorowes within my hart a payne it is hens to depart yet my lyfe is to me so greuus                                                   20 that deth is plesur and nothyng noyus Thus may ye se my wofull chance my chance contrarious from all plesure from all plesure to gret penance of penance and payne I am right sure                                       25 riygt suere to haue no good auenture good auenture in me to haue place nay nay for why ther ys no space Textual Commentary Akin to Fayrfax and Woodville’s “Svmwhat musyng” (H 73), this lyric is a lament, outlining in great detail the anguish of the speaker’s pain. As with the manner in which this song is presented (as noted above), the poetic style (especially the method in the second and fourth stanzas) is remniscent of the lyrics extant in the earlier Fayrfax MS (LFay). 5 nyes Eyes. 11 without hope of recure Without hope of remedy; cf. the unattributed “What remedy what remedy” (H 69.11). 17 endart principall The principal “ender” (as suggested by textual variants in the second and third voices) or terminator. 21 noyus Causing annoyance, vexatious, troublesome (OED “noyous” a). 22 my wofull chance Cf. Fayrfax and Woodville’s “Svmwhat musyng” (H 73.12). 26 auenture Fortune, chance. The unattributed “My thought oppressed my mynd in trouble” is through-set, in its entirety, in three voices. As with “I loue vnloued suche is myn aduenture” (H 74), and as noted by Stevens (M&P 422), the manner in which this the song is presented is reminiscent of the lyrics extant in the earlier Fayrfax MS (LFay). This piece is indexed in Robbins Index & Suppl. 2272.5, Boffey, and Ringler MS TM1074. It is reprinted in Flügel Anglia 253–54, Stevens M&P 422, and Stevens MCH8 86–89. Textual Notes Texts Collated H1,2,3 (ff. 116v–120r). 3 dowble] dowbbe H1, dowlle H2, dowble H3 5 ters] tees H1, ters H2,3; doth] do H3 7 of] off H1,2, of H3; redresse.] 9 exiled] exilide H1, exiled H2, exiled H3 10 begyled] begyled hath me be giled H1, by giled ~ H2, bygyled ~ be gyled H3 13 omit H3 16 off] off H1, of H2,3 17 endart] endar H2, thender H3 18 all the] all H3 19 hens to] to H2; depart] depart hens to depart H2 20 is] it H1, is H2,3 23 chance] wofull chance H2, channce H3 26 no good] no goode H2, good H3 27 good] no good H2