The Devonshire Manuscript/My ferefull hope from me ys fledd

←Suffryng in sorow in hope to attayn || width="200" align="right" | Yowre ferefull hope cannot prevayle→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 7v|thumb|389px f. [7v] {9}{p`} 1    3primus My ferefull hope from me ys fledd2    whyche of long tyme hathe ben my gyde3    now faythefull trust ys in hys stedd4    & bydes{es} me sett all fere asyde5    O trewthe yt ys I not denye6    all lovers may not lyve in ease7    yet sum by hap dothe hyt truly8    so lyke may I yff that she please9    Why so yt ys a gyfft ye wott10    by nature one to love another11    & syns that{{th}+t+} love dothe fall by lott12    then why not I as well as other13    yt may so be the cawse ys why14    she knowythe no part to my poore mynd15    but yet as one assuRyddly16    I speke nothyng but as I fynd17    yff nature wyll yt shall so be18    no reason Rulythe fantasy119    yet in thys case as semythe me20    I take all thyng Indyfferently21    yet vncertayn I wyll Reioyce22    & thynk to have tho yet thow hast23    I put my chawnce vnto her choyce24    with{w+t+} pacyence for power ys past25    No no I knowe the lyke ys fayre26    with{w+t+}owt dysdayn or cruelltye27    & so to end from all dyspayre28    vntyll I fynd the contraRyefynys quod{q+d+}n [] et2 __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. This writer often uses a majuscule as the first letter of a word.      2. Standard witness indexes indicate that the obscured word here is "nobody," corresponding to the attribution to "somebody" in the corresponding poem, "Yowre ferefull hope cannot prevayle" (8r). Commentary Entered by H2, this poem remains unattributed and may be an original creation. The poems appears as a question/answer sequence, marked first (primus) and second (secundus) by an unidentified hand on facing pages, and with possibly responding closers. Unlike earlier medieval question/answer courtly love poems, such as the Middle English "Demaundes off Love" (c. 1487), W. L. Braekman, ed., The 'Demaundes off Love (Brussels: Omirel, UFSAL, 1982.) This poem, found in the royal manuscript Additional 60577, is based on the older French game "Le Roi Qui Ne Ment." this particular poem seems to reference a specific beloved and does not follow a designated thematic sequence of questions. The speaker in this poem has traded hope for trust, believing that Fortune will be kind to his suit because his “chance” resides in the lady’s choice. Compare this poem to the speaker’s “answer” about trust on the facing page (8r). Works Cited