The Devonshire Manuscript/Sins ye delight to kno

←The fruite of all the seruise that I serue || width="200" align="right" | Venus thorns that are so sharp and kene→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 72v|thumb|389px f. [72v] and thys1    Sins ye delight to kno 2    that my torment and woo3    shulde sill encrese still 4    with{w+t+}out relesse5    I shall enforce me so6    that lyf and all shall goo7    for to contente yor cruellnes8    And so this grevous traine9    that I so long sustayne10    shall some tyme cease11    and have redresse12    and you also remaine13    full pleased with{w+t+} my paine14    for to con{_o}tent yor cruelnes15    Onles that be to light16    and that ye wolde ye might17    see the Distresse18    and hevinesse19    of on{_o}n I slayne owtright20    there with{w+t+} to plese yor sight21    and to contente &c22    then in yor cruell mode23    wold god forthewith{w+t+} ye wode124    with{w+t+} force expresse25    my hert oppresse26    to do yor herte suche good27    to se bathe in blode28    for to contente c29    then coulde ye aske nomore30    then sholde ye ease my sore31    and the excesse32    of my excesse33    and you shulde euer{u'}more34    deffamid be therefore35    for for to repen{_e}t yor cruellnesfs __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. Note the graphic rhyme of mode / wode (unlike the spelling of wold earlier in line). Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 164-65. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker in this poem laments the Lady's cruelty and her delight in his woe and pain. This poem is 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” (on "now all of chaunge" (81r)), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.Paul Remley. "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu". Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. 50. Douglas's phrase “and thys” may also relate to this poem, the adjacent one (“Venus thorns that are so sharp and kene”), or both since the annotation is found in the middle of the top margin. H8 marks the first three stanzas with an initial capital letter. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LEge35 Collation 1 Sins] Syns LEge35 delight] delite LEge35 kno] knowe LEge35 2 and] & LEge35 3 shulde sillstill] should still LEge35 4 without] withoute LEge35 relesse] relese LEge35 6 lyf and] liff & LEge35 7 contente] content LEge35 yor] your LEge35 cruellnes] cruelnes LEge35 8 traine] trayne LEge35 9 so] to LEge35 sustayne] sustayn LEge35 10 some tyme] sometyme LEge35 cease] cese LEge35 12 remaine] remain LEge35 13 paine] pain LEge35 14 yor] your LEge35 16 wolde] would LEge35 might] myght LEge35 17 see] se LEge35 Distresse] distresse LEge35 18 hevinesse] hevines LEge35 19 onn I stayne] oon slain LEge35 owtright] owte right LEge35 20 there with] therewith LEge35 plese] please LEge35 yor] your LEge35 21 contente] content LEge35 & c] your cruelnes LEge35 22 then] Then LEge35 yor] your LEge35 23 wold] would LEge35 forthewith] fourthwith LEge35 wode] woode LEge35 26 yor] your LEge35 herte] hert LEge35 good] goode LEge35 27 bathe] me bathe LEge35 28 contente] content LEge35 c] your cruelnes LEge35 29 then] Then LEge35 coulde] cowld LEge35 nomore] no more LEge35 30 sholde] should LEge35 32 my] myn LEge35 33 shulde] should LEge35 euermore] evermore LEge35 34 deffamid] defamed LEge35 35 for] LEge35 yor] your LEge35 cruellnes] cruelnes / LEge35