The Devonshire Manuscript/Greting to you bothe yn hertye wyse

←hate whom ye list for I kare not || width="200" align="right" | Mye love toke skorne my servise to retaine→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 79r|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 79v|thumb|389px f. [79r] 1    Greting to you bothe yn hertye wyse2    as vnknowen I sende and this mye entente3    as I do here / you to aduertyse4    {es}{p+} lest that perchaunce yor deades you do repente5    {es}{_a} the vnknowen mann dredes not to be shente6    but sayes as he thinkes{es}. so fares yt bye me7    that nother ffere nor hope in no degree8    The bodye and the sowle to holde to giddre9    yt is but right and reson well the same10    and ffryndelie the on to love the other11    yt incresith yor brute and also yor fame /12    but marke well my wordes{es} for I fere no blame13    truste well yor selves but ware ye trust no mo.14    for suche as ye think yor frinde maye fortune be yor ffie15    beware hardelye are ye have anye nede16    {_o}{es} and to frindes reconsilide trust not greatelye17    ffor theye that ons with{w+t+} hastie spede18    {_o}{_e} exilid themselvis out of yor companye19    though thye torne againe and speke swetelye20    {es}{_e} fayning themselvis to be yor frindes faste21    beware of them{_e} for theye will disscyeve you at laste22    fayre woodes{es} words  makis ffoolys fayne23    and bering in hande causithe moche woo24    for tyme tryeth trothe therefore refrayne25    and from{_o} suche as be redye to doo26    none doo I name but this I kno27    that bye this faute cause causith moche28    therefore beware if yo do kno anye suche29    {_a}{es} {es} To wise folkes fewe wordes is ann old saying30    therefore at this tyme I will write nomore31    but this short lesson take fore a warnin{_i}ge32    bye soche light frindes{es} sett littill store33    yf ye do othere wise ye will repent yt sore34    and thus of this lettre making an ende35    to the boddye and the sowle I me com{_o}mendef. [79v] 36    wrytin lyfles at the manner{n'} place37    of him that hathe no chabre nore no were doth dwell38    {_i}{_a} but wandering in the wilde worlde wanting that he hast39    and nother hopis nor ffearis heven nor hell.40    but lyvith at adventure ye kno him full well41    the twentie daye of mar{m'}che he wrote yt yn his house42    and hathe him recom{_o}mendyd to the kat and the mowse /fs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 243-44. this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that this epistle addresses the human body and soul, and in fact the speaker may be a ghost warning lovers to beware of false friends.ibid., 507. Numerous examples of the false-friend theme appear in the manuscript: “Pacyence of all my smart” (21r) discusses a friend-turned-foe theme; “What nedythe lyff when I requyer” (43r-44r) depicts friends and lovers becoming enemies; and “My nowne Iohn poyntz,” (85v-87r) describes the narrator who feels he must isolate himself in the country (away from the deceitful court). Works Cited