The Devonshire Manuscript/Ye know my herte my ladye dere

←Who hathe harde of such tyrannye before || width="200" align="right" | Sins you will nedes that I shall sing→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 73v|thumb|389px f. [73v] 1    Ye know my herte my ladye dere2    that sins the{{th}+e+} tyme I was yor thrall3    I have bene yors bothe hole and clere4    tho my rewarde hathe bene but small5    so am I yet and more then all6    And ye kno well how I haue ser{{s}8}ued7    as yf ye prove it shall apere8    howe well / how longe9    how faithefulye10    and soffred wrong11    how patientlye 12    then sins that I have neuer{u'} swarfde /13    let not my paines be ondeser{{s}8}ude14    Ye kno also though ye saye naye15    that you alone are my desire16    and you alone yt is that{{th}+t+} maye17    {_i}{_e} asswage my fervent flaming fire18    Soccor me then I you require / 19    Ye kno yt ware a Iust request20    sins ye do cause my heat I saye21    yf that{{th}+t+} I bourne22    that{{th}+t+} ye will warme23    and not to tourne24    all to my harme25    sending soch flame from{_o} frossen brest26    againste nature for my vnreste27    And I kno well how scornefullye28    ye have mistane my true entente29    and hidreto how wrongfullye30    I have founde cause for to repente /31    but if yor herte doth not relente /132    sins I do kno that this ye kno33    ye shall fle me all wilfullye34    for me and myne35    and all I have36    ye maye assine37    to spill or save38    whye are ye then so cruell foo39    vnto yor owne that lovis you so.fs __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. Unlike in stanzas one and two, the scribe does not follow the practice of leaving a space at this point in the stanza. Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 183-84. this poem was entered by H8. This poem might have a connection to Anne Boleyn since line 34, “for me and mine,” was Boleyn’s motto. The poem “Grudge on who liste this ys my lott” (78v) contains an earlier motto of Boleyn’s from her time at the Burgundian court. “Am el mem” (67v) also indicates Anne Boleyn’s association with the manuscript and might suggest allegiances between various members of the manuscript’s coterie and those on the periphery. H8 indicates a break between stanzas one and two after line 5 with a flourish, but he or she does not follow this practice in the rest of the poem. The scribe uses thirty-six graphical lines to record thirty-nine poetic lines, writing lines 21-22, 34-35, and 36-37 on one line each. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LEge48 Collation 1 Ye know my herte my ladye dere] LEge48 2 that sins the tyme I was yor thrall] LEge48 3 I have bene yors bothe hole and clere] LEge48 4 tho my rewarde hathe bene but small] LEge48 5 so am I yet and more then all] LEge48 6 And ye kno well how I haue serued] LEge48 7 as yf ye prove it shall apere] LEge48 8 howe well / how longe] LEge48 9 how faithefulye] LEge48 10 and soffred wrong] LEge48 11 how patientlye] LEge48 12 then sins that I have neuer swarfde /] LEge48 13 let not my paines be ondeserude] LEge48 14 Ye kno also though ye saye naye] LEge48 15 that you alone are my desire] LEge48 16 and you alone yt is that maye] LEge48 17 asswage my fervent flaming fire] LEge48 18 Soccor me then I you require /] LEge48 19 Ye kno yt ware a Iust request] LEge48 20 sins ye do cause my heat I saye] LEge48 21 yf that I bourne] LEge48 22 that ye will warme] LEge48 23 and not to tourne] LEge48 25 soch] suche LEge48 frossen] frosen LEge48 26 againste] against LEge48 nature] all right LEge48 vnreste] vnrest LEge48 27 kno] knowe LEge48 scornefullye] frowerdly LEge48 28 mistane] mystaken LEge48 entente] Intent LEge48 29 hidreto] hetherto LEge48 wrongfullye] wrongfully LEge48 30 repente /] repent LEge48 31 if yor herte doth not relente /] deth shall ryd me redely LEge48 32 sins I do kno that this ye kno] yf that your hert do not relent LEge48 33 ye shall fle me all wilfullye] and I knowe well all this ye knowe LEge48 34 for me] That I LEge48 36 maye] may LEge48 assure] assigne LEge48 38 whye] Why LEge48 foo] ffoo LEge48 39 yor] your LEge48 lovis] loveth LEge48 so.] so LEge48