The Devonshire Manuscript/howe shulde I

←what shulde I saye || width="200" align="right" | Gyve place all ye that dothe reioise→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 77r|thumb|389px The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 77v|thumb|389px f. [77r] 1    howe shulde I2    be so plesunte3    in mye semblaunt4    as my fellowes bee5    not long agoo6    it chaunsed soo7    as I ded walke alone8    I harde aman9    that nowe and than{_a}n10    himsilf ded thus bemone11    Alas he saide12    I am betraide13    and vttrelye ondone14    whoom{_o} I dede trust15    and think so iuste16    {_a}{_o} another mann hath wonne17    mye ser{{s}8}vise due18    and herte so true19    on her I ded bestowe20    I never ment21    for to repente22    yn welthe nor yet in woo.23    The westorne winde24    hathe turnid his minde25    and blowen it clene awaye26    therebye my helthe my mirthe / welthe27    my h mirthe & helthe28    are dryvon to grete dekaye29    ffortune ded smyle30    a right shorte while31    and never saide me naye32    with{w+t+} plesaunte plais33    and Ioyfull dayes34    my tyme to passe awaye /35    Alas ahlas36    the tyme so was37    so never shall it be38    sins she is gone39    and I alone [] 40    armeles as ye maye see/f. [77v] 41    Where is the othe42    where is the trothe43    that she to me ded gyve44    such fayned wordes{es}45    with silie boordes{es}46    lett no t wise man{_a}n beleve47    ffor even as I48    thus wofullye49    vnto my silf 1com{_o}plaine50    yf ye then truste51    nedes{es} lerne ye muste52    to sing my song in vayne /53    how shulde I &c /fs __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. The word "silf" demonstrates the similarity between the scribe's renderings of e and i. Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 298-99. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker recounts how he met a lamenting lover. In the end, the lover hopes the speaker will be more wary in his trust or else he will sing the same song. Rebholz notes that the poem belongs to the medieval French genre chanson à personnages (dramatic song) wherein the poet listens to a young woman's complaint.ibid., 532. Works Cited