The Devonshire Manuscript/Lyk as the swanne towardis her dethe

←Ineternum I was ons determined || width="200" align="right" | Yf with complaint the paine might be exprest→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 73r|thumb|389px f. [73r]and thys1    Lyk as the swanne towardis her dethe2    doth straine her voyse with{w+t+} dolefull note3    Right so sing I with{w+t+} waste of brethe4    I Dye I dye and you regarde yt note /5    I shall inforce my faynting brethe6    that all that heris this delye note7    shall kno that you dothe cause my deth8    I Dye I dye &c /9    yor vnkindnes hath swarne my dethe10    and chaunged hathe my plesaunte note11    to paynefull sighis that{{th}+t+} stoppis my brethe12    I dye I dye /13    consumythe my lif faileth my brethe14    yor fawte is forger of this note15    melting in tearis a cruell dethe16    I Dye17    {t'}{w+t+} my faith with me after my dethe18    byrred shalbe / and to this note19    I do bequeth my verye brethe20    I dy to crye I dyede & you regarde yt note fs s __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 134. this poem was entered by H8. This poem is also 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 annotation “and thys” appears in the left margin and may refer to the entire page (five lyrics). H8 only brackets the last stanza. The refrain also becomes more abbreviated over the course of the poem. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated DBLa10, LEge18 Collation 1 Lyk] Lk DBla10 Lyke LEge18 2 doth] d DBla10 doeth LEge18 3 Right] ryght DBla10 right LEge18 4 Dye] dy DBla10 LEge18 5 inforce] infforce DBla10 enforce LEge18 6 heris] hir DBla10 7 kno] cause>know DBla10 knowe LEge18 8 Dye] dy DBla10 LEge18 9 yor] your DBla10 LEge18 10 chaunged] chaungyd DBla10 11 paynefull] paynful DBla10 paynfull LEge18 12 dye] dy DBla10 LEge18 13 consumythe] Consumyth DBla10 Consumeth LEge18 14 yor] your DBla10 LEge18 15 melting in tearis a cruell dethe] I do bthe my wery brethemelting in tearis a crewell dethe DBla10 melting in LEge18 16 Dye] dy I dy and you regard yt not DBla10 dy I dy LEge18 17 my] My DBla10 LEge18 18 byrred] beryd DBla10 bured LEge18 19 bequeth my] bequeth DBla10 20 I dy] LEge18