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The Devonshire Manuscript/May not thys hate from the estarte
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f. [10v]1 May not thys hate from the{{th}+e+} estarte2 but fermly for to sytte3 that{{th}+t+} vndeservyd cruell harte4 when shall yt change not yet not yett5 yowre changyng mynd & feynyd chere6 with{w+t+} yowre love whyche was so knytte7 how hyt hathe turnyd yt dothe apere8 when shall yt change not yet not yet9 Hathe changyng suche power for to Remove10 & clene owte for to shytte11 sso fervent heate & hasty love12 when shall yt change not yet not yet13 Syns I am leste What Remedy114 I marvell neuer{u'} a Whytte15 I am not the fyrst per{p+}dy16 nor shall not be the last not yet17 Now syns yor wyll so waveryng18 to hate hathe turnyd yor wytte19 example as good as wrytyng20 hyt wyll not be not yettfynys quod{q+d+} anthony lee
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Notes & Glosses
1. Anthony Browne's (1522) motto was 'What Remedy,' connected to a joust, in which Boleyn played object of Henry VIII's Ardent Desire, and Browne played the role of Remedy.
Commentary
Entered by H2, this poem is attributed to Anthony Lee, the husband of Sir Thomas Wyatt's sister Margaret. As such, he may have had direct access to the Devonshire Manuscript. This poem depicts an unrelenting woman who causes pain to the lover.
Just as he carefully inscribed the previous poem (see "Farewell all my wellfare" (9v)), H2 again pays close attention to this poem's presentation. Specifically, there is a visual pattern made by the first letter of the first stanza and the first letter of the last stanza, which are large and elaborate majiscules. In addition, the variant spellings of “yet:” two final "t"s appear on the last line of stanzas 1 and 5, but the word appears as "yet" on stanzas 2, 3, and 4. This poem and the poem on the facing page, "Yff I had sufferd thys to yow vnware" (11r), may be imitative repetitions of each other.