The Devonshire Manuscript/Alas that men be so vngent

←What thyng shold cawse me to be sad || width="200" align="right" | Who hath more cawse for to complayne→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 27v|thumb|389px f. [27v] 1    Alas that men be so vngent2    to order me so creuelly3    off ryght they shold them self repent4    yff they regard there honesty5    They know my hart ys set so sure6 {es}{{th}+t+}     that all ther wordes can not prevayle7    Tho that the thynke me to allure8    wyth doubyll tonge and flaterynge tayle9    alas me thynke the do me wronge10    That they wold haue me to resyne11    my tytly tytle wych ys good and stronge12    that{{th}+t+} I am yowrs1 and yow ar myne13    I thynke the wold that I shold swere14    your company for to forsake15    but ons ther ys no worldly fere16    shal cawse me such anothe to make17    ffor I do trust ere yt be longe18    that{{th}+t+} god off hys benyngnyte19    wyll send us ryght where we haue wrong20    for servyng hym thus faythfulye21    Now fayre ye well my none swete wyfe22    Thu Trustyng that shortely I shall here23    from yow the stay off all my lyfe224    whose helth alone ys all my cherefinis __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. This phrase connects to "That tyme that myrthe dyd stere my shypp"(17v) and "am el mem"(67v).      2. This phrasing is resonant. Commentary Attributed to Lord Thomas Howard, William A. Ringler, Jr., Michael Rudick, and Susan J. Rigler, Bibliography and Index of English Verse in Manuscript, 1501-1558 (London: Manswell, 1992), 63. this poem was entered into the manuscript by TH2. Similar to the speaker's declaration of steadfastness in the previous poem, here the speaker assures his loyalty to his lover despite pressures from others to forsake his beloved. The speaker calls his love “my none swete wyfe” (line 21), a sentiment which also appears as “my none” in the following poem, "Who hath more cawse for to complayne" (28r). Works Cited