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The Devonshire Manuscript/as ffor my part I know no thyng
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f. [41r] 1 as ffor my part I know no thyng2 wether that ye be bond or ffre3 but yet off lat a bvrd ded syng4 that ye had lost your lebertyf. [41v1]5 yff yt be tru take hed be tym26 and yff thow mast onestly ffly7 leve off and slake thys ffowlese crym8 that towcht moch thyn onesty9 I spek not thys to know your mynd10 nor off your coun{_u}sell ffor to be11 but yff I wer thow shold me ffynd12 thy ffaythffull ffrend asesuredly
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Notes & Glosses
1. The top inch of the page has been cut and repaired.
2. For this wording, see Wyatt's poem "Take hede be tyme lest ye be spyde" (2r).
Commentary
Written in Margaret Douglas's hand, this poem remains unattributed and is unique to this manuscript. The speaker offers to be available for “counseling” a lover in need. Douglas's writing for the first stanza on "ther ys no cure ffor care off miyd" (41r) appears so faintly on the page that it becomes almost unreadable.