The Devonshire Manuscript/comforte thy self my wofull herte

←Ons me thought fortune me kiste || width="200" align="right" | What dethe is worsse then this→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 74r|thumb|389px f. [74r] 1    Confodrecom{_o}forte thy self my wofull herte2    or shortelye on thy self the wreke3    for lengthe redoblithe dedelye smar{m'}te4    Why sighys thou{{th}+u+} herte and will not breke5    To waste in sighis were pitous deth6    alas I find the faint and weake7    enforce thye self to loose thye brethe8    why sighis thou{{th}+u+} herte and will not breke9    thou knowist right well that{{th}+t+} no redresse10    is thus to pine and for to speke11    perdye yt is remediles12    why sighis thou{{th}+u+} then & will not breke13    yt ys to late for to refuse14    the yoke when it is on thy neke15    to shake yt of waylis not to muse16    whye sighis thou{{th}+u+} then17    to sobb & sigh it ware but vaine18    sins there is none that{{th}+t+} doth it Reke19    {p2}{{th}+u+} alas thou dost prolong thye paine20    why sighes{es}21    Then in her sight to move her herte22    seke on thy self . thy self to wreke23    {m'}{{th}+u+} that she maye kno thou suffred smarte24    sighe there thy laste / & therewith{w+t+} breke/fs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 147. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker in this poem can find no remedy for his love and wastes away with sighs. Rebholz notes that this poem shares the refrain with "Duress of pains and grievous smart," another poem written by Wyatt and found in Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 (Blage MS) and the Folger manuscript; this indicates that "Comforte thy self my wofull herte" may be an earlier version of the poem.ibid., 525. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LEge06 Collation 1 Confodrecomforte] Comfort LEge06 herte] hert LEge06 2 shortelye] shortly LEge06 the] the LEge06 3 lengthe] lenght LEge06 redoblithe dedelye] redoubleth dedly LEge06 smarte] smert LEge06 4 Why] why LEge06 sighys] sighes LEge06 herte] hert LEge06 and will] & woult LEge06 5 waste] wast LEge06 sighis] sight LEge06 pitous] pitious LEge06 6 find] fynd LEge06 faint] faynt LEge06 and] & LEge06 weake] weke LEge06 7 thye] thy LEge06 loose] lose LEge06 thye] thy LEge06 brethe] breth LEge06 8 sighis] sighes LEge06 herte] hert LEge06 and will] & woult LEge06 9 thou] Thou LEge06 knowist] knowest LEge06 redresse] redrese LEge06 10 pine] pyne LEge06 11 perdye yt] pardy it LEge06 12 sighis] sighes LEge06 will] woult LEge06 13 yt ys] It is LEge06 14 neke] neck LEge06 15 shake] shak LEge06 yt] it LEge06 waylis] vaileth LEge06 16 whye] why LEge06 sighis] sighes LEge06 thou then] thou then & woult not breke LEge06 17 to] To LEge06 &] and LEge06 ware] were LEge06 vaine] vain LEge06 18 sins] syns LEge06 doth] doeth LEge06 Reke] reke LEge06 19 dost] doyst LEge06 thye] thy LEge06 paine] pain LEge06 20 why sighes] why sighes thou then & woult not breke LEge06 21 herte] hert LEge06 22 self .] self : LEge06 23 maye] may LEge06 kno] knowe LEge06 suffred] sufferdest LEge06 smarte] smert LEge06 24 sighe] sigh LEge06 laste /] last : LEge06 &] and LEge06