The Devonshire Manuscript/Lo how I seke & sew to haue

←Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott || width="200" align="right" | My loue ys lyke vnto theternall fyre→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 52v|thumb|389px f. [52v] 1    Lo how I seke & sew to haue2    that no man hathe & maye be had3    there ys more but synk or saue4    & bryng thys doute to good or bad5    to lyue in sorows allways sad6    I lyke not so to lynger{g'} fforthe7    hap evyll or good I shallbe glad8    to take that comes as well in worthe9    Shold I sustayne{n'} thys gret dystres10    styll wandryng forthe thus to & froo11    in dredfull hope to hold my pese12    & fede my sellf with{w+t+} secret woo13    nay nay cer{c'}tayn I wyll not soo14    but sure I shall my self aply15    to put in profe thys doute to knoo16    & Rydd thys daunger{g'} Redely17    I shall assay by secret sute18    to show the mynd of myn entent19    {es}{p+} & my deportes1 shall gyue suche frute 20   {es}{w+t+}  as with my hart my wordes be ment21    so by the pro{p2}fe of thys consent22    send owt of doute I shall be sure23    for to reIoyce or to Repent24    in Ioye or payn for to endureffinis __NOTOC__ Notes & Glosses      1. For the expansion of "por," see Cappelli. Adriano Cappelli. Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane. Mailand: Hoepli, 1990. xxx. Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 240-41. this poem was entered by H6 and is unique to the manuscript. The speaker hopes for a quick answer to his doubts about the lady’s regard for him, though it might bring him pain instead of joy. Works Cited