The Devonshire Manuscript/That tyme that myrthe dyd stere my shypp

←And wylt thow leve me thus || width="200" align="right" | The restfull place Revyver of my smarte→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 17v|thumb|389px f. [17v] 1    That tyme that myrthe dyd stere my shypp2    whyche now ys frowght with{w+t+} heuines3    & fortune boate not then the lypp4    But was Defence off my Dystresse5    then in my boke wrote my maystresse6    I am yowres yow may well be sure7    & shall be whyle my lyff Dothe dure8    But she her selffe whyche then wrote that9    is now myn extreme enemye10    above all men she Dothe me hate11    Reioysyng of my myserye12    But thoughe that for her sake I dye13    I shall be hyres she may be sure14    as long as my lyff dothe endure15    it is not tyme that can were owt16    with{w+t+} me that once ys fermly sett17    Whyle nature kepys her corse Abowt18    my love frome her no man can lett19    thowghe neuer{u'} so sore they me thrett20    yet am I hyrs she may be sure21    & shallbe whyle that lyff dothe dure22    And once I trust to see that day23    Renuare of my Ioy & welthe24    that she to me theyse wordes{es} shall say25    In feythe welcum to me myselffe26    Welcum my Ioy Welcum my helthe27    ffor I am thyne thow mayst be sure28    & shallbe whyle that lyff dothe dure29    Ho me alas what woordes{es} were theyse30    in comenant I myght fynd them so31    I Reke not what smart or dysease32    I suffred so that I myght knoo33    that she were myn I myght be sure34    & shuld whyle that lyff dothe dureffynys __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 127-28. this poem was entered by H2. The poem depicts a lover's lamentation of his lost happiness since his mistress has turned against him. The fourth line of the last stanza is omitted. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated DBLa23 Collation 1      That] that DBla23     tyme] tym DBla23     stere] styre DBla23     shypp] shyppe DBla23 2      frowght with heuines] fraut wythe euynes DBla23 3      & fortune boate] and fortune bot DBla23     then] than DBla23     lypp] Lyppe DBla23 4      But] but DBla23     Defence] defence DBla23     off] of DBla23     Dystresse] destres DBla23 5      then] than DBla23     boke] book DBla23     wrote] wrot DBla23     maystresse] mestres DBla23 6      yowres yow may well be] yours I you may be wel DBla23     sure] suer DBla23 7      &] and DBla23     my lyff] that Lyffe DBla23     Dothe] dothe DBla23 8      her] hyr DBla23     wrote] wrot DBla23     that] th DBla23 9      now myn] nou my DBla23     extreme] extryme DBla23     enemye] enemy DBla23 10      above] aboue DBla23     men] man DBla23     Dothe] dothe DBla23     hate] hat DBla23 11      Reioysyng] reioysinge DBla23     myserye] mysery DBla23 12      But thoughe] but tho DBla23     her] hyr DBla23     dye] dy DBla23 13      hyres] hyrs DBla23     sure] suer DBla23 14      long] Longe DBla23     lyff] Lyffe DBla23     endure] induer DBla23 15      it is] It us DBla23     owt] out DBla23 16      with] wythe DBla23     once ys] whons is DBla23     fermly] fyrmly DBla23     sett] set DBla23 17      Whyle] whyle DBla23     kepys] kypes DBla23     her corse Abowt] hyr cours about DBla23 18      love] hat DBla23     frome] from DBla23     her] hyr DBla23     no man] noman DBla23     lett] Let DBla23 19      thowghe] tho DBla23     sore] soer DBla23     thrett] thret DBla23 20      am]  DBla23     hyrs she may be sure]  am hyrs & c DBla23 22      And once] and onys DBla23     see that] se the DBla23 23      Renuare] renuer DBla23     Ioy &] yoy and DBla23     welthe] whelthe DBla23 24      to me]  DBla23     theyse wordes shall say] thes . wourdes to me shall sey DBla23 25      In] in DBla23     feythe] faythe DBla23     welcum] welcoom DBla23     myselffe] my selffe DBla23 26      Welcum] welcoum DBla23     Ioy Welcum] hart welcoum DBla23 27      ffor] for DBla23     thyne] theyn DBla23     thow mayst be sure] & c DBla23 28      & shallbe whyle that lyff dothe dure]  DBla23 29      Ho] ho DBla23     were] wer DBla23     theyse] thes DBla23 30      comenant] couant DBla23     myght] myt DBla23     so] soo DBla23 31      Reke] reke DBla23     dysease] dysses DBla23 32      ] tourment or troubel payne or woo DBla23 33      I]  DBla23     suffred] sufferd DBla23     myght] myt DBla23     knoo] kno DBla23 34      that] that DBla23     were] uer DBla23     I]  I DBla23     myght] myt DBla23     sure] suer DBla23 35      & shuld whyle that lyff dothe dure] and should b & c DBla23