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The Devonshire Manuscript/ffull well yt maye be sene
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f. [51r] 1 ffull well yt maye be sene2 to suche as vnder{d'} stand3 how some there be that wene4 they haue theyre welthe at hand5 thruhe through loves abusyd band6 But lytyll do they See7 thabuse the abuse Wherin they bee8 of loue there ys A kynd9 whyche kyndlythe by abuse10 as in A feble mynd11 whome fansy may enduce12 By loues dysceatfull vse13 to folowe the fond lust14 & profe of A vayn trust 15 As I my self may saye16 by tryall of the same17 no wyght can well bewraye18 the falshed loue can frame19 I saye twyxt grefe & game20 ther ys no lyvyng man21 that knows the crafte loue can22 ffor loue so well can fayn23 to favour for the whyle24 that suche as sekes the gayn25 {w+t+}{{s}8} ar seruyd with the gyle26 & some can thys concyle27 to gyue the symple leave28 them sellfes for to dysceave29 What thyng may more declare30 of loue the craftye kynd31 then se the wyse so ware32 in loue to be so blynd33 yf so yt be assynd34 let them enIoye the gayn35 that thynkes{es} yt worthe the paynfinis finis
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Commentary
Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 300-01. this poem was entered by H6. Rebholz notes that the word "love" used throughout the poem possesses a dual-meaning: it can either refer to the lover's appetite and self-deception or to the deceptions practiced by lovers (or both).ibid., 532. Another unidentified hand may have written the second “finis.”
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