The Devonshire Manuscript/A my herte a what eilith the

←ffortune dothe frown || width="200" align="right" | hate whom ye list for I kare not→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 78v|thumb|389px f. [78v] 1    A my herte a what eilith the2    to sett so light my libretye3    making me bonde when{_e} I was fre4    a my herte a . &c5    {_o}{{th}+u+} when thou ware rid from all distresse6    voyde of all paine & pen{_e}sifnesse7    to chose againe a new mistresse8    a my hert &c9    when thou{{th}+u+} ware well thou{{th}+u+}  could not holde10    to torne agayne that{{th}+t+} ware to bolde11    thus to renue my sorrowes olde12    a my herte &c13    thou knoist full well that{{th}+t+} but of late14    I was tornid out of loves gate15    and now to guide me to this{{th}+is+} mate16    amy hert &c17    I hopte full well all had be don{_o}n18    but nowe my hope is tane & woin19    to my tormen{_e}t to yelde so sone20    a my harte &cfs __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 276-77. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker complains to his heart that it has once more bound him to a new mistress so soon after being freed from a painful love. H8's shorter lines for the refrain separate each section visually and thus display clear stanza divisions. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated DBLa02 Collation Textual Notes 1 herte] harte DBla02 a] A DBla02 eilith] eileth DBla02 2 sett] set DBla02 so light my] soo Lyght be DBla02 libretye] libertye DBla02 3 making] makyng DBla02 me] myee DBla02 bonde] bounde DBla02 when] where DBla02 4 herte] harte DBla02 a. & c] A what ayleth the DBla02 5 when thou ware rid] Where thow warte ryde DBla02 from] frome DBla02 distresse] Dist DBla02 6 voyde] voide DBla02 paine] payne DBla02 & pensifnesse] and pensyfnes DBla02 7 chose] chauoose DBla02 againe] agayne DBla02 mistresse] mestres DBla02 8 hert] harte DBla02 & c] a what Ayleth the DBla02 9 when] When DBla02 thou ware] thow warte DBla02 thou] thow DBla02 could] couldes DBla02 holde] hold DBla02 10 torne] turne DBla02 that ware] thow warte DBla02 11 renue] renew DBla02 sorrowes] Sorowes DBla02 12 a] A DBla02 herte] harte DBla02 & c] a what Ayleth the DBla02 13 thou] Thow DBla02 knoist] knowest DBla02 late] Late DBla02 14 tornid out of loves] turned owt of Loues DBla02 15 and] & DBla02 guide] gyde DBla02 16 amy] a my DBla02 hert] harte DBla02 & c] a what Ayleth the DBla02 17 hopte] hopped DBla02 be donn] ben doone DBla02 18 nowe] now DBla02 hope] hoppe DBla02 is] Is DBla02 & woin] and wone DBla02 19 torment] turment DBla02 to] To DBla02 yelde] yeld DBla02 so] soo DBla02 sone] Sone DBla02 20 harte] hart DBla02 & c] a what ayleth the DBla02