The Devonshire Manuscript/What thyng shold cawse me to be sad

←Wyth sorowful syghes and wondes smart || width="200" align="right" | Alas that men be so vngent→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 27r|thumb|389px f. [27r] 1    What thyng shold cawse me to be sad2    as longe ye reyoyce wyth hart3    my part yt ys for to be glad4    syns yow haue takyn me to yowr part5    ye do relese my pene and smart6    wych wold me uery sore Insue7    but that for yow my trust so trew8    yff I shuld wryte and make report9    what faythfulnes in yow I fynd10    the terme of lyfe yt were to short11    wyth penne yn letters yt to bynd12    wherefor wher as as ye be so kynd13    as for my part yt ys but dewe14    lyke case to yow to be as true15    My loue truly shall not decay16    for thretnyng nor for punysment17    for let them thynke and let them say18    toward yow alone I am full bent19    therfore I wyl be dylygent20    owr faythful loue for to renew21    and styll to kepe me trusty & trw22    Thus fare ye well my worldly tresor23    desyryng god that off hys grace24    to send no tyme hys wyll and plesor25    and shortly to get hus owt off thys place26    then shal I be yn as good case27    as a hawke that getes{es} owt off hys mue28    and strayt doth seke hys trust so trwefynis __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Lord Thomas Howard, William A. Ringler, Jr., Michael Rudick, and Susan J. Rigler, Bibliography and Index of English Verse in Manuscript, 1501-1558 (London: Manswell, 1992), 242. this poem was entered into the manuscript by TH2. In the poem, the speaker professes his steadfastness in love despite the possibility of experiencing pain and punishment. Typical of courtly love poetry in the early Tudor court, this sentiment also appears elsewhere in the Devonshire Manuscript, such as in “Alas that men be so vngent” (27v) and “Who hath more cawse for to complayne” (28r). Works Cited