The Devonshire Manuscript/ffor to love her for her lokes lovelye

←Nowe fare well love and theye lawes forever || width="200" align="right" | To Rayle or geste ye kno I vse yt not→ The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 75r|thumb|389px f. [75r] 1    ffor to love her for her lokes{es} lovelye2    my herte was sett in thought right furmlye3    trusting bye toruthe trouthe to have had Relessed redresse /4    but she hath made anodre promes5    and hathe gyven me leve full honestelye6    yet do I not refuse yt gretelye7    for on my faith I lovid so surelye8    but reson woll that I doo leese9    for to love her.10    sins that in love the paynes be dedelye11    me thinckes{es} yt best that reddelye12    I doo retorne to my furst addresse13    for at this tyme to grete is the presse14    and parells apere to abbundauntelye15    for to love her. __NOTOC__ Commentary Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 223. this poem was entered by H8. The speaker judges that the perils of loving the lady are too great; thus, he will reasonably return to a lighter, more courteous demeanor toward her (“my furst addresse”). This poem provides an interesting glimpse into the different manners and consequences of addressing a lady. Works Cited Textual Notes Texts Collated LEge10 Collation 1 lovelye] lovely LEge10 2 herte] hert LEge10 sett] set LEge10 furmlye] fermely LEge10 3 bye toruthe] by LEge10 trouthe] trought LEge10 Relessed redresse /] redresse LEge10 4 anodre] an othee LEge10 promes] promese LEge10 5 hathe] hath LEge10 gyven] geven LEge10 love] leve LEge10 honestelye] honestly LEge10 6 refuse yt gretelye] reioyse it greately LEge10 7 lovid] loved LEge10 so] to LEge10 surelye] surely LEge10 8 reson] reason LEge10 woll] will LEge10 doo loosse] do sesse LEge10 9 her.] her> LEge10 10 sins] Syns LEge10 be dedelye] ben dedly LEge10 11 thinckes] thincke LEge10 yt] it LEge10 riddelye] reddely LEge10 12 doo] do LEge10 retorne] retorn LEge10 furst] first LEge10 addresse] adresse LEge10 13 grete] great LEge10 presse] prese LEge10 14 parells] perilles LEge10 apere] appere LEge10 abbundauntelye] abundauntely LEge10 15 her.] her LEge10