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The Devonshire Manuscript/what shulde I saye
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f. [77r] 1 what shulde I saye2 sins faithe is dede3 and truthe awaye4 from{_o} you ys fled5 shulde I be led6 with{w+t+} doblenesse 7 naye naye mistresse /8 I pro{p3}miside you9 & you pro{p3}misid me10 to be as true11 as I wolde bee12 but sins I se yor dobl13 yor doble herte14 farewell my parte15 Though for to take16 yt ys not my minde17 but to forsake18 and as I finde19 so will I truste20 fare well oniuste21 Can{_a}n ye saye nay22 but you saide23 that I all waye24 shulde be obeide25 and thus betraide26 or that I wiste27 fare well onkistefs
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Commentary
This poem, attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt,R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 301-02. was entered by H8. The speaker laments over his double-hearted lady and her faithlessness.
H8 combines lines 5 and 6 together in order to make 26 graphical lines out of 27 poetical lines.
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