# The Devonshire Manuscript/Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 24r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 24v
f. [24r] 1 Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me and thys 2 how thy lady dose and thou[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] shalt k$^n$ow of myn 3 My lady ys wnkynd per{p1}dy 4 Alas why ys she soo 5 she lowes a nother better{t'} then I 6 and yett she wyll say noo 7 I fynd no shech doblenes 8 for$^1$ I fynd women trew 9 my lady lovyth me dowtles 10 and wyll chang for no new$^2$ 11 Thow art happy yf ytt doth last 12 bot I say as I fynd 13 that womens lou ys but A blast 14 and tornyth as the wynd 15 Yf that be trew yett as thou sayst 16 that women turn the$^i$r hart 17 then spek better of them thov mayst 18 In hop to hau thy partt f. [24v] 19 Such folke shal tak no hurt by louee 20 that can abyd the$^i$r torn 21 bot I Alas can no ways prou 22 In lou butt lak and mornn{_n} 23 yet yff thow wylt Avoyd the harm 24 Lern thys leson off me 25 at others fyers thy self to Warn 26 and lett them warn wyth the ffynys quod{q+d+} s a i r$^3$

## Notes & Glosses

1. It is possible that an e is indicated after "for."
 2. This phrase resonates. See "Sum tyme I syghe sumtyme I syng" (20v).
 3. One possibility is that the author is "sair," as in "sayer," a person who says, but Harrier argues that it may read "58i3," a code for Wiat.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H3. Rebholz observes that this poem may be an expansion of a popular song: a slightly different version of the first three stanzas appears in Henry VIII's song-book and Feste sings another version of the poem in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (IV, 2, 78-9). H10 enters a seven-line excerpt of the poem on 22v.
This poem is is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks: “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (81r), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ Richard C. Harrier, ed., The Canon of Sir Thomas Wyatt's Poetry (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975), 148.
* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 175.
* ↑ K. Muir and P. Thomson, eds., Collected Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1969), 309.
* ↑ Rebholz, 432.
* ↑ Paul Remley, "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu," in Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts, ed. Peter C. Herman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 40-77.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LDev035, LEge02, LHen1

#### Collation

1 Hey] He LDev035 A LHen1 Hey Robyn Ioly Robyn tell me/] A Robyn/ Ioly Robyn/ tell me LEge02 Robyn] robyn LHen1 Ioly Robyn tell me/] gentyll robyn/ tell me LDev035 gentyl robyn/ tel me LHen1 how] howe LDev035 lady dose] leman doeth/ LEge02 lemman doth/ LHen1 dose] dothe/ LDev035 thou] thow LHen1 shalt] shalte LDev035 shall LEge02 shal LHen1 know/] knowe LDev035 LEge02 know/ of] know off LHen1 myn] myne LHen1 1.1 ] A robyn gentil robyn gentyl LHen1 1.2 ] thy lemman doth LHen1 1.3 ] and thow shal know of myne LHen1 1.4 ] A robyn gentil robyn LHen1 1.5 ] tel me how thy lemman doth LHen1 1.6 ] and thow shalt know of myne LHen1 2 My] my LHen1 lady] ladye LDev035 ys] is LEge02 ys wnkynd] is vnkynde LDev035 ys wnkynd perdy] us vnkynde I wis LHen1 wnkynd] vnkynd LEge02 perdy] perdye LDev035 perde LEge02 3 Alas] allas LDev035 alac LHen1 Alas why ys she soo] alack whi is she so LEge02 ys] is LDev035 LHen1 soo] so LHen1 4 she] She LDev035 lowes] loves LDev035 loveth LEge02 louyth LHen1 a nother] another LDev035 LHen1 an othre LEge02 better] Beter LDev035 then] than LHen1 I] me LEge02 LHen1 5 yett] yet LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 wyll] will LEge02 LHen1 say] saye LDev035 noo] W LDev035 no LEge02 LHen1 5.1 ] Responce LEge02 r robyn LHen1 6 I fynd no shech doblenes] LDev035 fynd] fynde LEge02 fynd no shech] can not thynk such LHen1 shech] suche LEge02 doblenes] doublenes LEge02 dobylnes LHen1 7 for] LEge02 for I fynd women trew] LDev035 fynd] fynde LEge02 women] wo men LHen1 trew] true LEge02 8 my] In faith my LHen1 my lady lovyth me dowtles] LDev035 lovyth] loveth LEge02 louith LHen1 dowtles] well LHen1 9 and] she LHen1 and wyll chang for no new] LDev035 wyll] will LEge02 LHen1 chang] chaunge LEge02 change LHen1 new] newe LEge02 9.1 ] le plaintif LEge02 A robyn LHen1 10 Thow] Thou LEge02 Thow art happy yf ytt doth last] LDev035 LHen1 yf ytt] while that LEge02 doth] doeth LEge02 11 bot] but LEge02 bot I say as I fynd] LDev035 LHen1 12 that womens lou ys but A blast] LDev035 LHen1 lou ys but A] love is but a LEge02 13 and tornyth as the wynd] LDev035 LHen1 tornyth] torneth LEge02 as] lik LEge02 wynd] wynde LEge02 14 Yf that be trew yett as thou sayst] LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 15 that women turn their hart] LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 16 then spek better of them thov mayst] LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 17 In hop to hau thy partt] LDev035 LEge02 LHen1 17.1 ] Responce LEge02 18 Such] Suche LEge02 Such folke shal tak no hurt by louee] LDev035 LHen1 folke] folkes LEge02 shal] shall LEge02 tak] take LEge02 hurt] harme LEge02 louee] love LEge02 19 that can abyd their torn] LDev035 LHen1 abyd their] abide their LEge02 20 bot] But LEge02 bot I Alas can no ways prou] LDev035 LHen1 Alas] alas LEge02 ways] way LEge02 prou] prove LEge02 21 In lou butt lak and mornn] LDev035 LHen1 In lou] in love LEge02 butt] but LEge02 lak] lake LEge02 and] & LEge02 mornn] morn LEge02 21.1 ] le plaintif LEge02 22 yet yff thow wylt Avoyd the harm] LDev035 LHen1 yet yff thow wylt Avoyd the] But if thou wilt avoyde thy LEge02 harm] harme LEge02 23 Lern] lerne LEge02 Lern thys leson off me] LDev035 LHen1 thys] this LEge02 leson off] lessen of LEge02 24 at] in LEge02 at others fyers thy self to Warn] LDev035 LHen1 others] othre LEge02 fyers] fieres LEge02 Warn] warme LEge02 25 and lett them warn wyth the] LDev035 LHen1 lett] let LEge02 them] theim LEge02 warn] warme LEge02 wyth] with LEge02