# The Devonshire Manuscript/Pacyence tho I have not

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 13v
f. [13v] 1 Pacyence tho I have not and and thys> 2 the thyng that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] I desyryd 3 I must of force god wott 4 fforbere that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] I Requiryd$^1$ 5 ffor no ways can I ffynd 6 to sayle Agaynst the wynd 7 Pacyence do what she wyll 8 to worke me woo or spyght 9 I shall content me styll 10 to thynk that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] ons I myght 11 to thynk & hold my pese 12 syns there ys no Redresse 13 Pacyence with{w+t+}owten blame 14 ffor I offendyd nowght 15 I know she knows the same 16 tho she have changyd her thowght 17 was euer thowght so movyd 18 to hate where yt hathe lovydd 19 Pacyence of all my harme 20 ffor fortune ys my ffoo 21 pacyence must be the charme 22 to ease me of my wo 23 pacyence with{w+t+}owt offence 24 ys A paynfull pacyence fynys quod{q+d+} Wyatts

## Notes & Glosses

1. There is a correction over the small r of "Requiryd."

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H2. This poem is an invocation to patience; according to the speaker, the lady hates him for no reason, yet he bears her unwarranted aversion patiently. The related poem, "Patiens for my devise" (71r) is about the Lady’s lament about the patience required by unfaithful men. The two poems taken together seem to be a humorous comment on the general trope of woman’s fickleness found throughout the manuscript.
In "Patiens for my devise," (71r) H8 makes a direct association between the poems with an annotation.
"Pacyence tho I have not" 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

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 108.
* ↑ 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

AAH12, DBLa16, LEge29

#### Collation

0.1 ] pations off all my blame DBla16 0.2 ] for I offendyd nowght DBla16 0.3 ] I wishe she knoyth the same DBla16 0.4 ] thowgh she haue changyd her thowght DBla16 0.5 ] was euerthowght so movyd DBla16 0.6 ] to hate wher hyt hath lovyd DBla16 1 Pacyence tho] Pacience thoughe AAH12 patiens thowgh DBla16 Patience though LEge29 2 thyng] thing AAH12 LEge29 3 of force god] off fors good DBla16 4 fforbere] forbeare AAH12 forbere DBla16 LEge29 5 ffor] fo DBla16 for LEge29 6 sayle] saile LEge29 7 Pacyence] Patience AAH12 LEge29 pations DBla16 8 woo] woe AAH12 9 styll] still AAH12 LEge29 10 thynk] thinck AAH12 thynke DBla16 thyncke LEge29 11 to] To AAH12 12 syns there] Syns theare AAH12 sens ther DBla16 13 Pacyence withowten] patience without AAH12 Patience withouten LEge29 14 ffor] for LEge29 15 I know she knows the same] DBla16 16 tho] thoughe AAH12 though LEge29 17 was] Was AAH12 18 to hate where yt hathe lovydd] DBla16 19 Pacyence] Patience AAH12 LEge29 pations DBla16 20 ffor] seth DBla16 for LEge29 21 pacyence] Patience AAH12 pations DBla16 patience LEge29 22 ease] heale AAH12 hele DBla16 LEge29 23 pacyence] tience AAH12 pations DBla16 patience LEge29 24 ys] Ys AAH12 is LEge29