# The Devonshire Manuscript/To cause accorde or to agree

* ←my ywtheffol days ar past || width="200" align="right" | All yn the sight my lif doth hole depende→
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 69r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 68-1r 68-1v 68-2r 68-2v 68-3r 68-3v 68-4r 68-4v
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 68-5r 68-5v 68-6r 68-6v 68-7r 68-7v 68-8r 68-8v
f. [68.1r] f. [68.1v] f. [68.2r] f. [68.2v] f. [68.3r] f. [68.3v] f. [68.4r] f. [68.4v] f. [68.5r] f. [68.5v] f. [68.6r] f. [68.6v] f. [68.7r] f. [68.7v] f. [68.8r] f. [68.8v] f. [69r] 1 To cause accorde or to agree 2 two contraries yn on degre 3 and yn on point as semyth me 4 to all menns wytt it cannot bee 5 yt is ympossible 6 of heat and colde when I com{_o}plaine 7 And saye that heat doth cause my paine 8 whan colde dothe shake me everye vayne / 9 and bothe atons I saye againe 10 yt is impossible / Twixt lif and dethe saye when wh saithe 11 That man that hath his herte awaye 12 if lyfe lyve there as men dothe saye / 13 that herteles sholde laste on daye 14 alyue and not to to$^r$ne to claye 15 it ys impossible 16 Twixt lif and dethe saye what who saith 17 there lyvith no lif that drawithe brethe 18 th$^e$y Ioine so nere / and eke I faithe 19 to seke for lyf bye wishe of dethe 20 it is impossible 21 yet love that al thinges{es} doth subdue 22 whose powre there maye no lif eschewe 23 hath wrought in me that I maye rewe 24 this myracles to be so trewe 25 that are impossible /s fs

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. Rebholz notes that the poem makes a mockery of Petrarchan contraries and conceits of the heart and, amusingly, tries to apply reason to popular love conventions. TH2 adds part of line 3, “as semyth me.”

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 147-48.
* ↑ ibid., 419.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LEge42

#### Collation

1 accorde] accord LEge42 agree] aggre LEge42 2 yn on] in oon LEge42 3 yn on point] in oon poynct LEge42 semyth] semeth LEge42 4 menns wyll] mans wit / LEge42 bee] be LEge42 5 yt] it LEge42 ympossible] impossible LEge42 6 of heat] Of hete LEge42 colde] cold LEge42 complaine] complain LEge42 7 And] and LEge42 saye] say LEge42 heat] hete LEge42 doth] doeth LEge42 paine] pain LEge42 8 whan] when LEge42 colde] cold LEge42 dothe] doeth LEge42 me] my LEge42 everye] every LEge42 vayne /] vain LEge42 9 bothe] boeth LEge42 atons] at ons LEge42 saye] say LEge42 againe] again LEge42 10 yt] it LEge42 impossible /] impossible LEge42 10.1 Twixt lif and dethe saye when wh saithe] LEge42 11 herte] hert LEge42 awaye] away LEge42 12 lyfe] lyff LEge42 lyve] lyveth LEge42 dothe] do LEge42 saye /] say LEge42 13 hertelesHercules sholde] he hertles should LEge42 laste] last LEge42 daye] day LEge42 14 alyue] a lyve LEge42 and not] & not to LEge42 torne] torn LEge42 claye] clay LEge42 15 ys] is LEge42 16 lif] lyff LEge42 dethe] deth LEge42 saye] say LEge42 saith] saeyth LEge42 17 lyvith] lyveth LEge42 lif] lyff LEge42 drawithe] draweth LEge42 brethe] breth LEge42 18 theyr] they LEge42 Ioine] Ioyne LEge42 / and eke] & eke LEge42 faithe] feith LEge42 19 lyf bye] liff by LEge42 wishe] wissh LEge42 dethe] deth LEge42 21 yet] Yet LEge42 al] all LEge42 thinges] thing LEge42 doth] doeth LEge42 22 powre] power LEge42 there] ther LEge42 maye] may LEge42 lif] liff LEge42 eschewe] eschew LEge42 23 maye] may LEge42 rewe] rew LEge42 24 this] these LEge42 myracles] miracles LEge42 trewe] true LEge42 25 impossible /] impossible LEge42