# The Devonshire Manuscript/now all of chaunge

* ←Wythe seruing still || width="200" align="right" | Dryven bye desire I dede this dede→
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 81r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 81v
f. [81r] 1 now all of chaunge 2 must be my songe 3 and from{_o}m mye bonde nowe must I breke 4 sins she so strange 5 vnto my wrrong 6 dothe stopp her eris to to here me speke 7 yet none dothe kno 8 so well as she 9 my greefe wiche can 10 have no restrainte 10 that faine wolde follo 11 nowe nedes{es} must fle 12 for faute of ere vnto my playnte 13 I am not he 14 bye fals assayes 15 nor faynid faith can{_a} bere in hande 16 tho most I see 17 that suche alwaes 18 are best for to be vndrestonde 19 But I that truth hath a 20 hathe alwaies ment 21 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]]{p3} Dothe still procede to serue in vayne 22 Desire pursuithe 23 my tyme mispent 24 and doth not passe vppon my payne 25 O fortunes might 26 that eche com{_o}pellis 27 and me the most yt dothe suffise 28 nowe for my right to 29 to aske nought ells 30 but to with{w+t+}drawe this entreprise 31 And for the gaine 32 of that good howre 33 wiche of my woo shalbe relefe 34 I shall refrayne 35 bye paynefull powre 36 the thing that most hathe bene my $^{grefe}$ 37 I shall not misse 38 to excersyse 39 the helpe therof wich{w+c+} dothe me teche 40 that after this yn any wise 41 in any wise / 42 to kepe right with{w+t+}in my reche 43 and she oniuste 44 wich ferithe not f. [81v] this 45 yn this her fame to be defilyde{d,} 46 yett ons I truste 47 shalbe my lott 48 to quite the crafte that me begilde{d,} / fs

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker complains that he truly loves his beloved, but he tries to exercise reason in order to withdraw himself from his miserable situation.
H8 separates lines 3, 6, and 9 into two graphical lines to maintain the column width established by the poem above, “Wythe seruing still" (81r). H8 enters the rest of the poem beside this column and on the next page, and keeps the poetic lines intact. An annotation (“lerne but to syng yt”), written in the hand of Margaret Douglas, appears above the poem. Paul Remley links this annotation to "now all of chaunge," but it may be a comment on the lyric above, “Wythe seruing still” (81r). Remley adds that “Now all of change” has a musical setting and suggests that the seventeen entries reading “and thys” may be linked to this annotation. These seventeen entries and this annotation may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining. In the Arundel-Harington manuscript, the scribe enters "To Smith of Camden," which Rebholz suggests is the name of an Elizabethan broadside ballad tune that could be used as the melody for this lyric.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 314-16.
* ↑ Paul Remley. "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu." Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. 50.
* ↑ Rebholz, 537.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

AAH10

#### Collation

1.1 now] Now AAH10 chaunge] chaunge, AAH10 2.1 songe] song AAH10 3.2 fromm] from AAH10 mye bonde/] my bownd, AAH10 nowe] now AAH10 breke] breake AAH10 4.3 sins] Since AAH10 she] shee AAH10 strange] straunge, AAH10 5.3 wrrong] wronge AAH10 6.4 dothe] doth AAH10 stopp] stoppe AAH10 eris/ to] ears, AAH10 here] heare AAH10 speke] speake AAH10 7.5 dothe] doth AAH10 kno] know, AAH10 8.5 she] shee AAH10 9.6 greefe wiche/] greif whiche AAH10 10.7 wolde] wold AAH10 follo] follow, AAH10 11.7 nowe] now AAH10 nedes] AAH10 fle] flye AAH10 12.8 ere] eare, AAH10 playnte] plaint AAH10 13 I am not he] AAH10 14 bye fals assayes] AAH10 15 nor faynid faith can bere in hande] AAH10 16 tho most I see] AAH10 17 that suche alwaes] AAH10 18 are best for to be vndrestonde] AAH10 19 But I that truth hath a] AAH10 20 hathe alwaies ment] AAH10 21 Dothe still procede to serue in vayne] AAH10 22 Desire pursuithe] AAH10 23 my tyme mispent] AAH10 24 and doth not passe vppon my payne] AAH10 25.9 O] Oh AAH10 fortunes] ffortunes AAH10 might] might, AAH10 26.9 eche] eache AAH10 compellis] compells AAH10 27.10 most] moste, AAH10 yt] it AAH10 dothe] doth AAH10 28.11 nowe] now AAH10 right to] right, AAH10 29.11 aske] ask AAH10 30.12 withdrawe] withdraw AAH10 entreprise] enterprise AAH10 31.13 And] And so AAH10 the] AAH10 gaine] gayne, AAH10 32.13 that] this AAH10 33.14 wiche] whiche AAH10 woo] woe, AAH10 shalbe] shall be AAH10 relefe] reliefe AAH10 34.15 refrayne] refrayne, AAH10 35.15 bye] by AAH10 paynefull] paynfull AAH10 36.16 most] moste, AAH10 hathe] hath AAH10 grefe] griefe AAH10 37 I shall not misse] AAH10 38 to excersyse] AAH10 39 the helpe therof wich dothe me teche] AAH10 40 that after this yn any wise] AAH10 41 in any wise /] AAH10 42 to kepe right within my reche] AAH10 43.17 and] And AAH10 she] shee AAH10 oniuste] vniust, AAH10 44.17 wich ferithe] that feareth AAH10 45.18 this/ yn] in AAH10 fame] fame, AAH10 defilyde] defyl'de AAH10 46.19 yett] yet AAH10 ons] once AAH10 truste] trust AAH10 47.19 shalbe] shall be AAH10 48.20 quite] quyte AAH10 crafte] crafte, AAH10 begilde/] beguil'de AAH10