# The Devonshire Manuscript/That tyme that myrthe dyd stere my shypp

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 17v
f. [17v] 1 That tyme that myrthe dyd stere my shypp 2 whyche now ys frowght with{w+t+} heuines 3 & fortune boate not then the lypp 4 But was Defence off my Dystresse 5 then in my boke wrote my maystresse 6 I am yowres yow may well be sure 7 & shall be whyle my lyff Dothe dure 8 But she her selffe whyche then wrote that 9 is now myn extreme enemye 10 above all men she Dothe me hate 11 Reioysyng of my myserye 12 But thoughe that for her sake I dye 13 I shall be hyres she may be sure 14 as long as my lyff dothe endure 15 it is not tyme that can were owt 16 with{w+t+} me that once ys fermly sett 17 Whyle nature kepys her corse Abowt 18 my love frome her no man can lett 19 thowghe neuer{u'} so sore they me thrett 20 yet am I hyrs she may be sure 21 & shallbe whyle that lyff dothe dure 22 And once I trust to see that day 23 Renuare of my Ioy & welthe 24 that she to me theyse wordes{es} shall say 25 In feythe welcum to me myselffe 26 Welcum my Ioy Welcum my helthe 27 ffor I am thyne thow mayst be sure 28 & shallbe whyle that lyff dothe dure 29 Ho me alas what woordes{es} were theyse 30 in comenant I myght fynd them so 31 I Reke not what smart or dysease 32 I suffred so that I myght knoo 33 that she were myn I myght be sure 34 & shuld whyle that lyff dothe dure ffynys

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H2. The poem depicts a lover's lamentation of his lost happiness since his mistress has turned against him. The fourth line of the last stanza is omitted.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 127-28.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

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#### Collation

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