# The Devonshire Manuscript/Hartte aprest with dessperott thoughtes

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 47v
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 48r
f. [47v] 1 Hartte aprest with{w+t+} dessperott thoughtes 2 ys fforsyd euere to laymentte 3 wyche nowe In me so sore hathe wrovgh 4 {_o}{es} [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] that nedes to ytt I maust consentte 5 wher ffor all ioye I do reffusse 6 & cruell wyll ther off acuse 7 Yff cruell wyll had nott byne gyde 8 dysspare{r'} In me had no plasse 9 ffor my trwe menynge she well asspyde 10 butt yett ffor all thatt wold geue no grasse 11 where{r'} ffor all ioye I do reffusse 12 & cruell wyll ther off acusse
f. [48r] 13 She mowt wyell see & yett wold nott 14 & maye daylly yff that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] she wyll 15 howe paynffull ys my happelesse lotte 16 ionnyedionde joined with dysspeare me ffor to spylle 17 whereffor all ioy I do reffueys 18 & cruell wyll ther off acvys accuse a hart aprest with{w+t+} desp o hart aprest v

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H11. This poem explores the unfortunate lot of a lover and the cruel neglect of the lady; although the speaker accuses the lady's will of cruelty, the lover’s will is also cruel because he consents to despair.
The transcriber’s letters cross the spine of the book, which suggests that perhaps the manuscript circulated unbound for a time. A hand not unlike H5 continues the poem on 48r by partially repeating the first line twice and crossing out the first instance.

### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 265-66.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

AAH05

#### Collation

1 Hartte aprest with dessperott] Hart oppressyd with desp'rat AAH05 2 ys fforsyd euere to laymentte] yf forced ever to lament AAH05 3 wyche] Whiche AAH05 nowe] now AAH05 In] in AAH05 hathe] hath AAH05 wrovgh] wrought AAH05 4 nedes] needes AAH05 ytt] it AAH05 maust] must AAH05 consentte] consent AAH05 5 wher ffor] Whearfore AAH05 ioye] ioy AAH05 do] must AAH05 reffusse] refuse AAH05 6 &] and AAH05 cruell] crewell AAH05 wyll] will AAH05 ther off] thearof AAH05 acuse] accuse AAH05 7 Yff] Yf AAH05 cruell] crewell AAH05 wyll] will AAH05 nott] not AAH05 byne] bene AAH05 gyde] guyde AAH05 8 dysspare In] Dispayre in AAH05 no] had no AAH05 plasse] place AAH05 9 trwe] trew AAH05 menynge] meaning AAH05 asspyde] espied AAH05 10 butt yett] and AAH05 ffor] for AAH05 thatt] that AAH05 geue] geve AAH05 grasse] grace AAH05 11 where ffor] thearfore AAH05 do] must AAH05 reffusse] refuse AAH05 12 &] and AAH05 cruell] crewll AAH05 wyll] will AAH05 ther off] therof AAH05 acusse] accuse AAH05 13 She] Shee AAH05 mowt] AAH05 wyell] well AAH05 see] moght see AAH05 &] and AAH05 yett] yet AAH05 wold] wolde AAH05 nott] not AAH05 14 &] and AAH05 maye] may AAH05 daylly] daylye AAH05 yff] if AAH05 she] shee AAH05 wyll] will AAH05 15 howe] How AAH05 paynffull] paynfull AAH05 ys] is AAH05 happelesse] haples AAH05 lotte] lott AAH05 16 ionnyediondejoined with dysspeare] Ioyn'de with dispayre AAH05 ffor] for AAH05 spylle] spill AAH05 17 whereffor] Whearby AAH05 ioy] ioye AAH05 do reffueys] must refuse AAH05 18 &] Sence AAH05 cruell] Crewell AAH05 wyll] will AAH05 ther off] doth me AAH05 acvysaccuse] so use AAH05