# The Devonshire Manuscript/Gyve place all ye that dothe reioise

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 77v
f. [77v] 1 Gyve place all ye that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] dothe reioise 2 and loves panges{es} hathe clene forget 3 let them{_e} drawe nere & here my voyse 4 Whom love dothe force in paynes $^{to}$ frett 5 for all of playnte my song is sett 6 {_a}[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]] wiche long hathe seruid & nought can$^1$gett 7 A faithefull herte so trulye men{_e}te 8 rewardid is full slenderelye 9 {_e}{w+t+} a stedfaste faithe fwith good entente 10 ys recom{_o}pensid craftelye 11 Such hap dothe hap full craftelye$^{vnhappelye}$$^2$ 12 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]]{_e} to themthat mene but honestelye / 13 with{w+t+} humble sute I have assayde 14 to to$^r$ne her cruell herted minde 15 but for rewarde I am delaide 16 and to mye welthe here eris be blinde 17 lo thus bye chaunse I am{_a} assignide 18 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]][[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]] {w+t+} with stedfaste love to serue thee vnkinde 19 What vaylithe trothe or stedfastenesse 20 {w+t+}[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]] or still to serue without repreffe 21 what vaylith faithe or gen{_e}tilnesse/ 22 where crueltie dothe raine as chefe / 23 alas there is no greter greeff 24 then{_e} for to love and lake releffe/ 25 Care dothe con{_o} straine me to com{_o} plaine 26 of love & her vncertaintye 27 wich gra{gA}untith nought but grete disdayne 28 for losse of all my libretye 29 alas this is extremytye 30 for love to finde suche crueltye / 31 for hertye love to finde such crueltie $^3$ 32 alas it is a carefull lott 33 and for to voide so fowle a mote 34 there is no waye but slip the[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]] knott 35 the gayne so colde the paine so hott 36 prayse yt who list I like yt not / fs

## Notes & Glosses

1. See Petti. This is a variant, ornamental style of macron.
 2. There is a line over both occasions of the word "hap," for an unknown reason.
 3. The word "crueltie" here is of interest. The Egerton Manuscript has 'hate' in this position, which would rhyme with "mate / mote." It is possible that the word is a carryover from the previous line, and thus, scibal error, but the word is spelled differently and the lines are in different stanzas, which might reduce the likelihood of such an error.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker laments that honesty and steadfastness get little reward.
The word “crueltie” in line 31 is of interest in this transcription. The version of the poem in the Egerton Manuscript has “hate,” which would rhyme with “mote/mate” in line 33. The word in "Gyve place all ye that dothe reioise" may be a carryover from the previous line, thereby constituting a scibal error; yet the word is spelled differently and the lines are in different stanzas, which might reduce the likelihood of such an error.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ Anthony G. Petti. English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1977. 22.
* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 274-75.