# The Devonshire Manuscript/to wishe and wante and not obtaine

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 71v
f. [71v] 1 to wishe and wante and $^{}$ not $^{obtaine}$ 2 to seke & sew ease of my paine 3 Sins all that ever I doo is vaine 4 What maye hit availe me 5 Altho I stryve both daye & night 6 against the streme with{w+t+} all my powre 7 yf fo$^r$tune liste yet for to lowre 8 what maye &c 9 Yf willinglye I suffer woo 10 if from{_o} the fire me list not go 11 if then I bourne to plaine my$^1$ foo 12 what &c 13 and if the harme that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] I suffre 14 be run{_u}ne to farr out of mesure 15 to seke for helpe ony furthre 16 what &c 17 what tho eche harte that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] heris me plaine 18 petis and plainethe for my paine 19 yf I no lesse in gref remaine 20 what &c 21 Ye tho the wante of my relef 22 Displese the causer of my greef 23 Sins I Remaine still in mischefe 24 what / 25 Suche cruell chaunse doth so^$^{me}$ thrett 26 continuallie inwarde to ffrett 27 then of relef for to intrete 28 what. 29 ffortune is deff vnto my call 30 my to$^r$men{_e}t movith her not at all 31 and tho she to$^r$ne as doth a ball 32 what 33 for in dispaire ther is no rede 34 to wante of ere speche is no spede 35 to linger{g'} still alive as dede 36 what maye yt auayle me / ffs

## Notes & Glosses

1. The scribe crossed through the tail of the overwitten y twice.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker, here, laments that Fortune is as deaf to his complaint as the lady.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 142-43.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LEge43, AAH22

#### Collation

1 to] To LEge43 to wishe and wante and not obtaine] AAH22 wishe] wisshe LEge43 wante] want LEge43 not obtaine] not obtain LEge43 2 to seke & sew ease of my paine] AAH22 paine] pain LEge43 3 Sins] syns LEge43 Sins all that ever I doo is vaine] AAH22 doo] do LEge43 vaine] vain LEge43 4 What maye hit availe me] AAH22 maye] may LEge43 hit] it LEge43 availe] availl LEge43 5 Altho] All tho LEge43 Altho I stryve both daye & night] AAH22 stryve] styrve LEge43 both] boeth LEge43 daye] day LEge43 night] howre LEge43 6 against the streme with all my powre] AAH22 7 yf] if LEge43 yf fortune liste yet for to lowre] AAH22 liste] list LEge43 yet] LEge43 8 what] What LEge43 what maye & c] AAH22 maye] may LEge43 & c] it availl me LEge43 9 Yf] If LEge43 Yf willinglye I suffer woo] AAH22 willinglye] willingly LEge43 suffer] suffre LEge43 10 if from the fire me list not go] AAH22 fire] fyre LEge43 go] goo LEge43 11 if] Yf AAH22 bourne] burne AAH22 burn LEge43 plaine] playne AAH22 myefsoo] me so AAH22 LEge43 12 what] What LEge43 & c] maye it avayle me AAH22 may it availl me LEge43 13 and] And AAH22 LEge43 suffre] suffer AAH22 14 runne] ronne AAH22 run LEge43 farr] farre LEge43 out] owte LEge43 mesure] measure AAH22 mesur LEge43 15 seke] seeke AAH22 helpe] helpp AAH22 ony] any AAH22 LEge43 furthre] further AAH22 LEge43 16 what] What LEge43 & c] may it availe me AAH22 may it availl me LEge43 17 what] What AAH22 LEge43 tho] thoughe AAH22 tho LEge43 eche] eache AAH22 harte] hart AAH22 hert LEge43 heris] heares AAH22 hereth LEge43 plaine] playne AAH22 plain LEge43 18 petis] Pitieth AAH22 pitieth LEge43 plainethe] playneth AAH22 plaineth LEge43 my] mye AAH22 paine] payne AAH22 payn LEge43 19 yf] Yf AAH22 if LEge43 lesse] les LEge43 gref] greef AAH22 greif LEge43 remaine] remayne AAH22 remain LEge43 20 what] What LEge43 & c] may it availe me AAH22 may it availl me LEge43 21 Ye tho] Yea though AAH22 wante] want AAH22 LEge43 relef] releef AAH22 relief LEge43 22 Displese] Displease AAH22 LEge43 greef] greif LEge43 23 Sins] Syns AAH22 syns LEge43 I] that I LEge43 Remaine] remayne AAH22 remain LEge43 mischefe] mischeef AAH22 myschief LEge43 24 what /] what may it avayle me AAH22 What may it availl me LEge43 25 chaunse] chaunce AAH22 LEge43 doth] doeth LEge43 me] me AAH22 LEge43 thrett] threat AAH22 threte LEge43 26 continuallie] Contynuallye AAH22 continuelly LEge43 inwarde] inward AAH22 LEge43 ffrett] freat AAH22 fret LEge43 27 then] Then AAH22 relef] releace AAH22 relesse LEge43 intrete] entreat AAH22 trete LEge43 28 what.] what may it availe me AAH22 What may it availl me LEge43 29 deff] deafe AAH22 deiff LEge43 30 my] Mye AAH22 movith] moves AAH22 moveth LEge43 31 tho] thoughe AAH22 though LEge43 torne] turne AAH22 torn LEge43 doth] dothe AAH22 doeth LEge43 32 what] what may it availe me AAH22 What may it availl me LEge43 33 for] ffor AAH22 LEge43 dispaire] despere LEge43 ther] theare AAH22 there LEge43 rede] reede AAH22 34 to] To AAH22 wante] want AAH22 LEge43 ere] eare AAH22 ere : LEge43 speche] speeche AAH22 spede] speede AAH22 35 linger] lynger AAH22 alive] a lyve AAH22 alyve LEge43 dede] deade AAH22 ded LEge43 36 what] What LEge43 maye] may AAH22 LEge43 yt auayle me /] it availe me AAH22 it availl me LEge43