# The Devonshire Manuscript/My hope alas hath me abusid

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 74v
f. [74v] 1 My hope alas hath me abusid 2 and vaine reioising hathe me fed 3 lust and Ioye have me refusid 4 and careful playnt is in there sted 5 to moche avauncing slakte my spede 6 mirthe hathe causid my hevines 7 and I remaine all com{_o}fortelesse / 8 Whereto ded I assure my thought 9 with{w+t+}out displeasure stedfastelye 10 in fortunes forge my Ioye was wrought 11 and is revoltid redelye 12 I am mistakin wonderuslye 13 for I thought nought but faithfulnes 14 yet I remaine all com{_o}forteles 15 In gladsome chere I ded delight 16 {m'}[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] till that delight ded cause me smarte 17 and all was wrong were I thought right 18 for right it was that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] my true harte 19 shulde not for trouthe be set aparte 20 sins trouthe ded cause my herd$^i$nes 21 yet I remaine all com{_o}forteles 22 Some tyme delight ded tune my song 23 and lede my herte full ples$^a$untelye 24 and to my self I saide among 25 my hap is com{_o}ming hastelye 26 but yt hathe happd con{_o}trarye 27 Assur$^a$unce causith my distresse / 28 and I remaine 29 then if my note now doth varye 30 and leave his won{_o}td ples$^a$untenesse 31 the hevye burdin that I carrye 32 hathe altred all my Ioyfullnes 33 no pleasure hathe still stedfastnes 34 but haste hathe hurte my happines 35 and I Remayne/ fs

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker enjoys good luck, but progresses too quickly and meets with adversity. Where he expects faithfulness, he is met instead by ill fortune. This lyric does not name love or a lady expressly as the speaker’s pursuit.
H8 marks stanzas in several ways in this poem: by using a capital letter at the start of each first line, by writing the first line of each stanza slightly to the left of the following lines, and by adding a space between each stanza.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 123-24.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

AAH07, LEge21

#### Collation

1 alas] Alas LEge21 abusid] abused AAH07 LEge21 2 and] And AAH07 vaine] vayne AAH07 vain LEge21 reioising] reioycinge AAH07 reIoysing LEge21 hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21 fed] fedd AAH07 3 lust] Luste AAH07 Ioye] ioye AAH07 refusid] refused AAH07 LEge21 4 careful] carefull AAH07 LEge21 playnt] plaint LEge21 there] their AAH07 LEge21 sted] steed AAH07 stede LEge21 5 moche] muche LEge21 avauncing] advauncing AAH07 slakte] slaked AAH07 LEge21 spede] speed AAH07 6 mirthe] myrth AAH07 LEge21 hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21 causid] cawsed AAH07 caused LEge21 hevines] heavynes AAH07 7 and] And AAH07 remaine] remayne AAH07 remain LEge21 comfortelesse /] comfortles AAH07 LEge21 8 Whereto] Wheare to AAH07 ded] did AAH07 LEge21 9 without] withoute LEge21 stedfastelye] stedfastlye AAH07 stedfastly LEge21 10 forge] fordge AAH07 my] mye AAH07 Ioye] ioye AAH07 11 and] And AAH07 revoltid] revolted AAH07 LEge21 redelye] readelye AAH07 redely LEge21 12 am] ame LEge21 mistakin] mystaken AAH07 LEge21 wonderuslye] wonderlye AAH07 wonderly LEge21 13 for] ffor AAH07 thought] though LEge21 faithfulnes] faithfullnes AAH07 14 yet] Yet AAH07 remaine] remayne AAH07 remain LEge21 comforteles] comfortles AAH07 LEge21 15 gladsome] gladsom LEge21 chere] cheere AAH07 ded] did AAH07 ded delight] did delite LEge21 16 delight ded cause me] delite did cause my LEge21 ded] did AAH07 me] my AAH07 smarte] smart AAH07 smert LEge21 17 were] wheare AAH07 wher LEge21 18 for] ffor AAH07 harte] hart AAH07 hert LEge21 19 shulde] should LEge21 for] from AAH07 LEge21 trouthe] trothe AAH07 trouth LEge21 set] sett AAH07 aparte] a parte AAH07 apart LEge21 20 sins] Syns AAH07 syns LEge21 trouthe] trothe AAH07 trouth LEge21 ded] did AAH07 LEge21 my herdines] mye hardynes AAH07 me hardines LEge21 21 yet] Yet AAH07 remaine] remayne AAH07 remain LEge21 comforteles] comfortles AAH07 LEge21 22 Some tyme] Somtyme AAH07 Sometyme LEge21 ded] did LEge21 ded tune] did tewne AAH07 23 lede] lead AAH07 led LEge21 herte] hart AAH07 hert LEge21 plesauntelye] pleasantly AAH07 LEge21 24 saide] said AAH07 25 my] mye AAH07 hap] happ AAH07 LEge21 comming] comminge AAH07 commyng LEge21 hastelye] hastely LEge21 26 yt] it AAH07 LEge21 hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21 happd] happid AAH07 happed LEge21 contrarye] contrarie AAH07 contrary LEge21 27 Assuraunce] assuraunce LEge21 causith] cawseth AAH07 causeth LEge21 distresse /] distresse AAH07 distres LEge21 28 and] And AAH07 remaine] remayne all comfortles AAH07 remain all comfortles LEge21 29 then] Then AAH07 LEge21 note] note : LEge21 doth] do LEge21 varye] varie AAH07 vary LEge21 30 leave] leve LEge21 wontd] wonted AAH07 LEge21 plesauntenesse] pleasantnes AAH07 plesauntnes LEge21 31 the hevye] The heavie AAH07 hevye] hevy LEge21 burdin] burden AAH07 LEge21 carrye] cary LEge21 32 hathe] Hathe AAH07 hath LEge21 altred] alterd LEge21 Ioyfullnes] ioyfulnes AAH07 Ioyefulnes LEge21 33 hathe] hath LEge21 34 haste] hast LEge21 hathe] hath AAH07 LEge21 hurte] hurt AAH07 LEge21 happines] happenes LEge21 35 and] And AAH07 Remayne/] remayne all comfortles AAH07 remain all comfortles LEge21