# The Devonshire Manuscript/It was my choyse yt was no chaunce /

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 30v
f. [30v] 1 3 It was my choyse yt was no chaunce / 2 that browght my hart in others holde / 3 Wherby ytt hath had Sufferaunce / 4 lenger perde then Reason wold / 5 syns I ytt Bownde{d,} where ytt was ffree / 6 me thynkes{es} ywys of Ryght yt shold / 7 Acceptyd be 8 Acceptyd be with{w+t+} owte Refuse / 9 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]] [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] Vnles that fortune have the power / 10 All Ryght of love for to Abuse / 11 for As thay say / one happy howre / 12 may more prevayle then Ryght or myght / 13 yf fortune then lyst for to lowre / 14 What vaylyth Right 15 What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew / 16 then trust to chaunce and go by gesse /$^1$ 17 then who so lovyth may well go sew / 18 vncerten hope for hys redresse / 19 yett some wolde{d,} say Assueredly / 20 thou mayst Appele for thy relesse / 21 to fantasy / 22 To fantasy pertaynys to chose / 23 All thys I knowe for fantasy / 24 ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse / 25 but yet I knowe as stedefastly / 26 that yff love haue no faster knott / 27 so nyce a choyse slyppes{es} sodenly / 28 yt lastyth nott / 29 {es} [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] Itt lastyth not that stondes by change / 30 fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle / 31 both thes to plese / the ways ys strange / 32 therfore me thynkes{es} best to prevayle / 33 ther ys no way that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] ys so Iust / 34 as trowgh to lede / tho tother fayle / 35 And therto trust /

## Notes & Glosses

1. It is possible that the writer is indulging in wordplay with guess and guise.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H4 and discusses Fortune's right to abuse lovers. Rebholz notes the speaker's decision to dwell on the mental image ("fantasy") of a new love in order to gain freedom from a current love.
H3 enters a thirteen line excerpt of the poem on "It was my choyse It Was my chaunce" (24v-25r).

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 128-9.
* ↑ Rebholz, 407.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LDev039

#### Collation

1 yt was no chaunce /] It Was my chaunce LDev039 2 browght] brovgght LDev039 hart] hert LDev039 in] N LDev039 holde /] hold LDev039 3 Wherby] wher by LDev039 ytt] it LDev039 Sufferaunce /] sufferaunce LDev039 4 lenger] lengar LDev039 Reason] resan LDev039 wold /] wuld LDev039 5 syns] sens LDev039 ytt Bownde where ytt was ffree /] yt bovnd where it was fre LDev039 6 me thynkes] methynks LDev039 ywys] I wys LDev039 Ryght] ryght LDev039 yt] it LDev039 shold /] shuld LDev039 7 Acceptyd] Accepted yt LDev039 8 Acceptyd] Accepted LDev039 be] yt be LDev039 with owte Refuse /] with owyt Refuse LDev039 9 Vnles] Wnles LDev039 fortune] fortun LDev039 have] haith LDev039 power /] powre LDev039 10 All] all LDev039 Ryght] ryght LDev039 love] Low LDev039 Abuse /] a buse LDev039 11 As thay say / one] as thei say on LDev039 howre /] owre LDev039 12 prevayle] prevayll LDev039 then] yen LDev039 Ryght] ryght LDev039 or] ore LDev039 myght /] myght LDev039 13 lowre /] lowre LDev039 14 What vaylyth Right] LDev039 15 What vaylyth Ryght yff thys be trew /] LDev039 16 then trust to chaunce and go by gesse /] LDev039 17 then who so lovyth may well go sew /] LDev039 18 vncerten hope for hys redresse /] LDev039 19 yett some wolde say Assueredly /] LDev039 20 thou mayst Appele for thy relesse /] LDev039 21 to fantasy /] LDev039 22 To fantasy pertaynys to chose /] LDev039 23 All thys I knowe for fantasy /] LDev039 24 ffurst vnto love dyd me Induse /] LDev039 25 but yet I knowe as stedefastly /] LDev039 26 that yff love haue no faster knott /] LDev039 27 so nyce a choyse slyppes sodenly /] LDev039 28 yt lastyth nott /] LDev039 29 Itt lastyth not that stondes by change /] LDev039 30 fansy doth change / fortune ys frayle /] LDev039 31 both thes to plese / the ways ys strange /] LDev039 32 therfore me thynkes best to prevayle /] LDev039 33 ther ys no way that ys so Iust /] LDev039 34 as trowgh to lede / the tother fayle /] LDev039 35 And therto trust /] LDev039