# The Devonshire Manuscript/Ye know my herte my ladye dere

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 73v
f. [73v] 1 Ye know my herte my ladye dere 2 that sins the[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]] tyme I was yo$^r$ thrall 3 I have bene yo$^r$s bothe hole and clere 4 tho my rewarde hathe bene but small 5 so am I yet and more then all 6 And ye kno well how I haue ser[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]]ued 7 as yf ye prove it shall apere 8 howe well / how longe 9 how faithefulye 10 and soffred wrong 11 how patientlye 12 then sins that I have neuer{u'} swarfde / 13 let not my paines be ondeser[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]]ude 14 Ye kno also though ye saye naye 15 that you alone are my desire 16 and you alone yt is that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] maye 17 {_i}{_e} asswage my fervent flaming fire 18 Socco$^r$ me then I you require / 19 Ye kno yt ware a Iust request 20 sins ye do cause my heat I saye 21 yf that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] I bourne 22 that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] ye will warme 23 and not to tourne 24 all to my harme 25 sending soch flame from{_o} frossen brest 26 againste nature for my vnreste 27 And I kno well how sco$^r$nefullye 28 ye have mistane my true entente 29 and hidreto how wrongfullye 30 I have founde cause for to repente / 31 but if yo$^r$ herte doth not relente /$^1$ 32 sins I do kno that this ye kno 33 ye shall fle me all wilfullye 34 for me and myne 35 and all I have 36 ye maye assine 37 to spill or save 38 whye are ye then so cruell foo 39 vnto yo$^r$ owne that lovis you so. fs

## Notes & Glosses

1. Unlike in stanzas one and two, the scribe does not follow the practice of leaving a space at this point in the stanza.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. This poem might have a connection to Anne Boleyn since line 34, “for me and mine,” was Boleyn’s motto. The poem “Grudge on who liste this ys my lott” (78v) contains an earlier motto of Boleyn’s from her time at the Burgundian court. “Am el mem” (67v) also indicates Anne Boleyn’s association with the manuscript and might suggest allegiances between various members of the manuscript’s coterie and those on the periphery.
H8 indicates a break between stanzas one and two after line 5 with a flourish, but he or she does not follow this practice in the rest of the poem. The scribe uses thirty-six graphical lines to record thirty-nine poetic lines, writing lines 21-22, 34-35, and 36-37 on one line each.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 183-84.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LEge48

#### Collation

1 Ye know my herte my ladye dere] LEge48 2 that sins the tyme I was yor thrall] LEge48 3 I have bene yors bothe hole and clere] LEge48 4 tho my rewarde hathe bene but small] LEge48 5 so am I yet and more then all] LEge48 6 And ye kno well how I haue serued] LEge48 7 as yf ye prove it shall apere] LEge48 8 howe well / how longe] LEge48 9 how faithefulye] LEge48 10 and soffred wrong] LEge48 11 how patientlye] LEge48 12 then sins that I have neuer swarfde /] LEge48 13 let not my paines be ondeserude] LEge48 14 Ye kno also though ye saye naye] LEge48 15 that you alone are my desire] LEge48 16 and you alone yt is that maye] LEge48 17 asswage my fervent flaming fire] LEge48 18 Soccor me then I you require /] LEge48 19 Ye kno yt ware a Iust request] LEge48 20 sins ye do cause my heat I saye] LEge48 21 yf that I bourne] LEge48 22 that ye will warme] LEge48 23 and not to tourne] LEge48 25 soch] suche LEge48 frossen] frosen LEge48 26 againste] against LEge48 nature] all right LEge48 vnreste] vnrest LEge48 27 kno] knowe LEge48 scornefullye] frowerdly LEge48 28 mistane] mystaken LEge48 entente] Intent LEge48 29 hidreto] hetherto LEge48 wrongfullye] wrongfully LEge48 30 repente /] repent LEge48 31 if yor herte doth not relente /] deth shall ryd me redely LEge48 32 sins I do kno that this ye kno] yf that your hert do not relent LEge48 33 ye shall fle me all wilfullye] and I knowe well all this ye knowe LEge48 34 for me] That I LEge48 36 maye] may LEge48 assure] assigne LEge48 38 whye] Why LEge48 foo] ffoo LEge48 39 yor] your LEge48 lovis] loveth LEge48 so.] so LEge48