# The Devonshire Manuscript/comforte thy self my wofull herte

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 74r
f. [74r] 1 Confodre thy self my wofull herte 2 or sho$^r$telye on thy self the wreke 3 for lengthe redoblithe dedelye smar{m'}te 4 Why sighys thou[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] herte and will not breke 5 To waste in sighis were pitous deth 6 alas I find the faint and weake 7 enforce thye self to loose thye brethe 8 why sighis thou[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] herte and will not breke 9 thou knowist right well that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] no redresse 10 is thus to pine and for to speke 11 perdye yt is remediles 12 why sighis thou[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] then & will not breke 13 yt ys to late for to refuse 14 the yoke when it is on thy neke 15 to shake yt of waylis not to muse 16 whye sighis thou[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] then 17 to sobb & sigh it ware but vaine 18 sins there is none that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] doth it Reke 19 {p2}[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] alas thou dost prolong thye paine 20 why sighes{es} 21 Then in her sight to move her herte 22 seke on thy self . thy self to wreke 23 {m'}[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+u+}]] that she maye kno thou suffred smarte 24 sighe there thy laste / & therewith{w+t+} breke/ fs

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker in this poem can find no remedy for his love and wastes away with sighs. Rebholz notes that this poem shares the refrain with "Duress of pains and grievous smart," another poem written by Wyatt and found in Trinity College Dublin MS D.2.7 (Blage MS) and the Folger manuscript; this indicates that "Comforte thy self my wofull herte" may be an earlier version of the poem.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 147.
* ↑ ibid., 525.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LEge06

#### Collation

1 Confodrecomforte] Comfort LEge06 herte] hert LEge06 2 shortelye] shortly LEge06 the] the LEge06 3 lengthe] length LEge06 redoblithe dedelye] redoubleth dedly LEge06 smarte] smert LEge06 4 Why] why LEge06 sighys] sighes LEge06 herte] hert LEge06 and will] & woult LEge06 5 waste] wast LEge06 sighis] sight LEge06 pitous] pitious LEge06 6 find] fynd LEge06 faint] faynt LEge06 and] & LEge06 weake] weke LEge06 7 thye] thy LEge06 loose] lose LEge06 thye] thy LEge06 brethe] breth LEge06 8 sighis] sighes LEge06 herte] hert LEge06 and will] & woult LEge06 9 thou] Thou LEge06 knowist] knowest LEge06 redresse] redrese LEge06 10 pine] pyne LEge06 11 perdye yt] pardy it LEge06 12 sighis] sighes LEge06 will] woult LEge06 13 yt ys] It is LEge06 14 neke] neck LEge06 15 shake] shak LEge06 yt] it LEge06 waylis] vaileth LEge06 16 whye] why LEge06 sighis] sighes LEge06 thou then] thou then & woult not breke LEge06 17 to] To LEge06 &] and LEge06 ware] were LEge06 vaine] vain LEge06 18 sins] syns LEge06 doth] doeth LEge06 Reke] reke LEge06 19 dost] doyst LEge06 thye] thy LEge06 paine] pain LEge06 20 why sighes] why sighes thou then & woult not breke LEge06 21 herte] hert LEge06 22 self .] self : LEge06 23 maye] may LEge06 kno] knowe LEge06 suffred] sufferdest LEge06 smarte] smert LEge06 24 sighe] sigh LEge06 laste /] last : LEge06 &] and LEge06