# The Devonshire Manuscript/My harte I gave the not to do it paine

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 3r
f. [3r] 1 s$^1$ My harte I gave the not to do it paine 2 But to preserve was yt was to the taken 3 I served the not to be forsaken 4 but that I should be rewardyd againe 5 I was content they slave to remain 6 but not to be paid vnder suche fassyon 7 nowe sins in the ys no maner of reason 8 do displease the not tho I do reffreyn 9 vnsacyate off my wo and my desyer 10 ffarwell I say partyng ffrom the ffyre 11 ffor he that beleves leryng learning in hand 12 ploues in the water and sows in the sand

## Notes & Glosses

1. This s resembles the flourished s in H1.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H1 and appears again as "My herte I gave the not to do yt paine" on 75v of the manuscript, entered by H8. The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany, entitled "The louer forsaketh his vnkinde loue." Influenced by the Charitean Petrarchans in many of his works, Wyatt based this particular poem on a translation of Serafino Aquilano 's “El cor ti diedi che el tormentassi.” In the poem, the speaker renounces his love and blames the lover for abusing his affection.
H1's version omits line 10.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 78.
* ↑ Patricia Thomson, "Wyatt and the School of Serafino," Comparative Literature 13.4 (1961): 289-315.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

STC 13860-62, LDev145, LEge20, OxRawlPoet108_01, AAH06, STC13860_12, L4797

#### Collation

1 My] MY STC13860_12 harte] herte LDev145 hart AAH06 STC13860_12 L4797 hert LEge20 My harte I gave the not to do it paine] OxRawlPoet108_01 gave] gaue AAH06STC13860_12 the] thee L4797 thee, STC13860_12 do] doe L4797 it] yt LDev145 paine] payne AAH06 payn LEge20 pain: STC13860_12 2 But] but LDev145 AAH06 LEge20 L4797 But, STC13860_12 But to preserve was yt was to the taken] OxRawlPoet108_01 preserve] preserve / LDev145 preserve, AAH06 preserue LEge20 preserue, STC13860_12 was yt] it AAH06 LEge20 was yt was] lo it STC13860_12 was yt was to the taken] Loe it to the was taken L4797 the] thee STC13860_12 taken] takin LDev145 was taken. STC13860_12 3 I] My I L4797 I served the not to be forsaken] OxRawlPoet108_01 served] seruid LDev145 servid AAH06 serued LEge20 STC13860_12 the] thee STC13860_12 to] that I should STC13860_12 that I sholde L4797 forsaken] forsakin LDev145 forsaken: STC13860_12 foresakene L4797 4 but] But, STC13860_12 but that I should be rewardyd againe] OxRawlPoet108_01 I should] I shulde LDev145 AAH06 [sd]I soue[/sd] I sould L4797 be] receiue STC13860_12 receve L4797 rewardyd] rewardid LDev145 AAH06 rewarded LEge20 reward STC13860_12 L4797 againe] agayne AAH06 again LEge20 again, STC13860_12 5 I was content they slave to remain] OxRawlPoet108_01 content] contente LDev145 they] thy LDev145 LEge20 STC13860_12 they slave to remain] thie servant to remayne AAH06 thy servante to remayne L4797 slave] seruante LDev145 serunt LEge20 seruant STC13860_12 remain] remaine LDev145 remayn LEge20 remain: STC13860_12 6 but] And, STC13860_12 and L4797 but not to be paid vnder suche fassyon] OxRawlPoet108_01 paid] paide LDev145 payed AAH06 LEge20 repayed L4797 paid vnder suche fassyon] repayd after this fashion. STC13860_12 vnder] vndre LDev145 not L4797 suche] this AAH06 LEge20 L4797 fassyon] fasshion LDev145 AAH06 LEge20 fashion L4797 7 nowe] now LDev145 no AAH06 nowe sins] Now, since STC13860_12 now since sinc L4797 nowe sins in the ys no maner of reason] OxRawlPoet108_01 sins] sens AAH06 syns LEge20 in] that in LDev145 the] thee STC13860_12 L4797 ys no maner of reason] is none other Raison LDev145 is there none nother reason: STC13860_12 ys no maner of] is none other AAH06 is none othee LEge20 it none other L4797 8 do] LDev145 AAH06 LEge20 STC13860_12 L4797 do displease the not tho I do reffreyn] OxRawlPoet108_01 displease] Displease LDev145 STC13860_12 Displayse AAH06 the] thee STC13860_12 L4797 not] not, STC13860_12 tho] if that LDev145 AAH06 LEge20 STC13860_12 L4797 do] doe L4797 reffreyn] restraine LDev145 refrayne AAH06 L4797 refrain LEge20 refrain. STC13860_12 9 vnsacyate] Vnsaciate AAH06 vnsaciat LEge20 vnsacyate off my wo and my desyer] vnsatiat of my woo . and thy desire LDev145 OxRawlPoet108_01 vnsacyate off] Vnsaciat of STC13860_12 unsatiatat of L4797 off] of AAH06 LEge20 wo] woe AAH06 woo LEge20 wo, STC13860_12 my] thie AAH06 thy STC13860_12 thy L4797 my desyer] thy desire LEge20 desyer] desyre AAH06 desyre. STC13860_12 L4797 9.1 ] assurid bye crafte . texcuse thye faute LDev145 Assured by crafte to excuse thiefault AAH06 assured be craft to excuse thy fault LEge20 Assured by craft for to excuse thy fault. STC13860_12 Assured by craft for toexcuse thy faut L4797 9.2 ] but syns it please the to faine a default AAH06 but syns it please thy to fain a default LEge20 But , since it pleaseth thee to fain defaut: STC13860_12 but since it pleseth to find faut L4797 10 ffarwell] ffarewell AAH06 farewell LEge20 L4797 Farewell, STC13860_12 ffarwell I say partyng ffrom the ffyre] OxRawlPoet108_01 say] saie LDev145 saye AAH06 L4797 say, STC13860_12 partyng] parting LDev145 AAH06 LEge20 departing STC13860_12 L4797 ffrom] from LDev145 AAH06 LEge20 STC13860_12 L4797 the] this AAH06 the ffyre] fre L4797 ffyre] fire LDev145 fyre AAH06 fyer LEge20 fire. STC13860_12 11 ffor] for LDev145 LEge20 ffor he that beleves lerynglernyng] For, he, that doth beleue bearyng STC13860_12 he that belevethe bearinge OxRawlPoet108_01 for he that doththat L4797 beleves] beleveth LEge20 beleves lerynglernyng] beleuith bering LDev145 belevith bearing AAH06 lerynglernyng] bering LEge20 hand] hande LDev145 hand: STC13860_12 12 ploues] plowithe LDev145 Plowithe AAH06 Ploweth STC13860_12 Sowethe OxRawlPoet108_01 ploues in the water and] LEge20 ploweth in the L4797 the water] water LDev145 AAH06 the water: STC13860_12 and] & OxRawlPoet108_01 sows] sowith LDev145 AAH06 weth LEge20 soweth STC13860_12 plowethe OxRawlPoet108_01 sows in the sand] so L4797 the sand] sande / LDev145 sand AAH06 the sand. STC13860_12 the sande. OxRawlPoet108_01