# The Devonshire Manuscript/Ineternum I was ons determined

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 72v
f. [72v] 1 {_u}{t'} Ineternum I was $^{ons}$ dederminid 2 for to have louid and my minde affirmid 3 {_o}{w+t+} that with my herte it shuld be coonfirmid 4 Ineternum{_u} 5 forthwith{w+t+} I founde the thing that I might like 6 and sought with{w+t+} loue to warme her hert alyke 7 for as me thought I shulde not se the lyk 8 Ineternum 9 To trase this dannse I put myself in prease 10 vayne hope ded lede and bad I shuld not cease 11 to ser[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{s}8}]]ue / to suffer / & still to hold my peace 12 Ineternum 13 with{w+t+} this furst Rule I fordred me a pase 14 that as me thought my trowghthe had taken plase 15 with{w+t+} full assurans to stond in her grace 16 in eternum 17 It was not long er I by proofe had founde 18 that feble bilding is on feble grounde 19 for in her herte this wo$^r$de ded never sounde 20 Ineternum 21 {_o}{_u} Ineternum then from my herte I keste 22 that I had furst deter{t'}mind for the best 23 nowe in the place anothe$^r$ thought doth rest 24 Ineternum /fs s

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker, who had been determined to love the Lady, eventually realizes the vain hopes he had entertained and finally casts her (or the love of her) out of his heart. The final “Ineternum” might be an indication that the speaker has turned to spiritual thoughts, or it might be an indication of the cycle of love and deception that he will undergo again.
This poem is also one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (on "now all of chaunge" (81r)), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining. Douglas's annotation “and thys” appears between this poem and the one above, and may relate to either poem or both of them.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 146.
* ↑ Paul Remley. "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu." Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. 50.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

LEge17

#### Collation

1 Ineternum I was ons dedterminid] rmed LEge17 2 for to have louid and my minde affirmid] LEge17 3 that with my herte it shuld] uld LEge17 4 Ineternum] LEge17 5 forthwith I founde the thing] LEge17 6 and sought with loue to warme] arme LEge17 7 for as me thought I shulde] LEge17 8 Ineternum] LEge17 9 To trase this dannse I put] LEge17 10 vayne hope ded lede and bad] LEge17 11 to serue / to suffer / & still to hold] old LEge17 12 Ineternum] LEge17 13 with this furst Rule I fordred] d LEge17 14 that as me thought my trowghthe] LEge17 15 with full assurans to stond] d LEge17 16 in eternum] LEge17 17 It was not long er I by proofe] LEge17 18 that feble bilding is on feble grounde] unde LEge17 19 for in her herte this worde ded never] ver LEge17 20 Ineternum] LEge17 21 Ineternum then from my herte I keste] st LEge17 22 that I had furst determind for the best] est LEge17 23 nowe in the place another thought] LEge17 24 Ineternum /] LEge17