# The Devonshire Manuscript/At most myscheffe

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 12r
f. [12r] 1 and thys At most myscheffe 2 I suffer greffe 3 ffor off releffe 4 syns I have none 5 my lute & I 6 contynually 7 shall vs apply 8 to syghe & mone 9 Nowght may pre{p'}vayle 10 to wepe or wayle 11 pety dothe fayle 12 in yow Alas 13 mornyng or mone 14 complaynt or none 15 yt ys Alone 16 as in thys case 17 ffor cruelte 18 most that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] can be 19 hathe suffraynte 20 with{w+t+}in yo$^r$ hart 21 Whyche makythe bare 22 all my welffare 23 nowght do ye care 24 How sore I smart 25 No tygres hart 26 ys so per{p+}vart $^1$ 27 with{w+t+}out Desart 28 to wreke hys yre 29 & you me kyll 30 ffor my good wyll 31 lo how I spyll 32 ffor my Desyre 33 Ther ys no love 34 that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] can ye move 35 & I can prove 36 none other way 37 Wherfor I must 38 Refrayn me lust 39 banysshe me trust 40 & welthe Awaye 41 thus in myscheffe 42 I suffer greffe 43 ffor off releffe 44 syns I have none 45 my lute & I 46 contynually 47 shall vs apply 48 to syghe & mone ffynys quod{q+d+} Wyatts

## Notes & Glosses

1. The expansion can also be to "parvart."

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt in the Devonshire Manuscript, this poem was entered by H2. Similar to other courtly poetry found in the Devonshire Manuscript, this poem describes a suffering lover and his cruel mistress.
This poem is one of seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks with “and thys.” Paul Remley has suggested that these annotations relate to another in-text annotation of hers, “lerne but to syng it” (81r), and may indicate a group of texts to be learned for entertaining.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ See Anthony G. Petti, English Literary Hands from Chaucer to Dryden (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977), 24.
* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed., Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems (London: Penguin, 1978), 160.
* ↑ Paul Remley, "Mary Shelton and Her Tudor Literary Milieu," in Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts, ed. Peter C. Herman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994), 40-77.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

DBLa04, LEge03

#### Collation

1 most] moste DBla04 moost LEge03 myscheffe] myschyef DBla04 myschief LEge03 2 suffer] suffre LEge03 greffe] gryeff DBla04 greif LEge03 3 ffor] for DBla04 LEge03 off releffe] of relyef DBla04 of relief LEge03 4 syns] sith DBla04 have] haue DBla04 none] noone DBla04 5 my] My DBla04 LEge03 &] and DBla04 6 contynually] continuelly LEge03 8 syghe] sigh LEge03 wele syth DBla04 &] or and DBla04 mone] mon DBla04 9 Nowght] Nought LEge03 Naught DBla04 may] doth DBla04 prevayle] prevaill LEge03 10 wepe] sighe DBla04 wayle] waill LEge03 11 pety] pitie LEge03 sens pety DBla04 dothe] Doth DBla04 doeth LEge03 fayle] faill LEge03 12 yow] you LEge03 DBla04 Alas] al DBla04 13 mornyng] Mornyng DBla04 Morning LEge03 14 complaynt] complaynte DBla04 complaint LEge03 15 yt] hit DBla04 yt ys Alone] it is all one LEge03 hit ys alone DBla04 16 thys] this DBla04 LEge03 17 cruelte] crueltye DBla04 crueltie LEge03 18 most] moste DBla04 moost LEge03 can] may DBla04 19 hathe] hath DBla04 LEge03 suffraynte] sufferaunte DBla04 soveraynte LEge03 20 yor] youre DBla04 your LEge03 hart] harte DBla04 hert LEge03 21 Whyche] Which LEge03 and DBla04 makythe] maketh LEge03 makith DBla04 22 welffare] welfare DBla04 LEge03 23 nowght] nought LEge03 nowght do ye] naught doo you DBla04 24 How] how DBla04 LEge03 25 No] Noo DBla04 No tygres hart] LEge03 tygres] tygurs DBla04 26 ys so pervart] LEge03 so] soo DBla04 pervart] pervarte DBla04 27 without Desart] LEge03 Desart] desarte DBla04 28 to wreke hys yre] LEge03 hys yre] his Ire DBla04 29 & you] And ye DBla04 & you me kyll] LEge03 30 ffor] for DBla04 ffor my good wyll] LEge03 31 lo] Lov DBla04 lo how I spyll] LEge03 32 ffor] for DBla04 ffor my Desyre] LEge03 Desyre] desyre DBla04 33 Ther] There DBla04 Ther ys no love] LEge03 no] noo DBla04 34 that can ye move] LEge03 ye] you DBla04 35 &] and DBla04 & I can prove] LEge03 can] cann DBla04 36 none] no DBla04 none other way] LEge03 other] nother DBla04 37 Wherfor] Wherfore DBla04 Wherfor I must] LEge03 38 Refrayn me] refrayne my DBla04 Refrayn me lust] LEge03 lust] luste DBla04 39 banysshe] banyshe DBla04 and banyshe DBla04 banysshe me trust] LEge03 me] DBla04 40 & welthe Awaye] frome me alway DBla04 LEge03 41 thus] Thus DBla04 thus in myscheffe] LEge03 myscheffe] myschyef & c / DBla04 42 I suffer greffe] DBla04 LEge03 43 ffor off releffe] DBla04 LEge03 44 syns I have none] DBla04 LEge03 45 my lute & I] DBla04 LEge03 46 contynually] DBla04 LEge03 47 shall vs apply] DBla04 LEge03 48 to syghe & mone] DBla04 LEge03