# The Devonshire Manuscript/I finde no peace and all my warre is donne

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* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 82r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 82v
f. [82r] 1 I finde no peace and all my warre is don{_o}ne 2 I fere and hope / I bourne and freis lyke yse / 3 I flye aboute the heavin yet can I not aryse / 4 and nought I have and all the worlde I leson 5 That loosithe and ^$^{nor.}$ lockithe holdithe me in pri{p`}son 6 and holdithe me not / yet can I scape no wise 7 nor lettithe me lyve nor die at my devise 8 and yet of dethe it gyvethe me occassiyon occasion
f. [82v]  9 with{w+t+}out yes$^1$ I see / and with{w+t+} out tong I playne 10 I desire to perishe / and yet I aske helthe 11 I love another and thus I hate my silf 12 I fede me in sorrowe and lawghe in all my paine 13 lyke wyse displesithe me bothe dethe and lyf 14 and my delight is causer of this strif / fs

## Notes & Glosses

1. The scribe means "eyes."

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8 and is a translation of Petrarch’s Rime 134. The speaker lives in uncertainty -- a space between fear and hope, life and death. Wyatt and Petrarch both explore the theme of contraries in love in their poetry (love and hate, sorrow and laughter, and delight and strife). The poem also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “Description of the contrarious passions in a louer” (item 49).
H8 frequently overlines a word in this section, but his or her overlining leaves the significance of the words indeterminate.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 80.
* ↑ Tottel's Miscellany: Songes and Sonettes. Richard Tottel, 1557; rpt. Exeter: Shearsman, 2010. 46.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

STC13860_10, LEge15, L36529_03

#### Collation

1 finde] fynde LEge15 Find STC_13860_10 peace] peace, STC_13860_10 warre] war L36529_03 warr LEge15 donne] done LEge15 done: STC_13860_10 2 fere] feare L36529_03 feare, STC_13860_10 and hope / I bourne and] & hope I burn & LEge15 hope /] hope L36529_03 hope: STC_13860_10 bourne] burne, STC_13860_10 bourne and] burn an L36529_03 freis] frese L36529_03 STC_13860_10 freise LEge15 lyke] like L36529_03 LEge15 STC_13860_10 yse /] yse L36529_03 LEge15 yse: STC_13860_10 3 flye] fley LEge15 aboute] above L36529_03 LEge15 aloft, STC_13860_10 the heavin] STC_13860_10 heavin] wind L36529_03 wynde LEge15 I] L36529_03 aryse /] ryse L36529_03 arrise LEge15 arise: STC_13860_10 4 and] And STC_13860_10 nought] nowght L36529_03 noght LEge15 have] haue L36529_03 haue, STC_13860_10 and] yet L36529_03 & LEge15 worlde] world L36529_03 worold LEge15 leson] season L36529_03 seson LEge15 season. STC_13860_10 5 That] that L36529_03 loosithe] loose the / L36529_03 loseth LEge15 lockes STC_13860_10 andnor.] nor L36529_03 LEge15 STC_13860_10 lockithe] locketh L36529_03 LEge15 loseth, STC_13860_10 holdithe] holdes L36529_03 holdeth LEge15 STC_13860_10 prison] pryson, STC_13860_10 6 and holdithe] And holdes STC_13860_10 holdithe] holde L36529_03 holdeth LEge15 not /] not L36529_03 LEge15 not, STC_13860_10 scape] escape L36529_03 wise] wise: STC_13860_10 7 nor lettithe] Nor lettes STC_13860_10 lettithe] letes L36529_03 letteth LEge15 lyve] live L36529_03 lyue, STC_13860_10 die] dye L36529_03 LEge15 dye, STC_13860_10 devise] device L36529_03 deuise, STC_13860_10 8 and] And STC_13860_10 dethe] death L36529_03 STC_13860_10 deth LEge15 gyvethe] gevethe L36529_03 gyveth LEge15 geueth STC_13860_10 me] none L36529_03 occassiyon occasion] occasion L36529_03 LEge15 occasion. STC_13860_10 9 without] Withoute LEge15 Without STC_13860_10 yes] eye L36529_03 STC_13860_10 Iyen LEge15 see /] see L36529_03 se LEge15 se, STC_13860_10 and] & LEge15 STC_13860_10 without] withoute LEge15 playne] playn L36529_03 plain LEge15 playne: STC_13860_10 10 desire] wish STC_13860_10 perishe /] perishe L36529_03 perisshe LEge15 perysh, STC_13860_10 and] STC_13860_10 I aske helthe] aske I helth L36529_03 helthe] for helth: STC_13860_10 11 love] loue STC_13860_10 another] an othre LEge15 another, STC_13860_10 thus] yet L36529_03 hate] have L36529_03 silf] self L36529_03 LEge15 selfe. STC_13860_10 12 fede] feed L36529_03 me] L36529_03 sorrowe] sorow L36529_03 sorrowe and lawghe] sorow, and laugh STC_13860_10 and lawghe] & laught LEge15 lawghe] lawgh L36529_03 paine] pain LEge15 payne. STC_13860_10 13 lyke wyse] likewise L36529_03 LEge15 Lo, thus STC_13860_10 displesithe] pleaseth L36529_03 displeaseth LEge15 STC_13860_10 bothe] boeth LEge15 both STC_13860_10 dethe] death L36529_03 STC_13860_10 dethe and lyf] lyff & deth LEge15 lyf] lyfe L36529_03 life. STC_13860_10 14 and] And STC_13860_10 delight] delite LEge15 this strif /] my gryef L36529_03 strif /] strife. STC_13860_10 strif /] stryff LEge15