# The Devonshire Manuscript/Sins ye delight to kno

* ←The fruite of all the seruise that I serue || width="200" align="right" | Venus thorns that are so sharp and kene→
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 72v
f. [72v] and thys 1 Sins ye delight to kno 2 that my to$^r$ment and woo 3 shulde sill encrese still 4 with{w+t+}out relesse 5 I shall enforce me so 6 that lyf and all shall goo 7 for to contente yo$^r$ cruellnes 8 And so this grevous traine 9 that I so long sustayne 10 shall some tyme cease 11 and have redresse 12 and you also remaine 13 full pleased with{w+t+} my paine 14 for to con{_o}tent yo$^r$ cruelnes 15 Onles that be to light 16 and that ye wolde ye might 17 see the Distresse 18 and hevinesse 19 of on{_o}n I slayne owtright 20 there with{w+t+} to plese yo$^r$ sight 21 and to contente &c 22 then in yo$^r$ cruell mode 23 wold god forthewith{w+t+} ye wode$^1$ 24 with{w+t+} force expresse 25 my hert oppresse 26 to do yo$^r$ herte suche good 27 to se bathe in blode 28 for to contente c 29 then coulde ye aske nomore 30 then sholde ye ease my sore 31 and the excesse 32 of my excesse 33 and you shulde euer{u'}more 34 deffamid be therefore 35 for for to repen{_e}t yo$^r$ cruellnes fs

## Notes & Glosses

1. Note the graphic rhyme of mode / wode (unlike the spelling of wold earlier in line).

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt, this poem was entered by H8. The speaker in this poem laments the Lady's cruelty and her delight in his woe and pain. This poem is 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 phrase “and thys” may also relate to this poem, the adjacent one (“Venus thorns that are so sharp and kene”), or both since the annotation is found in the middle of the top margin.
H8 marks the first three stanzas with an initial capital letter.

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 164-65.
* ↑ 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

LEge35

#### Collation

1 Sins] Syns LEge35 delight] delite LEge35 kno] knowe LEge35 2 and] & LEge35 3 shulde sillstill] should still LEge35 4 without] withoute LEge35 relesse] relese LEge35 6 lyf and] liff & LEge35 7 contente] content LEge35 yor] your LEge35 cruellnes] cruelnes LEge35 8 traine] trayne LEge35 9 so] to LEge35 sustayne] sustayn LEge35 10 some tyme] sometyme LEge35 cease] cese LEge35 12 remaine] remain LEge35 13 paine] pain LEge35 14 yor] your LEge35 16 wolde] would LEge35 might] myght LEge35 17 see] se LEge35 Distresse] distresse LEge35 18 hevinesse] hevines LEge35 19 onn I stayne] oon slain LEge35 owtright] owte right LEge35 20 there with] therewith LEge35 plese] please LEge35 yor] your LEge35 21 contente] content LEge35 & c] your cruelnes LEge35 22 then] Then LEge35 yor] your LEge35 23 wold] would LEge35 forthewith] fourthwith LEge35 wode] woode LEge35 26 yor] your LEge35 herte] hert LEge35 good] goode LEge35 27 bathe] me bathe LEge35 28 contente] content LEge35 c] your cruelnes LEge35 29 then] Then LEge35 coulde] cowld LEge35 nomore] no more LEge35 30 sholde] should LEge35 32 my] myn LEge35 33 shulde] should LEge35 euermore] evermore LEge35 34 deffamid] defamed LEge35 35 for] LEge35 yor] your LEge35 cruellnes] cruelnes / LEge35