# The Devonshire Manuscript/So vnwarely was never no man cawght /

* ←Suche Wayn thowght / as wonted to myslede me / || width="200" align="right" | The knott whych ffyrst my hart dyd strayn /→
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 32r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 31v
f. [31v] f. [32r] 1 # So vnwarely was never no man cawght / 2 with{w+t+} stedefast loke Apon A goodly face / 3 As I of late / for sodenly me thowght / 4 my hart was torne owte of hys place / 5 Thorow myn Iye the strock frome hyrs dyd slyde / 6 dyrectly downe vnto my hert ytt ranne / 7 in helpe wherof the blood therto dyd slyde / 8 And left my place both pale and wann /$^1$ 9 amazed Then was I leke A man{_a}n$^2$ for woo a masyd 10 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]][[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] or leke the byrde that flyeth in to the fyer 11 for whyll that[[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] I on her beaulte gasyd 12 the more I burnt in my dysyre / 13 Anon the blowd stert in my face agayn / 14 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] {w+t+} enflamd with hete / that yt had att my hart / 15 {u'}{w+t+} And browght therwith thorowt in euery vayne 16 a qwakyng hete with{w+t+} plesaunt smert / 17 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]] [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]] Then was I leke the strawe whan that the flame 18 ys drevyn therin by force and rage off wynd 19 I can nott tell Alas what I shall fynd blame / 20 nor what to seke / nor what to fynd 21 But wele I wote the greffe holdes{es} me so sore 22 in hete and cold betwyxt hope and drede 23 that but her helpe to helth doth me restore 24 thys restles lyff A I may nott lede / W$^3$

## Notes & Glosses

1. The phrase is resonant.
 2. The macron may be otiose.
 3. This initial may refer to Sir Thomas Wyatt.

## Commentary

Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt by internal evidence and by R.A. Rebholz, this poem was entered by H4. The poem depicts the popular medieval courtly love trope of a lover struck with the sight of his beloved who finds himself between hope and despair. "So vnwarely was never no man cawght" also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The louer describeth his being taken with sight of his loue.”

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 152-3.
* ↑ Tottel's Miscellany: Songes and Sonettes. Richard Tottel, 1557; rpt. Exeter: Shearsman, 2010. 41-2.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

STC13860_33

#### Collation

1 So vnwarely was] VNwarely so was STC_13860_33 never] neuer STC_13860_33 cawght /] caught, STC_13860_33  2 with] With STC_13860_33 stedefast] stedfast STC_13860_33 Apon] vpon STC_13860_33 A] a STC_13860_33 face /] face: STC_13860_33
3 late /] late: STC_13860_33 sodenly] sodainely STC_13860_33 thowght /] thought, STC_13860_33  4 my] My STC_13860_33 owte] out STC_13860_33 hys place /] his proper place. STC_13860_33  5 myn Iye] mine eye STC_13860_33 strock] stroke STC_13860_33 frome] from STC_13860_33 hyrs] hers STC_13860_33 dyd] did STC_13860_33 slyde /] slide, STC_13860_33
6 dyrectly] Directly STC_13860_33 vnto] into STC_13860_33 hert] hart STC_13860_33 ytt] it STC_13860_33 ranne /] ranne: STC_13860_33  7 in] In STC_13860_33 dyd slyde /] did glide, STC_13860_33  8 place] face STC_13860_33 wann /] wanne. STC_13860_33  9 leke] like STC_13860_33 A] a STC_13860_33 mann] man STC_13860_33 woo a masydamasyd] wo amased: STC_13860_33  10 or] Or STC_13860_33 leke] like STC_13860_33 byrde] fowle STC_13860_33 flyeth] fleeth STC_13860_33 in to] into STC_13860_33 fyer] fire. STC_13860_33  11 for whyll] For while STC_13860_33 on] vpon STC_13860_33 beaulte] beauty STC_13860_33 gasyd] gased: STC_13860_33  12 the] The STC_13860_33 burnt] burnde STC_13860_33 dysyre /] desire. STC_13860_33  13 Anon] Anone STC_13860_33 blowd] bloud STC_13860_33 stert] start STC_13860_33 agayn /] agayne, STC_13860_33  14 enflamd] Inflamde STC_13860_33 hete / that yt had att] heat, that it had at STC_13860_33 hart /] hart. STC_13860_33  15 browght] brought STC_13860_33 thorowt] through out STC_13860_33 vayne] vaine, STC_13860_33  16 a] A STC_13860_33 qwakyng] quakyng STC_13860_33 hete] heat STC_13860_33 plesaunt] pleasant STC_13860_33 smert /] smart. STC_13860_33  17 leke] like STC_13860_33 strawe] straw, STC_13860_33 whan] when STC_13860_33  18 ys drevyn therin] Is driuen therin, STC_13860_33 force] force, STC_13860_33 off wynd] of winde. STC_13860_33  19 nott] not STC_13860_33 tell] tell, STC_13860_33 Alas] alas, STC_13860_33 fynd] STC_13860_33 blame /] blame: STC_13860_33  20 nor] Nor STC_13860_33 seke /] seke, STC_13860_33 fynd] finde. STC_13860_33  21 wele] well STC_13860_33 wote] wot: STC_13860_33 greffe] griefe STC_13860_33 holdes] doth hold STC_13860_33 so sore] sore STC_13860_33  22 in hete] In heat STC_13860_33 cold] cold, STC_13860_33 betwyxt] betwixt STC_13860_33 hope and drede] both hope and dreade: STC_13860_33  23 that] That, STC_13860_33 helth] health STC_13860_33 doth] do STC_13860_33 restore] restore: STC_13860_33  24 thys] This STC_13860_33 restles] restlesse STC_13860_33 lyff A] life STC_13860_33 nott] not STC_13860_33 lede /] lead. STC_13860_33