# The Devonshire Manuscript/Suche Wayn thowght / as wonted to myslede me /

* ←It was my choyse yt was no chaunce / || width="200" align="right" | So vnwarely was never no man cawght /→
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 31r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 30-1r
* The Devonshire Manuscript facsimile 30-1v
f. [30.1r] f. [30.1v] f. [31r] 1 Suche Wayn thowght / as wonted to myslede me / 2 in deserte hope / by well assueryd mone / 3 makyth me from company to leyff A lone / 4 in followyng her whome reason byd me fle / 5 She flyeth as fast by gentyll crueltye / 6 And After her myn hart wuld fayne be gone / 7 but Armyd syghys my way doth stopp Anon / 8 twyxt hope and drede / lakyng my lybertye / 9 Yet as I gesse / vnder the skornfull browe / 10 one beme off pytie ys in her clowdy loke / 11 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]][[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]] whych cowmfortyth the mynd that erst for fere shoke / 12 [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+e+}]]{w+t+} And ther with all boldyd / I seke the way howe / 13 {w+t+} [[The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix_I:_Paleographic_Features|{{th}+t+}]] to vtter the smert that I suffyr within / 14 but such y ytt ys / I nott how to begyn / T W$^1$

## Notes & Glosses

1. Presumably, the initials "T W" 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 also appears in Tottel's Miscellany under the title “The waueryng louer wylleth, and dreadeth, to moue his desire” (item 41). Rebholz notes that this sonnet translates and adapts Petrarch's Rime 169. For instance, on line 8 Wyatt adds a personification of liberty imprisoned within the "walls" of love since "the speaker's hope denies him the liberty of breaking off the relationship; [but] his dread denies him the liberty of pursuing the lady more boldly."
H4's use of c forms in this case reveals his or her understanding of sonnet structure. H4 uses similar majuscule forms in "It was my choyse yt was no chance /" (30v).

#### Works Cited

* ↑ R.A. Rebholz, ed. Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems. London: Penguin, 1978. 84.
* ↑ Tottel's Miscellany: Songes and Sonettes. Richard Tottel, 1557; rpt. Exeter: Shearsman, 2010. 42.
* ↑ Rebholz, 353.

## Textual Notes
#### Texts Collated

STC13860_26, LEge34, AAH16

#### Collation

1 Suche Wayn] SVch vain STC_13860_26 Wayn] vayne AAH16 vayn LEge34 thowght /] thought AAH16 LEge34 thought, STC_13860_26 myslede] mislead AAH16 STC_13860_26 me /] me AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 2 in] In STC_13860_26 deserte] desert AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 hope /] hope AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 well] AAH16 assueryd] assured AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 mone /] mone, STC_13860_26 mone AAH16 LEge34 3 makyth] maketh AAH16 LEge34 Makes STC_13860_26 company] Companye AAH16 compayne LEge34 leyff A lone /] lyve alone AAH16 live alone LEge34 liue alone, STC_13860_26 4 in] In STC_13860_26 followyng] following AAH16 folowing LEge34 folowyng STC_13860_26 whome] whom STC_13860_26 byd] bid AAH16 LEge34 bids STC_13860_26 fle /] flee AAH16 fle LEge34 fle. STC_13860_26 5 She flyeth] she fleeith AAH16 She flyeth as fast by gentyll crueltye /] And after her my hart would faine be gone: STC_13860_26 flyeth] fleith LEge34 gentyll] gentill AAH16 LEge34 crueltye /] crueltie AAH16 LEge34 6 And] and AAH16 LEge34 And After her myn hart wuld fayne be gone /] But armed sighes my way do stop anone, STC_13860_26 After] after AAH16 LEge34 myn] my AAH16 hart] hert LEge34 wuld] wolde AAH16 would LEge34 fayne] faine AAH16 fain LEge34 gone /] gone AAH16 LEge34 7 but Armyd syghys my way doth stopp Anon /] Twixt hope and dread lockyng my libertie. STC_13860_26 Armyd syghys] armed sighes AAH16 LEge34 doth] do AAH16 LEge34 stopp] stoppe LEge34 Anon /] anone AAH16 anon LEge34 8 twyxt] twixt AAH16 LEge34 twyxt hope and drede / lakyng my lybertye /] So fleeth she by gentle crueltie. STC_13860_26 and] & LEge34 drede /] dread AAH16 drede LEge34 lakyng] lacking AAH16 LEge34 lybertye /] libertie AAH16 lib libertie LEge34 9 gesse /] gesse AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 the skornfull browe /] disdaynfull brow AAH16 that scornefulldisdaynfull browe LEge34 disdainfull brow STC_13860_26 10 one] One STC_13860_26 beme] beame AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 off] of AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 pytie] pittie AAH16 pitie LEge34 ruth STC_13860_26 ys] is AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 clowdy loke /] Clowdie Looke AAH16 clowdy loke LEge34 11 whych] whiche AAH16 which LEge34 Which STC_13860_26 cowmfortyth] compforteth AAH16 comforteth LEge34 comfortes STC_13860_26 mynd] mynde LEge34 mind, STC_13860_26 erst] earst AAH16 fere] feare AAH16 fear STC_13860_26 shoke /] shooke AAH16 shoke. STC_13860_26 12 And] and AAH16 And ther withall boldyd / I seke] That bolded straight STC_13860_26 ther withall] thearwithall AAH16 therewithall LEge34 boldyd /] bolded AAH16 LEge34 seke] seeke AAH16 howe /] how AAH16 LEge34 then seke I how STC_13860_26 13 to] To STC_13860_26 vtter] vtter forth STC_13860_26 smert] smartt AAH16 smart STC_13860_26 that] STC_13860_26 suffyr] suffer AAH16 suffre LEge34 bide STC_13860_26 within /] within AAH16 LEge34 within: STC_13860_26 14 but] But STC_13860_26 such] suche AAH16 LEge34 y ytt ys /] it is AAH16 LEge34 it is, STC_13860_26 nott] not AAH16 LEge34 STC_13860_26 begyn /] begyn AAH16 LEge34 begyn. STC_13860_26