Sins you will nedes that I shall sing
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¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 and thys
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1 Sins you will nedes{es}that{{th}+t+} I shall sing
2 take yt in worth siche as I have
3 plentye of plaint mone & mornin{_i}g
4 yn depe dispaire / & delye payne
5 boteles for boote crying to crave
6 to crave yn vayne /
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7 Suche ham{_a}mer{m’}s worke with{w+t+}in my hede{d,}
8 that sounde nought els vnto my eris
9 but faste at borde / & wake abede{d,}
10 suche tune the tem{_e}pre to my song
11 to waile my wrong that{_a} I wan{y+t+}te teris
12 to waile my wrong
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13 Dethe and dispaire afore my face
14 my dayes dekaes1 my grefe doth gro
15 the cause thereof is in this place
16 whan crueltye dothe still con{_o}straine
17 for to reioise tho yt be woo.
18 to here me plaine
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19 A brokin lute vntunid stringes{es}
20 with{w+t+} such a song maye well bere part
21 that nether pleasith him that{{th}+t+} singes{es}
22 nor them that{{th}+t+} here / but her alone
23 that with{w+t+} her herte wold straine my herte
24 to here yt grone /
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25 Yf it greve you to here this same
26 that you do fele but in my voyse
27 considre then what plesaunt game
28 I do sustaine in everye parte
29 to cause me sing or to reioise
30 with{w+t+}in my herte /
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Notes & Glosses
¶ 10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 1. Such a grammatical error is so unusual that it is likely the scribe erred in pluralizing ‘dekaes.’
Commentary
¶ 11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 Attributed to Sir Thomas Wyatt (Rebholz 1978, 153-154), this poem was entered by H8. This poem is also one of the seventeen entries where Margaret Douglas marks “and thys” (see the Commentaryon “At last withdrawe yowre cruellte” (04r-04v)). Although Douglas’ annotation appears above this poem, it may refer to both lyrics on the page.
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