Sins you will nedes that I shall sing

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July 19, 2013

¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 73v

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¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 and thys

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 1    Sins you will nedes{es}that{{th}+t+} I shall sing
2    take yt in wo^rth siche as I have
3    plentye of plaint mone & mo^rnin{_i}g
4    yn depe dispaire / & delye payne
5    boteles for boote crying to crave
6    to crave yn vayne /

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 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

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 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

¶ 7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 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 /

¶ 8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 25    Yf it greve you to here this same
26    that you do fele but in my voyse
27    considre then what ples^aunt 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.