德文郡手稿/In faythe methynkes yt ys no Ryght
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f. [21v]
1 3 In faythe methynkes{es} yt ys no Ryght
2 to hate me thus ffor lovyng ye
3 so fayre a face so full off spyght
4 who wold have thowght suche crueltye
5 But syns there ys no Remedye
6 that by no meanes{es} ye can me love
7 I shall you leve & other prove
8 Ffor yff I have for my good wyll
9 no reward eles{es} but cruelltye
10 in faythe thereoff I can no skyll
11 sythe that{{th}+t+} I lovyd ye honestlye
12 But take hede I wyll tyll I dye
13 or that I love so well Aogayn
14 Syns women vse so muche to fayn
f. [22r]
15 And sure I thynke yt ys best way
16 to love for love Alyke Agayn
17 & not to make ernest off play
18 as I to love & she to ffayn
19 ffor syns fansy so muche dothe rayn
20 the suryst way nedes{es} take I must
21 as fyrst to preve and after trust1
22 By trustyng I was Dysceavyd
23 for when I thowght myself most sure
24 another had me Begylyd
25 & shortly made her to hys lure
26 but now that{{th}+t+} she ys past Recure
27 & thus fro me hathe tane her flyght
28 Best let her go & take hytt lyght
29 Shuld I take thowght when she ys glad
30 or shuld I wake when she dothe slepe
31 yet may I say that ons I had
32 & nother sobbe nor syghe nor wepe
33 nor for her love on knee to crepe
34 ffor surely thys ryght well I wott
35 happyest ys he that hathe her nott
ffynys quod{q+d+}A. I.s
1. 这一短语引起共鸣；例如，参见“ys yt possyble”（14r）。
文本中对“A.I”的归属可能指的是安东尼·李（他常被称为伊德尔多姆伯爵）。H2，这首诗的抄写员，在他之前的条目中保持了对这首诗的呈现方式的一致性；具体来说，他在正页和反页上保持了诗节的等间距和组织。这首诗的说话者哀叹他为这位女士服务所得到的残酷对待。