德文郡手稿/What dethe is worsse then this
| ←comforte thy self my wofull herte | I am not ded altho I had a falle→ |
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1 What dethe is worsse then this
2 when my delight
3 my wordelye worldly Ioye and blise /
4 is from{_o} my sight
5 both daye and night
6 my lif alas I mis
7 wfor tho I seme alyve
8 my herte is hens
9 thus booteles for to striue
10 out of presens
11 of my defens
12 towardes{es} my dethe I dryve
13 harteles alas what man
14 maye long endure
15 alas how lyve I than
16 sins no recure
17 maye me assure
18 my lif I maye well banne
19 Thus doth my tormen{_e}t gro.
20 yn dedelye drede
21 alas who might lyve so.
22 alyve as ded
23 alif to leade
24 a dedelye liff in woo
fs /
这首诗被认为是托马斯·怀亚特爵士的作品，[1]由H8抄录。 H4在 39v 上抄录了这首诗的另一个版本，"What deth ys worse then thys /"。这首诗的说话者哀叹自己比活着更像死了，因为他的爱人不在他眼前。说话者通过将“harteles”的字面意思和比喻意义结合起来，将自己描绘成既活着又死去。
H8使用大写字母来开始每节，并且在节与节之间不留空格。他/她还将第 2、3 和 4 节的第一行稍微向左偏移。
1 dethe] deth LDev057 LEge45 is] ys LDev057 worsse] worse LDev057 LEge45 this] thys / LDev057
2 delight] delyght // LDev057
3 wordelyeworldly] wordly LDev057 wordlywele my LEge45 Ioye] Ioy LDev057 and] my LDev057 & my LEge45 blise /] blysse / LDev057 blys LEge45
4 is] ys LDev057 sight] syght / LDev057
5 both] boeth LEge45 daye] day LDev057 and] & LEge45 night] nyght / LDev057 nyght LEge45
6 lif] lyff LDev057 liff LEge45 mis] mys / LDev057 mys LEge45
7 for] For LDev057 ffor LEge45 tho] though LEge45 alyve] A lyve / LDev057
8 herte] hert LDev057 LEge45 is] ys LDev057 hens] hens / LDev057
9 booteles] botles LDev057 LEge45 striue] stryve / LDev057 stryve LEge45
10 out] owt LDev057 oute LEge45 of presens] off presens / LDev057
11 of] off LDev057 defens] defens / LDev057
12 towardes] toward LDev057 towerd LEge45 dethe] deth LDev057 LEge45 dryve] dryve / LDev057
13 harteles] Hertles LDev057 LEge45 alas] Alas LDev057 man] man / LDev057
14 maye] may LDev057 LEge45 long] longe LDev057 endure] endure / LDev057
15 alas] Alas LDev057 LEge45 than] than / LDev057 then LEge45
16 sins] syns LDev057 LEge45 recure] recure / LDev057
17 maye] may LDev057 LEge45 assure] Assure / LDev057
18 lif] lyff LDev057 liff LEge45 maye] may LDev057 LEge45 well] wele LDev057 banne] ban / LDev057 ban LEge45
19 Thus] Thys LDev057 doth] doeth LEge45 gro.] groo LDev057
20 yn dedelye] in dedly LDev057 LEge45 drede] dreede LDev057 dred LEge45
21 alas] Alas LDev057 might] myght LDev057 LEge45 so.] so / LDev057
22 alyve] Alyve LDev057 as] As LDev057 ded] deed LDev057 LEge45
23 alif] A lyffe LDev057 alyve LEge45 leade] leed LDev057 lede LEge45
24 a] A LDev057 dedelye] deedly LDev057 dedly LEge45 liff] lyffe LDev057 lyff LEge45 woo] woo / LDev057