德文郡手稿/howe shulde I

←what shulde I saye

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德文郡手稿摹本 77r

德文郡手稿摹本 77v

f. [77r]

1    howe shulde I
2    be so plesunte
3    in mye sembl^aunt
4    as my fellowes bee

5    not long agoo
6    it chaunsed soo
7    as I ded walke alone
8    I harde aman
9    that nowe and than{_a}n
10    himsilf ded thus bemone

11    Alas he saide
12    I am betraide
13    and vttrelye ondone
14    whoom{_o} I dede trust
15    and think so iuste
16    {_a}{_o} another mann hath wonne

17    mye ser{{s}8}vise due
18    and herte so true
19    on her I ded bestowe
20    I never ment
21    for to repente
22    yn welthe nor yet in woo.

23    The westo^rne winde
24    hathe turnid his minde
25    and blowen it clene awaye
26    therebye my helthe my mirthe / welthe
27    my h mirthe & helthe
28    are dryvon to grete dekaye

29    ffortune ded smyle
30    a right sho^rte while
31    and never saide me naye
32    with{w+t+} ples^aunte plais
33    and Ioyfull dayes
34    my tyme to passe awaye /

35    Alas ahlas
36    the tyme so was
37    so never shall it be
38    sins she is gone
39    and I alone []
40    armeles as ye maye see/

f. [77v] 

41    Where is the othe
42    where is the trothe
43    that she to me ded gyve
44    such fayned wo^rdes{es}
45    with silie boordes{es}
46    lett no t wise man{_a}n beleve

47    ffor even as I
48    thus wofullye
49    vnto my silf ¹com{_o}plaine
50    yf ye then truste
51    nedes{es} lerne ye muste
52    to sing my song in vayne /
53    how shulde I &c /

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注释和解释

     1. "silf" 这个词表明抄写员在书写 e 和 i 时非常相似。

评论

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