德文郡手稿/ lament my losse my labor and my payne

←Payne of all payne the most grevos paine

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德文郡手稿摹本 76v

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1    lament my losse my labo^r and my payne
2    all ye that here mye wofull playnte and crye
3    yf ever man might ons yo^r herte constrayne
4    to pytie wordes{es} of right yt shulde bee I
5    that sins . the tyme that youthe yn me ded rayne
6    my ples^aunte yeris to bondage ded aplye
7    wiche as yt was I po^rpose to declare
8    wherebye my frindes{es} hereafter maye be ware

9    And if per{p+}chaunce some radrs list to muse
10    what menith me so playnlye for to wright
11    my good entente the fawte of yt shall skuse
12    wiche meane nothing but trulye tendyght to endite 
13    the crafte and care the greef and long abuse
14    of lovors lawe and eke her puisss^auntemight
15    wⁱche though that men oft tymes bye paynis doth kno.
16    lyttle thye wot wiche wayes the gylis doth growe

17    yet well ye kno yt will renwe my smar{m'}te
18    thus to reherse the paynes that I have past
19    my hand dothe shake my pen skant dothe his parte
20    my boddye quakes{es} my wyttis begynne to waste
21    twixt heate and colde in fere I fele my herte
22    {_i}{_a} pay panting for paine and thus as all agaste
23    I do remayne wo skant wotting what I wryd
24    perdon me then Rudelye tho I indyte

25    And patientelye o Rerdre I the praye
26    take in good parte this wo^rke as yt ys men{_e}te
27    {{th}+t+}{w+t+} and greve the not with aught that I shall saye
28    sins with{w+t+} good will this boke a brode ys sente
29    to tell men I howe in youthe I ded assaye
30    what love ded mene and nowe I yt repente
31    that moving me my frindes{es} might well be ware
32    {_o}{_e} and kepe them fre from all suche payne and care /

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評論

這首詩被認為是 托馬斯·懷亞特爵士 的作品， 由 H8 錄入。詩歌中，說話者警告朋友，戀人的“法則”會導致悲傷和虐待。一些學者認為懷亞特根據 彼特拉克 的《詩歌集》第一卷創作了這首詩，但雷布霍茲指出，這首詩與彼特拉克的詩歌並沒有足夠的相似之處，不能算作直接翻譯或模仿；雷布霍茲認為，這首詩可能屬於懷亞特打算寄往海外的一組詩歌，這首詩“在中世紀的告別書籍傳統中既是序言，也是結語”。