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Collected poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt

Edited by Kenneth Muir and Patricia Thomson
Wyatt, Thomas (1503?-1542)
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I Poems from the Egerton Manuscript
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II Satires
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III Penitential Psalms
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IV Poems from the Blage Manuscript
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V Poems from the Devonshire Manuscript
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VI Poems from the Arundel Manuscript
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VII Poems from Minor Manuscripts
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VIII Poems from Tottel's Songes and Sonettes
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IX Poems from The Court of Venus and A Boke of Balettes

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[By belstred wordes I am borne in hand]

By belstred wordes I am borne in hand,
As whoo saith, byddyn I shuld obbey.
Ye may thret twys, er ons ye maye
Prevayle by poure to vnderband,
That I shuld yeld and nat withstand.
Youre wordes doo well, your wittes bewraye
Wenyng to bere so great a Swaye,
To wene my will when ye commaunde.
The ffre ye fforse by ffere,
To seke obedyens of the thrall.
Youre thretnyng wordes of poer but small
Ys wasted wynd to vse them here;
For lyke aquytaunce of lyke scathe
Ys my noo force of your no faith.
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