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15 | <Metadata name="Title">Primary Sources: King Henry VIII has a jousting accident, 1524</Metadata>
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36 | <p align="center">&nbsp;<br>
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37 | <p align="center">
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38 | <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/abpoems.gif" alt="Primary Sources: Sir Thomas Wyatt's poetry inspired by Anne Boleyn" width="377" height="100"><p align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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46 | <td valign="top" width="48%" bgcolor="#FFFFE8"><p align="left">
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47 |
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48 | <font size="2">Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote these two famous poems inspired
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49 | by Henry VIII's tragic second queen.</font><p align="left">
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50 |
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51 | <img SRC="_httpdocimg_/anne1.jpg" ALT="portrait of Anne Boleyn" height=194 width=150 align="left"><font size="2">Wyatt was born in 1503 at Allington Castle, Kent.&nbsp; He was the
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52 | son of Henry Wyatt and Anne Skinner, and was educated at St John's College,
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53 | part of Cambridge University.&nbsp; He entered the diplomatic service of
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54 | Henry VIII around 1526, just as the king's rumored passion for Anne Boleyn
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55 | began to attract notice.&nbsp; Wyatt himself was infatuated with Anne Boleyn,
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56 | but found his desires thwarted by the king.</font><p align="left">
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57 | <font size="2">It has often been rumored that Anne was Wyatt's mistress before Henry
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58 | VIII fell in love with her, but there is little evidence to support an
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59 | actual physical relationship.&nbsp; Both she and Wyatt were witty and flirtatious.&nbsp;
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60 | They enjoyed each other's company, and there is no doubt Wyatt wished for
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61 | more personal favors - but he was rebuffed, and for the simple reason that
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62 | Anne had more glittering prospects (namely, the king of England himself.)&nbsp;
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63 | Hence the bitter tone of the Petrarchan sonnet opposite.&nbsp; It is an intriguing
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64 | portrait of Anne and specifically mentions her attachment to the king.</font><p align="left">
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65 | <font size="2">Incidentally, Wyatt was sent on a diplomatic mission to Italy in 1527.&nbsp;
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66 | It was perhaps an attempt by Henry VIII to rid the court of a potential
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67 | rival.&nbsp; Wyatt's association with Anne haunted him again in 1536 when
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68 | he was imprisoned for having carnal knowledge of the queen.&nbsp; Anne
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69 | was executed but Wyatt was freed.&nbsp; He served as English
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70 | ambassador to Spain for two years (1537-39) but suffered imprisonment again
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71 | in 1541 when Thomas Cromwell fell from power and the Norfolk faction briefly
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72 | gained ascendancy over the king.&nbsp; Once again, Wyatt did not remain
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73 | imprisoned long, but he died on 11 October 1542 of unknown causes.&nbsp;
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74 | He had long since deserted his wife, Elizabeth Brooke, and was living with
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75 | his mistress, Elizabeth Darrell, and their only child Francis.</font><p align="left">
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76 | <font size="2">As for his poetry, Wyatt's work was circulated in manuscript during
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77 | his lifetime and often highly praised. </font><p align="left">
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78 |
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79 | <font size=-1>The first poem was perhaps based upon Petrarch's sonnet #190.</font>&nbsp;
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80 | <font size=-1>The Latin phrase 'Noli me tangere' is taken from the
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81 | Vulgate; it is translated as 'Touch me not'.</font>&nbsp;
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82 | <font size=-1>The poem is believed to be a direct comment upon Henry VIII's infatuation
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83 | for Anne, her character, and her newfound importance at the English
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84 | court.</font>
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85 | <p>
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86 | <font size=-1>In the second poem, 'The thing ye seek for' is, of course, sex.&nbsp; This
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87 | work, though undated, was probably written after
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88 | Anne and Henry were wed in 1533.&nbsp; Perhaps Wyatt had been rebuffed
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89 | by Anne once again; the poem is certainly churlish enough.</font></td>
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90 | <td width="4%"></td>
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91 | <td valign="top" width="48%">
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92 |
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93 | <p align="center"><b>'Whoso List to Hunt, I Know Where Is An Hind'</b><blockquote>
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94 | <p>Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
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95 | <br>But as for me, hélas, I may no more.
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96 | <br>The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
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97 | <br>I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
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98 | <br>Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
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99 | <br>Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
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100 | <br>Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
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101 | <br>Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
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102 | <br>Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
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103 | <br>As well as I may spend his time in vain.
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104 | <br>And graven with diamonds in letters plain
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105 | <br>There is written, her fair neck round about:
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106 | <br><i>Noli me tangere</i>, for Caesar's I am,
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107 | <br>And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.</p>
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108 |
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109 | </blockquote>
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110 | <p>
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111 | <hr WIDTH="100%">
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112 | <p align="center"><b>'Ye Olde Mule'</b><blockquote>
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113 |
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114 | <p>Ye old mule that think yourself so fair,
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115 | <br>Leave off with craft your beauty to repair,
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116 | <br>For it is true, without any fable,
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117 | <br>No man setteth more by riding in your saddle.
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118 | <br>Too much travail so do your train appair.
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119 | <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ye old mule
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120 | <br>With false savour though you deceive th'air,
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121 | <br>Whoso taste you shall well perceive your lair
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122 | <br>Savoureth somewhat of a Kappurs stable.
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123 | <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ye old mule
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124 | <br>Ye must now serve to market and to fair,
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125 | <br>All for the burden, for panniers a pair.
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126 | <br>For since gray hairs been powdered in your sable,
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127 | <br>The thing ye seek for, you must yourself enable
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128 | <br>To purchase it by payment and by prayer,
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129 | <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ye old mule.</p>
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130 | </blockquote>
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131 | <p>&nbsp;</p>
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132 | <p align="center">
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133 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=1&amp;href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fmonarchs%2fboleyn.html">
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134 | <font size="2">to the Anne
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135 | Boleyn website</font></a></p>
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136 | <p align="center"><a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=1&amp;href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fprimary.html">
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137 | <font size="2">to Primary Sources</font></a></td>
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