The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in January of 2024.

SONNET 1
Overall notes
Sid – Arcadia [illegible] has 17 sonnets (9 are Eng. Form)
Henry VII on throne –
Marriage Arthur + Cath. Of Aragon
Tudor symbol A Rose – maybe Raleigh?
1501 – Arthur, Prince of Wales, marries Cath. of Aragon – Nov. (See line 3)
1600 – Bruns burned [illegible] Rome
Henry Tudor was Earl of Richm.
Eyes here can be her attach. to Leic., preventing royal marriage
What if Fair = Fr = Francis?
Spring may mean Spain
Theme of whole: Categories
Is she to be the matron’s “tender” in marriage trade?
Line 1
Increase: Marriage—family but not love “desired”
Line 3
Decease: Cecil?
Line 4
Bear: May be marriage with Leicester
Line 10
Spring: Spain?
Line 11
Buriest: Bear = leicester [sic] symbol
Line 12
Waste in niggarding: denigrate[;] negromantike?[?]

SONNET 2
Overall Notes
Fair is part of title of [illegible] Baron Ferrers
Death of Arthur; Henry becomes successor
Mary Stuart born in 42
Jane suggests council speakers in this group but I’m inclined to think (perhaps) – over period of years – advice urying [sic] (quote Ransom)
Arthur’s death possibly from corruption
’99 – Sir [illegible] probable host to [illegible] – More + he [illegible] – Henry, age 9 – encountered by them, (N born in ’91—
Duke of York = Henry
Mary Tudor m. to James IV of Scotl. He much older than she (she is 15) ([illegible] of James I, Engl)
Maybe “best” is Bess
’02 Catherine’s tutor + confessor sent back home (Alessandra Gualdina[?])
1601 1561 40 winters (from time of Bacon’s birth)
Could I’s be J’s for James = House of St.?
Line 1
Forty winters: prophecy: Scotland – winters
Line 4
Weed: widow’s (Cath)
Line 7
Eyes: Leic?
Line 13
When thou art old: She’d be 65 after 40 years on throne
Art: Stuart? 15 + 25 Catherine Howard will see her blood]]> https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/]]>