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 17
Overall Notes
’17 Surrey born (exec. for two[?] nights)
Reference to Philip Mela[n]cthon? penultimate cycle ended with Luther vs. Pope 1518?
’17 – Martin Luther rises to fame, Wittenberg
[Sonnets] 17-18-19-20-21 I think are Sh. talking to E. of his poem celebrating her humanness[?]
Line 2
Fill’d: Philip + Mary ’57
Line 6
Graces: Frances, born to Mary Tudor (mother of Jane Grey)

SONNET 18
Overall Notes
’18 – Cath’s last pregn.
’18 – 2-yr-old Mary to be betrothed to baby son of Fr.
Madeline frail + beautiful 16-yr. old French wife to Sc. King James V died
Arrived May in Sc.[;] was dead by July[.] Her father had feared disaster
About this time Cath. interested in reforming educ. for women. Vives writes tract on equal intell. + training
’18 Treaty of London – union of christian Ess. agst. infidels
James marries Mary of Guise 18 May, 1538
She [Elizabeth] will be “Ever the Same” but only in his poetry
This year marks last pregnancy of Catherine. After that she goes into menopause. By age 41 [illegible] will not bear heir to Henry. Had six children: only Mary lived.]]> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/]]>