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 57
General Notes
Pole chgd. by Pope with heresy
Pope Paul IV – bellicose
Excom. Philip—K. of Sp.
Mar[?] [illegible] Eng. + Fr. by midsummer ’57
Philip came in spring [of 1557], left July (forever)
Mary died in 1558
Line 5
World-without-end hour: =succession question under Mary’s death

SONNET 58
General Notes
’58-Mary (Sc) weds Dauphin
Jan 1558 Francis of Guise captures Calais from English (after 220 yr. occup[ation])]]> https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/]]>