Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 93 and 94
Item Metadata
Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 93 and 94
Date Created
1968
Subject
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism
Description
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 93
’93 Bacon opposes tax in Parl
93 Peter Wentworth in Tower for demanding succ. quest[ion] be settled. Died 4 yrs later there
1593—Henry Chettles’ Kind Hearts’ Dream (comp laments Dec 1592)
Act compels ch[urch] attendance—forbids unauthorized relig. mtgs.
Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie—Ral.—manus[cript] traced to 1593; Printed 1608
Bacon opposes subsidy (as MP) + offends E.
Tho. Watson; Tears of Fancy or Love Disdained 1593
St[?] uses cf. to Eve as wife of Eng
Line 5
Thine eye: Marlowe’s wound
Line 8
Wrinkled: wrinkled E?
Line 10
Dwell: Lodge?
SONNET 94
’94—Before spring South. mr. to Eliz. Vernon cousin of Essex
1594—Lopez execution may have been result of his having [illegible] on storm[?] that Essex has syphilis
’94 = Marlowe’s Jew of Malta
No trace of Kyd after 1594
In 1597—Cecil gets Duchy of Lanc. + Ld. Adon. Ch. How. of Effingham = Earl of Nottingham + Lord Steward of the Parl. (precedence over Essex)
’94 Rape of Lucrece
Edw III + 1594
Line 6
Expense: Lopez?
SONNET 93
’93 Bacon opposes tax in Parl
93 Peter Wentworth in Tower for demanding succ. quest[ion] be settled. Died 4 yrs later there
1593—Henry Chettles’ Kind Hearts’ Dream (comp laments Dec 1592)
Act compels ch[urch] attendance—forbids unauthorized relig. mtgs.
Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie—Ral.—manus[cript] traced to 1593; Printed 1608
Bacon opposes subsidy (as MP) + offends E.
Tho. Watson; Tears of Fancy or Love Disdained 1593
St[?] uses cf. to Eve as wife of Eng
Line 5
Thine eye: Marlowe’s wound
Line 8
Wrinkled: wrinkled E?
Line 10
Dwell: Lodge?
SONNET 94
’94—Before spring South. mr. to Eliz. Vernon cousin of Essex
1594—Lopez execution may have been result of his having [illegible] on storm[?] that Essex has syphilis
’94 = Marlowe’s Jew of Malta
No trace of Kyd after 1594
In 1597—Cecil gets Duchy of Lanc. + Ld. Adon. Ch. How. of Effingham = Earl of Nottingham + Lord Steward of the Parl. (precedence over Essex)
’94 Rape of Lucrece
Edw III + 1594
Line 6
Expense: Lopez?
Type
Text
Creator
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William
Language
ENG, LAT
Is Part Of
Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets_93_94
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 93 and 94,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed September 5, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9625.