Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 113 and 114
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Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 113 and 114
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 113
1613(!)--festivities of marriage of Princess Eliz. included fireworks: some were hunting hounds pursuing a hart–Also a great sea battle was staged–Christians against Turks, with “divers… maymed and hurt” and “one lost both his eyes.” The next stanza 114–includes “Palate” as if referring to the groom[?]--from the Palestine[?]
Line 5
Form: foreign
Heart: Cath. Parr?
Line 10
Deformed’st: Poem by E. on deformed
SONNET 114
In 1614 the poisoning of Lord Overbury takes place
Bibl. Echo in “doth prepare the cup[”] (Last Supper?)
Is this period of writing against Jesuit and Catholicism at James’ order?
About ’35–Mary fearful of poison. Her ill-suspicions possibly center of plot–[illegible] marry Pole–[illegible] war. Anne’s alchemy feared–
In 1614 Overbury was poisoned by Lady Essex + Somerset–D. used as lawyer
SONNET 113
1613(!)--festivities of marriage of Princess Eliz. included fireworks: some were hunting hounds pursuing a hart–Also a great sea battle was staged–Christians against Turks, with “divers… maymed and hurt” and “one lost both his eyes.” The next stanza 114–includes “Palate” as if referring to the groom[?]--from the Palestine[?]
Line 5
Form: foreign
Heart: Cath. Parr?
Line 10
Deformed’st: Poem by E. on deformed
SONNET 114
In 1614 the poisoning of Lord Overbury takes place
Bibl. Echo in “doth prepare the cup[”] (Last Supper?)
Is this period of writing against Jesuit and Catholicism at James’ order?
About ’35–Mary fearful of poison. Her ill-suspicions possibly center of plot–[illegible] marry Pole–[illegible] war. Anne’s alchemy feared–
In 1614 Overbury was poisoned by Lady Essex + Somerset–D. used as lawyer
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_113_114
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 113 and 114,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed September 5, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9635.