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 11
General Notes:
(11) (a) Prince of Wales [illegible] lives 7 wks
Tho. More was estate of Nalsey[?]
Sir Thomas Egerton is keeper of the gov. seal of Eng.

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Cease: Cecil?
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Seal: of state (authorizes) written records

Sonnet 12
Overall Notes
’12 Naval incident – loss by fire of ships that were fighting – caused Henry to improve gun positions
’52 Somerset executed by Northumberland
’12 Birth of James V?

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Count: (pun) Compton courted/married gentlew. Anne
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Violet past prime: Symbol of faithfulness]]> https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/]]>