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 67
General Notes
Fed. ’67—Murder of Darnley (he had smallpox Jan.)
Apr.—Bothwell kidnaps May
’67-Alva prosec. Prob[ably] in Netherlands
Could be metaphor from St. to Essex
Apr. 24—abduction of May—marriage Mary[May?] (Both[well])
July 67 James VI crowned
Mary (’68) abdicates, comes to Engl.
Disillusionment but aware of heroism (former times)
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Wherefore: Hereford

SONNET 68
General Notes
1568—Philip II executes his son
68 = Catherine Grey dies in childbirth
’68 Mary escapes from Loch Leven; goes to Engl[;] Soon imprisoned in Carlisle
E. sent pkg of rags to Mary who had asked for suitable ornaments at (Eng castle – Carlyle)
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Gay: Fotherin Gay? (Mary’s wig—execution? Place of—Confined—when?)
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True: Truth = Loyalty[;] unadorned by false (cosmetics, painting)]]>

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