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 81
Overall Notes
’81—Act of Parl. made Cath. affiliation
June ’81 Capt. Campion was wracked after refusal to abjure Pope
’81—Jesuit—Campion—tortured + executed[;] wracked, revealed “no things of secret[.]” Exec. Dec. with 2 others at Tyborn[.] Campion wished Q. “a long quiet reign with all prosperity.”
’81—Exec of Morton—Sc. regent for James
‘—Duke—Knighted[.] Circumnavigation of globe? E. ordered Golden Hind into [illegible] to be in “perpetual memory” in Deptford[?]
May ’81—Alencon tries to come to Eng, but prev. by storm at sea. Oct.—arrives. Nov.—marr. promise
’81—Alencon again in Eng
’82—Departs unmarried!
’81 Penelope comes to court—betr[othed to] Rich[ard]
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Rotten: Lords of Ruthven seize James

SONNET 82
I believe Essex was suitor for Eliz.
Wm. Wentworth marries Cecil’s daughter
“James” recuse “from Cath.” given Pros. influence
’82 James kidnapped; Lennox ordered out of country; but then James Stewart (Arran) + Archbish of St. Andr defeated too
“Time-Lettering,” days—she loved to be told of her youth—took mirrors out of palace
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Married: E not married to Alenc—hope gone for ’84
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Worth: Wentworth]]>

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