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 87
Overall Notes
Church discipline improved by end of ’80’s because of [illegible] of Inquisition
87 Sir Anthony Cage proposes abol. Pr. Bb. + subst. Calvinist [illegible]
Mary exec. in 87
87—Sh’s father in prison for debt
87—Peter Wentworth sent to Tower
87—Hatton + Lord Chancellor
88 considered a fatal number
Line 8
Worth: Wentworth

SONNET 88
Overall Notes
Losing me = Leichester’s death in ’88
58(?) Cath. de Med. Dies
Could this be the casket of papers written by Essex
“For my God + for my kingdom and for my people”—E. at Tilbury
88—Bacon is MP for Liverpool
Bear is also Leicester Symbol
88-89-90-91 called Lover’s Ex. Long Absence
Line 3
I’ll fight: Armada
Line 6
A story: Look for story clue]]>

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