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SONNET 15
Overall Notes
’15 queen Mary (Fr.) marries Ch. Brandon (produces Lady Jane Grey)
Treaty signed with Spain ’15
1515 Louis XII dies = Succ. by Francis I + Mary mr. Ch. Brandon secretly
Line 12
Change: Chancellor
Line 14
Ingraft: Links to plant world[;] Family Tree restarted (Mary + Ch.)

SONNET 16
Overall Notes
Feb. 18 ’16 – Baby Mary
Garden is England
’16 Ferdinand dies; Charles succeeds him few days before Mary’s birth (see sonnet line 9)
Transition to series—portrait of “yourself”—“inward worth” + “outward fair,” subject of sonnets]]>

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SONNET 17
Overall Notes
’17 Surrey born (exec. for two[?] nights)
Reference to Philip Mela[n]cthon? penultimate cycle ended with Luther vs. Pope 1518?
’17 – Martin Luther rises to fame, Wittenberg
[Sonnets] 17-18-19-20-21 I think are Sh. talking to E. of his poem celebrating her humanness[?]
Line 2
Fill’d: Philip + Mary ’57
Line 6
Graces: Frances, born to Mary Tudor (mother of Jane Grey)

SONNET 18
Overall Notes
’18 – Cath’s last pregn.
’18 – 2-yr-old Mary to be betrothed to baby son of Fr.
Madeline frail + beautiful 16-yr. old French wife to Sc. King James V died
Arrived May in Sc.[;] was dead by July[.] Her father had feared disaster
About this time Cath. interested in reforming educ. for women. Vives writes tract on equal intell. + training
’18 Treaty of London – union of christian Ess. agst. infidels
James marries Mary of Guise 18 May, 1538
She [Elizabeth] will be “Ever the Same” but only in his poetry
This year marks last pregnancy of Catherine. After that she goes into menopause. By age 41 [illegible] will not bear heir to Henry. Had six children: only Mary lived.]]> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/]]> 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 19
Overall Notes
Is Essex here compared to base son of Henry?
1519 Emperor dies; Henry is candidate Ch. wins
1559 coronation?
Ascension Day = 19th? (Annual Celebr.)
Elizabeth Blount bears son to Henry
But [Queen] Eliz. could be lion—because [illegible] symbol of Eng.
She is also Phoenix
Phoenix is close to identity poems
Line 8
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SONNET 21
Overall Notes
1521 – Henry’s reply to Luther – assertio septem sacramentorum [“The Defense of the Seven Sacraments”—Catholics believe in seven Sacraments, and Lutherans in two.]
’21 Mary Boleyn marries Carey (mistress to Henry now?)
3×7=21
Tyndale plans to transl. Bible into Engl.
’21 Anne B. returns from France to court
Erasmus thinks Henry’s court “a temple of the Muses”
Line 11
Any: Annie?

SONNET 22
First use of word “heart” (3 times here)
’22 – [illegible] betrothal for Mary : Charles V
But Essex has hart insignia I believe
Mary Boleyn affair in early 20’s
Cath. 6 years older than Henry (Mary B. in ’22 – affair)
Lines 8-9: maybe this means he isn’t older except in aging fast if she should show signs of aging
Subject
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SONNET 23
Parl. of 1523 – skilfull [sic] Speakership of Commons – More (1st parl. since ’15)
Morton also an ecclesiastic under Henry VIII
Beloved’s “eyes” are erroneous
Master’s[?] eyes are incomplete
Line 6
Rite: relig[ious]


SONNET 24
Hanging glazed eyes windows – breast draw (+ quarter?)
(public hanging - ? Jesuits)
“Shop” is Eliz. slang for “imprison,” used esp. for spies + informers
Picture of E. + eyes + ears – on dress
Eyes = Leic.
Line 1
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SONNET 25
Overall Notes
Thomas Nolsey nearing end of career in ’25
Minister – power next[?] to being but dys.[?] on heir
’25 – Henry Fitzroy = Duke of Richmond (desp. of legit. hr. to thr.)
“marigold is for marriage”=aspiring suitors?
Line 2
Proud titles: Fitzroy – duke of Richmond and Somerset, Henry Courteney[?] = Marquis of Exeter, Boleyn – Viscount Richford[?]
Line 6
Marigold: symbol for me “Lady Mary” (Paul, p. 248)
Lines 8-10: Essex (critics agree)

SONNET 26
Overall Notes
’26 Mary sent away fr. Cath. to Ludlow Center
1526—Ship named Anne Boleyn (Erickson, p. 190)
Defense agst. Leviticus: Deuteronomy XXV6
Nelson[?] thinks this [sonnet] may have accompanied portfolio given to South. (of Lucrece[?]) – and therefore not related to rest of series.
Line 6
Bare: Bear? (Leic.)
Line 10
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SONNET 27
Overall Notes
Flirtation pattern begins
’27 Death of Machiavelli
’27 – Cath sends words to Mendoza of [illegible] sep. her from Henry
’27 Possibility of betrothing Mary to James of Scotland
’27 – Henry applies for dispensation (Anne mar[illegible])
Sp. troops occupy Rome (pilgrimage) – Sack of Rome ’27
’27 Love letter from H. to Anne – complains of their being apart
Line 2
Travel: a “travail” suggests Catherine’s many childbirths + deaths
Line 6
Intend: H. suggested nunnery for Cath.

SONNET 28
Overall Notes
28 = moon cycle
Sp. + France vs. Eng.
’28 Henry sends own Physician – Dr. Butts – to Anne, who is ill. Plague rages.
Day + night—rival powers each agst “me”
Toil = Cecil = day
Complainer = Ral[iegh?] = night
Lines 4-6: Could be Cecil—Ral[eigh?] [illegible] agst Ess[ex]]]>

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SONNET 29
Overall Notes
29 – Parl. known as “Reformation Parl,” allowed act[?] to dissolve monasteries.
Cath. burst into tears when Henry suggest[ed] divorce (what yr.?)
Line 5
Rich: (Richmond as heir?)

SONNET 30
Overall Notes
Nolsey arrested; died Nov. at Leicester Abbey[.] Claimed he had served his King better than his God!
’30 Eath[?] awaiting justice from Rome (Clement III[)]
Line 4
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SONNET 31
Overall Notes
’32(?) – Henry in address reproaches clergy for their oath which makes them seem subjects to the Pope, not to him.
Cranmer appt. Archb. of Cant.—fr. to Anne—phrase: “The gospel light has dawned in Boleyn’s eyes.”
31 Breach with Rome
Henry’s obsession with Anne

SONNET 32
Overall Notes
1572—page of L’s sought from D. of Guide for punishm[ent]
32-Thomas Abell publ[ished] def[ense] of Cath[erine of] Arag[on]. Invicta Veritas [Latin: unconquered truth. Written against Henry VIII’s divorce of Catherine against her will.]
1592 Greene d.
1593 Marl[owe] dead
Love + birth: Anne pregnant (wedlock becomes essential) [Cf. line 11.]
Line 8: Some early poem deals with tall stupid men[.]]]>

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SONNET 33
Overall Notes
Leicester born same day, same hr.
’33 April – Cranmer prom. mr. with Cath + H. illegal
June – Anne crowned Queen
After Cranmer’s court grant[?] [illegible] Pope gives Hen. until Sept. to take C. back – or be excomm[unicated]
’33 – marriage (Jan?) A+H & birth E
About 34—Cromwell intervened to save life of Princess Mary

SONNET 34
Overall Notes
Brief love of Anne [Boleyn; second wife of Henry VIII] + Henry
Bet[ween] ’31-34, 9 or 10 persons burnt for heresy
’34—Parl. passes Act of Succession
Such = Suche is bearer of corresp[ondence] bet[ween] H + A
Eliz. = illeg[itimate]
Pearl = Margaret[;] M. Pole
Line 12
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