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SONNET 35
Overall Notes
Elizabeth’s grief of Surrey’s sympathies suspected = trouble for him
’36—Aske[?] heads revolt in Yorkshire—30,000 men
Cecil enters Cambr.
Cath defends Henry—loyal to him—“cate[?]”
’35—hangings of 3 Carthusian priests + a monk—over denial of Royal Supremacy
’36—Tyndale strangled and burnt at Louvain[?]- Oct[.] Betrayed by an Englishman.
’36—dissolving of Reform. Parl. begun in ’29

SONNET 36
Overall Notes
1536 = Beheading of Anne Boleyn
’36 = death of Cath. of A. on same day
’36 – Cromwell made Earl of Essex
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SONNET 37
Overall Notes
Henry has ulcer on his leg now
Pilgrimage of Grace marchers
1587 Mary prd [proud] of James
Suffolk + Exeter involved in christening of Edw[ard]
’37—Aske + Darcy exec[uted]
Coverdale Bible publ[ished] Eng. ’37
Jane Seymour [third wife of Henry VIII] dies
Edw[ard] born
Line 2
See: Seymour

SONNET 38
Overall Notes
’38—Montague, Exeter + Neville beheaded Dec.
James marries Mary of Guise
’38—Matthew’s Bible (of ’37) printed in Paris + [illegitimate] out in Engl[and] as Great Bible
’38 Exeter conspiracy
Maybe this is a relig. poem
John Rogers publ. under alias of Thomas Matthews]]>

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SONNET 39
Overall Notes
[Illegible] by proxy—cannot marry: Leicester—Eliz.
Leic. forbids marriage to Al[encon]
She sees affair and [illegible] of marriage
How can I praise you when that is the same as praising myself (since you are my soul)
’38-39—Diplomatic crisis—Coalition of Pope, King of Fr. + Emperor, Treaty of Nice
Line 10
Leave: Cleve [Anne of Cleves: fourth wife of Henry VIII]

SONNET 40
Overall Notes
’40 Abell burned at stake
’40 Catherine Howard [fifth wife of Henry VIII] + H (div[orced] from Anne of Cleves)
Disillusionment—her sexual behavior
Lines 7-8: he marries—denies her? Or she philanders—denies others’ marriage
Line 13
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SONNET 41
Overall Notes
41—Countess of Salisbury—in Tower for 2 yrs—executed
Yorkshire uprising to kill[?] Pres. Of North, Llondoff—Failed. 60 exec. [illegible] Sir John Neville
41—Cecil married
42—Thomas born
43—Mary died
42 would be [illegible] of Anne of Cleves had been friend of Cath. Parr. [sixth wife of Henry VIII] = ?
1541 Cranmer brings proof of Catherine’s misconduct earlier[?]
’40—Div. from Anne of Cl. [illegible] by Exec. of Cromwell—others with him burn
Cranmer was twice married (tho clergy)
Cross of House of Guise is two-barred cross of Lorraine
1541 Henry crowned King of Ireland

SONNET 42
Overall Notes
42—Kath. Howard infid. + beheading
Mary St[uart] born 1542
1582 = Alencon + St. in prison
James V dies Dec, 1542
I think it has to be two males competing for E.
Tho[mas?] Seymour loved Cath. Parr before marr[iage] to King
Line 3
Wailing: Wales]]>

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SONNET 43
’43 = Mar. with Cath. Parr
43—issue of King’s Book: relig. position ordered
Elements appear at end. Identifying them is important. [The four elements—water, earth, air, and fire—were identified with the four humours in the human body—phlegm, black bile, blood, and yellow bile.]
’43 Mary crowned at Stirling Castle
’43 Treaty of Greenwich—Mary [Queen of Scots] to be wed to Edw.
Maybe this is a moon metaphor
Illusion more agreeable than truth about her

SONNET 44
’44 Mary restored to succession
(water) phlegm is cold + moist
(earth) black bile melancholy cold + dry
Mercury was insignia worn by Burleigh]]>

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SONNET 45
Glowing descrip. of Cecil by Ascham about now (’50) cfs. him to Pericles, in whom “all those 4 excellencies” desc. by Thycidides – p. 33 Beckingsale[?]
Fr. War ’45 – Battle at sea
Fr. galleys–Mary Rose sank–fleet ravaged with Eng. Keep Boulogne
Henry’s health worsening. Addr. Parl–relig dissension
Henry tests Catherine on doctrine about this time
Line 8
Melancholy: Melancthon is Wittenberg Prof.

SONNET 46
’46 June – Fr. war over; Eng. gets money from Fr. + keeps Scotl.
’46 – Anne Askew wracked and burnt (under Six Articles)
March ’46 – burning of Wisehart by Cardinal Bent on Revenge possibly contrived by Henry
Heart = Hertford (uncle of Edw)
Eye = John Dudley
Line 10
A quest: anagram Askew
Tenants to the heart: Seymour gains control
Line 13
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SONNET 49
’49—Somerset, Cecil, Smith in Tower
’49—Act of Uniformity: requires new Prayer Book use
Eng scandal of E. and Seymour
Line 3
Sum: Somerset’s desertion of Seymour
Line 8
Gravity: Icarus + Ded. to S.[;] Seymo[ur] + Essex both are Icarus

SONNET 50
Overall Notes
50-51—relig. vacill. Somers[et]—Warwich[?] [illegible]
’50—Ridley begins campaign agst. altars (in London)
Lines 1-2: Could be kidnapping of Ed. by Somerset or could be S. in Tower or Edw. sep. from uncle
Line 5
Tired: towered
Line 14
Ward: Warwich now in chg. of ward Edward]]>

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SONNET 51
Overall Notes
’51—Smithfield fires again (first since Henry’s death): 2 alien heretics
When does Jane marry Dudley son[?]? Sidney has sonnets about horseman
Oct. ’51—Norwich made Duke of Northumberland (overthr. Of Somerset)
Jan 22—’52 – Somerset exec.
Owen Tudor—clerk of wardrobe—mr. Cath. of Valois: Son, Edmond, Grandson, Henry Tudor
Line 2
Dull bearer: Bear=Leic[;] dull?=tutor Dee?
Speed: Dee
Line 4
Need: Dee

SONNET 52
Overall Notes
Raleigh was Capt. of the Guard
1552—exec. of Somerset
Line 10
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SONNET 53
Overall Notes
Style here—a backing up—turning on self—
Spring may be April = Anne B.
6 July ’53: Edw. d; Mary on throne
10 July – Jane prod.[?] Q. by Northumb. group. Mary flees [illegible] + North[umberland] exec[uted]
’54 Birth of Sydney
Much Later—Pen. writes deris. letter to James—with Venus as code name for E (she learns of it)
“Truth” of identity in both sonnets here marriage of Mary + Phillip ’53
Line 2
Strange shadows: Mary is one shadow of E
Line 5
Counterfeit: both sexes here in comparison [Adonis (line 5) and Helen (line 7)] or perhaps: description of Adonis is only poor imitation of you

SONNET 54
Overall Notes
Check on his canker-bloom (perhaps it means flawed rose)
12 Feb. 16 yr. old Jane + Priest J[?] exec[uted]
E released from Tower May ’54
Untrue beauty dies unwoo’d but sweet beauty leaves sweet adown—his verse distill
Line 14
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SONNET 55
General Notes
1st Pros. [Protestant] martyr of new law allowing burn[ing] of heretics under Mary
70 persons that year burnt alive[,] Latimer + Ridley
Latimer—lighting such a candle as should never be put out. = Famous words
Line 1
Marble: Martyrs under Mary
Line 2
Mars: Martyrs under Mary
Line 14
Eyes: Celeb. Of E.?

SONNET 56
General Notes
54-55 Mary persuades herself of her own pregnan. – Apr. announcement + bell ringing
’56 Plot abroad to put E + Courtenay on throne but country now protective of E
1556—Phil. (heir to thr.) becomes P. II + King of Spain (father abdicates)[.] Leaves M. in Eng.
Line 1-2: Love dist[inct] from appetite]]>

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