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SONNET 77
’77—1st hanging of missionary priest: Cuthbert [illegible] under treason act of ’41[;] 2 more ’78
’77—comet appears + Dee expounds to E.
Perhaps E. is writing her own life story with her deeds

Line 1
Glass: Sonnets are her picture
Line 11
Children: she was urged to have children

SONNET 78
’48-Cranmer’s Eng. version of Prayer Bk.
Bothwell dies ’78 – [illegible] – in Denmark
’78—Doughty beheaded by Drake
’78—Alencon courtship begins seriously[;] “an upstart crow beautified with our feathers”—Greene
’78 Argyll + Atholl[?] persuade 11-yr. old Jms. to take kingdom himself, deposing Morton
Line 1
Muse: Muse is Eliz.
Line 8
Double majesty: Bigamy
Line 14
Rood: “Rood”—public burnings (’38) of images: Rood of Grace [A "rood" is a cross or crucifix.]]]>

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SONNET 79
Overall Notes
’79-Death of Gresham (rob-pay-lend-stole-afford-owes-pay)
’79-Seminary “of Martyrs” opened in Rome (Cath.)
’79-Alencon comes for 1st visit—“The Frog”
Gaping Gulf 1579
Maybe there are friends of Sh. in the Tower
Line 9
He stole that word: other poets invent good qualities + thereby steal from her

SONNET 80
Overall Notes
’80-- Sidney writes Arcadia
’80—Campion tortured, exec. – Burghley takes chg. of propaganda
Main = code that was involved in Raleigh’s trial
Sh’s father summoned to London court
’80 Raleigh in Ireland; partakes in massacre
Line 14
My love was my decay: Telling truth (from love) may ruin S.]]>

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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]
Line 2
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
Line 1
Married: E not married to Alenc—hope gone for ’84
Line 6
Worth: Wentworth]]>

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SONNET 83
’53—James freed from those who held him (Is it Bothwell?)
’83 Alencon seizes Antwerp from his Dutch allies
’83—Duke of Guise contacts Eng, is[?] assass of E.—perhaps Wm. Parry
Dr. Dee had a “show stone” (mystic)
Life better than report in poem
Truth of life should be enough
About this yr. that Leic. intr[oduced] Essex—17-yr-old—in court
Sydney knighted + married
By ’84 D should have been at Oxford
’83 Auden + Somerville executed
Plot to kill E.

SONNET 84
’84 Ral. [illegible] pat[?] for colon. in Am.—Virginia named for E.
Mary makes over her rights to Philip
’84—Q expels Mendoza from Engl.
84 Creighton—at sea—document—blown back on deck
84 Death of Wm. of Orange
’84—Act of Parl.: Plotters agst life of E.[;] forfeit claim to throne + so do their descendants if they are aware
’84—Mendoza expelled; Ass. of Wm. Or. makes Council decide to go to war
’47 Wrothesley—ardent Catholic—Lord Chancellor; removed from Council by Somerset]]>

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SONNET 85
Overall Notes
1585: Leic. son dies; Wm of Orange dies; Parma is feared
He goes to wars in Holland; Eliz. has fits of depr.
1585 Leycester’s Commonwealth
Treaty with Netherlands
’85 Parry exec.
1545—John Leland, keeper of the books—presented gift to Henry: A New Year’s gift
’45—Eng. Litany—Cranmer—1st publ
James—gives consent to succession

SONNET 86
Overall Notes
’86 Southwell returns to Eng
E had vast intelligence system
Line 6
That struck me dead: almost as if knights in battle
Line 13
Fill’d up: Philip Sidney[.] When she approved his flattery, could no longer have anything to praise]]>

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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
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I’ll fight: Armada
Line 6
A story: Look for story clue]]>

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SONNET 89
Overall Notes
89—Henry III (Fr.) assassinated by monk (Hug.); Henry of Navarre [successor] needs aid
’89 James marries Anne
Mar[ch] prelate hunt, Cartwright jailed. Udell[?] (suspected author) dies in jail—Exec. of Hacket (relig. maniac) + of[?] Separatists—Barron + Greenwood + Perry (marpe[?] consp.)
’89—Essex runs away + joins Drake. E orders back: disobeyed. Tried for Lisborn, Farlod.
’89—Willoughby succ. Leis
’89—Henry III assassinated; Huguenot
Henry IV now on throne; needs E’s support; she sends Willoughby to Normandy.
Drake’s plan used. Fails, He[sic] + navy discredited.
’89 Cecil marries Eliz. Brooke
89—Bacon writes tract urging relig. toler. for Puritans
Essex was sent from court
1590 Marlowe’s plays printed
Negative words = Navarre accession
Line 3
Halt: double meaning[;] I will limp [and] I will stop
Line 7
Will: Willoughby?

SONNET 90
Overall Notes
Fairie Queen Bb I-III ’90
When is trouble with Ral. over Essex’ sister?
1590 In trouble: marr. to Fr [illegible]. Also Walsingham dies + Es. tries to get post for Davison (still of [illegible] disgr.)
Despair here followed by optimistic
Line 8: = Mary vs. Davison appt.
Line 10
Spite: + Normandy invasion (Willoughby)]]>

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SONNET 91
Overall Notes
91—Grenville killed in last fight of Revenge
1591—goes to relieve siege of Rouen, key to parts of Normandy—felt[?] Burl. betr[?]—(Knight—exp.—offend Q)
Endymion 1591 (anon.)
Aug.—E. sends Ess. To Norm with 4,000 men to aid Henry in besieging Rouen. By Oct, only 1500 were fit[?]—6 mos. Then Parma—’91—Parma dies
’91 Robt. Cecil in Council
Essex loses bro. Walter at siege of Rouen
’91 Hugh Roe O’Donnell-held by Eng. 5 years—escapes + expects help with [illegible] from Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Line 10
High birth: Hereford tries to get son made legit (heir to Tudor line)
Line 12
Boast: Boast of Ess

SONNET 92
Perroth trial probl (must be [illegible] of quarrel with q. over Ral. + sisters[)]
Death of Greene
92 Perroff [illegible] illeg[itimate] son Henry III—Treason and death
Essex letter? “I owe God a death”
Line 1
Steal: Stella = E? anagram
Line 2
Term: (term of school?)]]>

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SONNET 93
’93 Bacon opposes tax in Parl
93 Peter Wentworth in Tower for demanding succ. quest[ion] be settled. Died 4 yrs later there
1593—Henry Chettles’ Kind Hearts’ Dream (comp laments Dec 1592)
Act compels ch[urch] attendance—forbids unauthorized relig. mtgs.
Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie—Ral.—manus[cript] traced to 1593; Printed 1608
Bacon opposes subsidy (as MP) + offends E.
Tho. Watson; Tears of Fancy or Love Disdained 1593
St[?] uses cf. to Eve as wife of Eng
Line 5
Thine eye: Marlowe’s wound
Line 8
Wrinkled: wrinkled E?
Line 10
Dwell: Lodge?

SONNET 94
’94—Before spring South. mr. to Eliz. Vernon cousin of Essex
1594—Lopez execution may have been result of his having [illegible] on storm[?] that Essex has syphilis
’94 = Marlowe’s Jew of Malta
No trace of Kyd after 1594
In 1597—Cecil gets Duchy of Lanc. + Ld. Adon. Ch. How. of Effingham = Earl of Nottingham + Lord Steward of the Parl. (precedence over Essex)
’94 Rape of Lucrece
Edw III + 1594
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Expense: Lopez?]]>

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SONNET 95
’95 Ulster Rebellion [illegible]
’95 Robt Southwell exe.
When does Essex ruling “mansion” to [illegible] debts to E?
’95—Bacon fails to get vacant solicitor[?]—generalship

SONNET 96
Bacon writes “Device on the Queen’s Day”
96 Essex nominee for appt (gained by Cec.) was Sir Tho. Bradley
1596—Cecil becomes bearer of signet
Who is the shepherd?
Line 6
Well: Southwell
Lines 10-11: warning (applied to E, not Alencon?)]]>

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