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SONNET 97
’97—still another Armada attempted
40th year of E’s reign—Essex refuses to come to celeb[ration]
Donne with fleet in ’97—Azores
’97—Lord Howard (not Es) is named Lord Admiral + now named Earl of Nottingham + Essex compensated as Earl Marshall
’97—Essex tries to arrange marr. bet. Lady Hatton + Bacon; Coke wins
1597—Sept-Azores [illegible] by Essex (Ral. quarrel)—treas. loss (seizure of cochineal [a dye derived from insects]) makes for loss of real treas. ships
Donne served under Lord Tho. Howard in Azore
Line 2
Fleeting: Howard[?]: ship fleet commander
Line 6
Teeming: Fleet [illegible] in Oct
Line 8
Decease: Cecl

SONNET 98
’98—Coke marries Lady Hatton
1598 = Cecil succeeds Burl.
Wedding: Lady Southh. + Wm Hervey
’98 Eliz. Vernon pregnant South marries her secretly
Partial Cause of E’s anger—Es’s promotion of disgraced South
Line 10
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SONNET 99
Check on sp. of marjoram
“marierom” = Mary of Rome?
Has one line too many—a kind of action incident
Essex nearly dies—ill
Line 1
Forward violet: Hamlet is “forward violet” I, iii, 6, 7
Line 13
Vengeful canker: Essex

SONNET 100
About 1600—Essex very ill—Announced death; Prayers in churches, E jealous
1600 Charles I born
Here + next sonnet he tries to reaffirm over-all good of subject
1600 Bruns burned at stake in Rome
Eng is theme (not Eliz.)
Line 1
Muse: Invocation: to return to theme- forgiveness [illegible] reproach
Line 4
Base subjects: vs. royal?]]>

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SONNET 101

Hugh = color
’91–Hugh O’Donnell escapes from Eng. + begins war (Irish)
Late 1397 (p. 203, Lacey) Vere = Truth, To Eliz, He defended Essex in Azores trouble against Raleigh
War of Theatres begins 1601 (Exec. of Essex connected?)
1601 John Sh[akespeare?] dies
Truth is enough: celebration renewed
Line 2
Dy’d: pan: Exec. of Essex

Line 13
How: Howard?

SONNET 102
D marriage in Dec – possibly memb of Parl. in Oct (dissolved in Dec).
Carr becomes Somerset but I don’t know when (was Cecil, first?)
Summer must be James
I believe Ral. was a nightingale (night?)]]>

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SONNET 103
’94–Philip sends money to aid the Hughs (of Ireland)
1603–O’Neill surrenders[;] Mountjoy (Blount) has victory
(End of Cath[olicism]; contest for Ireland_
1903 Plague stops players
Reopen in 1604 Apr.
Mary placed infant James in custody of Earl of Mar. – March 1567
Essex angry at E’s refusal to appt. Bl.-- what year? Blunt exec. with Essex 1601 other Blunt took over comm. in Irel.
Also–it was Earl of Mar who was Sc. repr.--arrived to find Essex dead.--Neyst[?] with Cecil, ’01
End of mirror (with end of Eliz.)

SONNET 104
Perhaps annual sequence ended at 1603?
Tris[?] 1592 Essex + 2 Bacons
’04 Dec appeals to J. in vain for help against charges of conjuring.
Line 6: Lear now: Cordelia tries to aid father]]>

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SONNET 105
E. assumed pose of “earthly idol” near end of her reign
About 1603 Bacon writes Valerius Terminus in which he makes first mention of the 4 classes of idols afterwards descr. in Novium Organdum ’20
Could this be against Essex retort to K[illegible] to rep. of quartering during night of [illegible]?
1604–authorized King James Version Bible
Chains last used against Wyat again strung to resist invasion of Armada–London
Line 1: Interesting bc cf. this with Jonson’s tribute to him [Shakespeare] after his death
Line 14: Trinity[;] maybe: Eng Scotl Irel

SONNET 106
Constance–1st child of Donne (1603?)
’06 Bacon marries Alice Birnham
05–what is Bacon–Veralum?
Just before Armada: Merlin? (old marble at Glastonbury)--words warn of destr. when Pendragon’s seed (like Pegronientarus[?] word[?] but earlier)
Time not king now + has “wasted” her
(Strong evidence that two are the same)
Fair + dark becomes “dark, cruel, + unfaithful” in 2nd unit
Line 3:
Making beautiful old rhyme: Bible
Line 7:
Express’d: Essex[;] Young Essex marries Frances Howard
Line 8
You master now: Master of England
Line 10
Prefiguring: mortal
Line 11:
Divining: Bible
Line 14
Eyes: Leicester (in command of kingdom’s defenses at time of Armanda)]]>

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SONNET 107
Saturn, Jupiter + Mars in eclipse of sun–Feb
2 total eclipses of moon: March + Augh.
Balm in Venus + Adonis is sweating palm of Ad. adrn. By Venus as “balm”
’07–Death of Penelope = Stella
Founding of Jamestown
Lady Southampton (Harvey) dies 1607

SONNET 108
[Illegible] or Marlowe or Kyd = Queen’s “sweet boy”
1604 – Robt Jones proven on[?] death for page of Lady South
Possibly E. dies here + portions that follow are written later than Dark Lady series
Suggest clue to new method of numbering paralleling – what sources?]]>

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SONNET 109
1609–12 books of Iliad transl by Chapman publ
1609–Sir Geo. Summers shipwrecked in Bermudas
Penelope + Ulysses: home fits Penelope stone theory
’09 Pericles printed
Reconciliation for Essex + Raleigh? (Date = ?)
Begin series of explanation poems–accounting for distance + return culminating 115-116
Rose theatre–Lord Admiral’s Men play there in 1594

SONNET 110
Series seems to be parallel to 1599-60–etc.
Lord Strange died myst (poison?) in 1594
’90-’91–James involved in witch trials; suspects Bothwell of using evil powers agst him
Fr. statesman Sully described James as “wisest fool in Christendom”
Thomas Cecil called a clown in bedside (but he dis. with Cecil on protl.[?])
Or does he give up on even leaving his love for her? Appalled + disapproving he still loves
1608 = Cupid’s Revenge, by Be[aumont] + Fletcher]]>

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SONNET 111
Forbes theatre opened 1600
Cup of Christ on cross? 1591?
Is “dye” a pun = live + die
Attempt at reconciliation with Cecil? Eysell is almost like early form of word “Cecil”
Line 1
For my sake: Illness sequence

SONNET 112
Could be Catherine of Henry–despairing hr poor[?] from her poverty
Black adder exec. for murder of Darnley–1567(?)
’91 James, pursuing Bothwell, nearly drowns as horse falls into waters of Tyne
Essex decapitated on Green]]>

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SONNET 113
1613(!)--festivities of marriage of Princess Eliz. included fireworks: some were hunting hounds pursuing a hart–Also a great sea battle was staged–Christians against Turks, with “divers… maymed and hurt” and “one lost both his eyes.” The next stanza 114–includes “Palate” as if referring to the groom[?]--from the Palestine[?]
Line 5
Form: foreign
Heart: Cath. Parr?
Line 10
Deformed’st: Poem by E. on deformed

SONNET 114
In 1614 the poisoning of Lord Overbury takes place
Bibl. Echo in “doth prepare the cup[”] (Last Supper?)
Is this period of writing against Jesuit and Catholicism at James’ order?
About ’35–Mary fearful of poison. Her ill-suspicions possibly center of plot–[illegible] marry Pole–[illegible] war. Anne’s alchemy feared–
In 1614 Overbury was poisoned by Lady Essex + Somerset–D. used as lawyer]]>

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SONNET 115
Perhaps flame here to grow (into 154)--this recollection of former love–a prelude to greater tests to come (orchestral quality–[illegible] this is the middle of the [illegible])
Blount (Chirst) put down rising in Connaught (1599)
James crowned?
G[illegible] Blunt is a favorite I believe
Is this the “marriage”? with Eng
Vows and alter–D took vows for church in 1615
Lines 1-2: Donne poem
Line 3: Phoenix echo
Line 7
Blunt: Blunt took over Irish command
Line 14: again, Donnelike

SONNET 116
1616 Last year of life of Anne D.
1566–Birth James
1616–Death of Mel. S.
Loyalty to Eliz. not many
From here to 126 is political unit
Tie to 124–Love’s rise above immediate
Line 1: theme of sonnets
Line 11
Love alters not: Ever motto [Semper Eadem, meaning “always the same,” was the motto of Anne Boleyn, primarily known because it was also used by her daughter Elizabeth. It was at some point adopted by Leicester as well.]
Line 12
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