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SONNET 145
Perhaps impr. 1601–E saved him
Temporary end of “eclipse” (Bacon letter) as E “agrees” to send Essex to Ireland?
Facing: hatred + mortality
Code of rebellion
Reconciliation possible (but rebellion hidden)

SONNET 146
1599–pious Es. ill–funeral bells
Globe theatre opened ’99
Religious melancholia for Essex (recurrent but strong at end)
Remuneration of flash[?]
Death faced (avoid in 1st part)
Body is servant to soul here–pine in Tempest (Ariel’s prison)
Line 9: mourners feed his spirit[.] Perhaps this is of Essex
Lines 13-14: Donne poem [Likely referencing the sonnet “Death, be not proud” by John Donne.]]]>

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SONNET 147
E sent her plays to Es.
Essex longed for death “I owe God-”
Next time this phrase belongs to Raleigh
147 Regret at writing series?
158 Recog. of impossibility of knowing truth?
Love is illness
Love is unsure of truth
Perhaps this is Essex spkg. + #152 is E. spkg.
Error he thinks he has committed–but not sure

SONNET 148
Bacon forgives
Harrington letter (wr. by Rob. Markham) spies
Could be Eliz. to Mary
Truth difficult
Poet uncertain as to what is so– (emotion + time-blinded)
Line 13
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SONNET 149
Grenville dies in ’91 in Revenge fight
’88 Revenge is Drake’s in fight with Arm.
Perhaps this is his repudiation of former friendships
See Vaughan poem. [Possibly referring to the poem “Vain Wits and Eyes” by Henry Vaughan.] Perhaps based on Bible: Christ heals blind– Love not hate is this seeing
Irish war–South + [illegible] appts denied by E. – Dublin arrival April 1599
Essex here recalls the sacrifice made for E. in service
Love is blind
Love is power
149 Abases self–for love
150 Acknowledges that love elevate lover

SONNET 150
Mild grief at all the losses
Or Sh. favors E. over Ess.? (how?)
Power of love elevates them both
Necessity of overthrow = Rising
Essex favors E over James?
Could even be E. of Es.]]>

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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 151
Oaths + dirty jokes both charact. of James–who writes of Ind. Theme: “Conscience”[?]
Loyalty to Queen of pt. Of Essex at exec.
Rev. Ashton gets confession
Love is innocent
Love tells lies
151 contented with ups + downs
152 acknowledges falseness of celebration
Conscience–Relig. issue–Alencon?
Treason–reason
Could be Essex at end
Essex buried a few yards from Anne B.
Line 6
Treason: thesis[?] of E. violated by masses
Line 10
Proud of this pride: (not sexual–just a conceit)
Line 14
Rise: Essex coup called a “rising”

SONNET 152
James famous for using oaths– (swearing)
Like Peter–one more denial = thrice–Cock about to crow at the end?
His purpose in writing these sonnets revealed–L[illegible] futile
Seems to be regret at celebration of sonnets–disill. at exec. of Essex]]>

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SONNET 153
In myth of Venus + Adonis, Venus is wounded by one of arrows of her son Cupid and falls in love with Adonis. Then she roams disguised as Diana. Wild boar wounds him
John Clerk Bish. of Bath + Wells was among defenders of Cath. of Arag.
S. trying to leave country–can’t
153–needs cure for illness
154–love not extinguished
Bath–subversive action?
Dian = Bath goddess

SONNET 154
Essex dead ’04
Letter from Essex to Eliz. protesting her intentional destruction of him in Ireland
This is the summary: the true “conclusion”
Blood Bath? Southwell poem–Burning Babe “So will I melt into a bath to wash them in my blood.” [This is a line from the poem “The Burning Babe” by Robert Southwell; the speaker is the infant Christ.]
If the brand is his birth–perhaps he really is the secret son–bro to Essex and Bacon? [Essex and Bacon were not brothers, though they were acquainted through Elizabeth’s court.]
Cupid–like Stubbes–loses the hand that love held
But–one hand gone–he still loves her]]>

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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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