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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 3
Overall notes:
Shelton is tutor to Henry 8
(3) Death of Queen – Eliz. Of York + possib. of rem. for Henry VII
1603 = death of Eliz. the q, Essex, too, said to resemble his mother
Glass – wrinkles – golden time suggests E’s statement that she may still bear a child
Cath[erine of Aragon] resembles Isabella [of Castile]

Sonnet 4
Overall Notes:
(4) Impecunious position of stranded Spanish pris[oners]
Sir Thomas [illegible] treas. from Novil[?] 1586 1587
When does Isabella die?
Frank – francois (free)
Henry VII considers marrying Cath.
Niggard might symbolize necromancer (word used this way elsewhere)
5 = use ewes hues
Line 4
Free: Frank[,] Francis?
Line 11
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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
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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
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