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SONNET 121
40–yes code correlates with St’s imprison ~1581
Machiavelli: dies in 1527 but The Prince is –?
Iago says I am not what I am [cf line 9]
This may be about role of Fr. Bacon at trial
1585 sp. Of E. to Parl. applies
1572 = Sh. [or St.?] Bar. D. + Donne born
(Begins account of her reign here)
St. example rises above Machiavelli
Lines 1-5: is this expediency + prudence rather than morality?
Line 4
By others’ seeing: Being good is cause of trouble
Line 13-14: Machiavellian phrase

SONNET 122
Record of chgs agst Ess
Thomas Tallis—musician at court–?
Concluding political facet that began in 117–extended thru love of people + indiv[;] covered authority
Line 8
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SONNET 123
Reads like Fisher’s defiance at trial of Cath–denial of his sign. supporting the King ’29
Maybe joins old records + disputes of virginity with more recent scandals–Cath. + E.-- ’28
E’s wish to have lasting memorial
“It is not in your power, great a Queen as you are, to make me love you less.”
Maybe code is reverse + double 1564
Catherine’s brief[?]--’28?
Fisher’s denial ’29
Line 5
Brief: vs. Bull of Julius
Line 8
We before have heard them told: alteration
Line 11
Lie: Essex claimed letters falsified

SONNET 124
Henry Gas[illegible]--Sup. of Jesuits, tried–Gunpowder Plot–complicit
One of key sonnets: Love of Eng. above all trifles[?]
Contemp events:
(Tyler: Essex uprising)
(Chambers: disgrace + Essex returns from Ireland, 1598)
(Beeching: Reference to Gunpowder Plot of 1605)
His love is not limited to specific, singular, but rises above.
It’s Mary’s motto[:] In my end is my beginning
Hatson murder of Henry Valois, King of France
Line 1
Child of state: Essex term
Lines 9-10: not limited to temporary fanaticism]]>

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SONNET 125
Essex on one side + Leic. on other at Tilbury
1600–E. considers trial[?] of Essex. Cecil advises Es. on letter in which he prays that the cup might pass from him.
1576–1st playhouse (Burbage)
Christ images here may preshadow Essex + Christopher Blount
Bradley interprets this [sonnet] as repudiating early position of loving for reasons of eternal beauty.
Could this be linked to S’s part in rebellion: Rich. II performance recognized by E.?
Line 1
Bore the canopy: Essex carried canopy at celeb. of defeat of Armada and also at funeral of Eliz–impossible! [Essex died two years before Elizabeth’s death in 1603.] Essex commanded part of fleet against Armada.
Line 10-12: relig, again Donne poem
Line 12
Only me for thee: like Christ
Line 13
Suborn’d informer: Judas Iscariot

SONNET 126
’86–1st quarrel Es + E, – runaway + [illegible] by Carey
’26–Perhaps written early when Essex alive?
’25–after trial realized
Love’s not Time’s Fool [Sonnet 116, Line 9] – but men are subject to Time
Nature in Sp. + in wh[?] prec. Ph. + Turtle unit
Line 1
Lovely boy: Eliz? Essex?
Thy power: England?
Line 4: = England
Line 12:
Render: Rendering now follows in 2nd section–Dark lady]]>

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SONNET 127
What if 18 next sonnets–127 thru 144 corresp. to 1st unit (+10 more?) Each a variation on theme?
Lifestory of Essex as judg[?] agst Eliz?
Black = symbol of lost souls
My mistress = theatre (where trials do take place judging magistrates)
Betrayal of D. by artist may corresp. to betr. of Essex by E.
Could each sonnet here be an accusation (or judgment [illegible]) against E. – 1 crime or testimony per sonnet?
[illegible date] = Bastard claim to throne puts her there
’98 Geo Blackwell appt. by Pope as arch-priest of Cath. in Engl.
Art that praises falsehood does damage to beauty of truth–so he tells truth: she is black

SONNET 128
Southampton would in vain to kiss E’s hand
Play = virginals = pretended virginity
Their = Jacks = people like Raleigh (can have their fingers for kissing
Hand-Kissing = sign of good graces
Fickle–’64 ceremony scandal as Dudl. made Earl Leic.]]>

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SONNET 129
Maybe WH really is Willm Hews[?] of Essex household
1579 Stubbes exec.
By 1598 all Ireland in revolt
’99 Essex made Lord Lieut. Sailed Apr. Paper figure of 17,000 men.
Increasing dimensions of sexual irreg.
Worse charge: Lust + prompting of revolts in others: tantalizing power
May be poisoning rumor about Leic + Lord Es.?
Could this be treachery at a meal–of Irish leaders–1st L. Es.?
Ambition is source of Essex’s downfall?
Flaw is because she is Human (not divinity)

SONNET 130
York + Platag. roses
Humanness (yet beloved
Truth of her is still great
Infatuation perhaps is sin here?
Praise in spite of app[illegible] = position of Eng. about her (incl. Essex)
Line 3
Dun: Dunkirk? (Fr. coast)
Line 4
Hairs: heirs? hares?]]>

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SONNET 13
Overall Notes
(13) Father of Cath. – Ferd. – proves treacherous + makes truce with France. Henry leads troops in [illegible]. Cath. found [illegible]. Scotl. Skirmish [sic] of Chillingham. She sends Henry the bloody tunic of [illegible].
“determination”. Legal term meaning “forth[?] to an end” (Keeton, p. 30)
*’13 – Eliz. Blount[?] attracts Henry

SONNET 14
Overall Notes
’14 – Desertion by [illegible] leads to anger – new fig. on council: [illegible] uses Bish. of [illegible] + Lincoln – Archb. of York
1514 – Q. of Fr. dies + Princess [illegible] Louis XII
’14 Mary Tudor wed to Louis 12
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SONNET 131
Could fairest be pun (pro. of Coke) on “first” – “Robt the First”
Exec. wore black as M. wore red
Introduces the Prosecutor of Essex
Raleigh trial 1603
Could this be the Irish atrocities sanctioned by E., commited by 1st L. Essex? (early in E’s life?)
Echo of likeness bet father + son + assass. by E.
Erratic guilty of tyranny—cruelty (not longer beautiful–but also “fair”) her black deeds
Line 3
Heart: “hart” = Essex
Line 4
Jewel: = 1st Lord Essex a Bishop is [illegible] jewel

SONNET 132
K. Grey was major contender for succession 1598–E
1598–E mourns for Burleigh
Cheek must be succession question (but why?)
She does grieve and repent (Sorrow over Essex?) her black for mourning + for successor
Black as mourning (rather than evil) is appropriate
Repentance redeems, endures
Rob. Parsons favored daughter of King of Sp. as successor
Is black a symbol of painting = theatre? Gray is “sweet enemy”
Grey = Is she Arabella Stuart who acc James inv. to live at court?
Line 1
Eyes: Contrasts with non-loving eyes of #141
Line 7: James image of illness + grief]]>

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SONNET 133
Has “eye” become symbol by now of E’s gov.? Maybe eye = ēē = E. = Eliz – I also? Iago
33 = age of Ess.? Yes; he dies at 33
“To give comfort” is (I believe) to aid a rebel
Line 2
My friend and me: Southampton + Essex
Line 7
Of him, myself, and thee: triples
Line 8
Crossed: transmutation of Acteon? Or Blount + Essex

SONNET 134
Essex calls South his other self in letter [illegible] before Irel.
84–Death of Alencon
(It is Eliz. speaking to Time about Essex)
Perhaps his “confession” gets South. Freedom!
Line 11: Perhaps Essex pleading that S is implicated only because of his influence; better theory here on South regretting Essex– Perhaps regret that Essex dies + South in prison – while Sh the voice of the same love, goes free (but not wholly)]]>

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SONNET 139
Essex letters to Queen, 1600, in despair of his condition–she refuses him audience–or letters–after 8 mos impri you “rejected my letters and refused to hear of me, which to traitors you never did.” “What remains is only to beseech you to conclude my punishment, my misery, and my life.”
She had abandoned plan for Star Chamber trial. Now she brings him before special commission. She hopes to reform him.
“It was a most pitiful + lamentable sight to see him that was the minion of Fortune, now unworthy of this last honor.”
Still begging her vision to be wise
Begs her to see + speak–not turn away
Line 11
My foes: she will not give Essex an audience
Line 12
Injuries: Your face the founder of my smart “That pleasant looke formed the offence + wound”

SONNET 140
Essex letter now to Q (1600–Aug.) “My uttermost ambition is to be a moste[?] person in that presence where joy + wonder would bar speech”
Essex ill–bells toll
“Ill-wresting”--resting badly
1599–Ess. almost dies
Eyes + ears = E’s sign
Begs her to put on appearance of virtue, the actual is lacking (Pleads for “false show” for sake of world?)
Lines 9-11: Also he loses control and blasts her with words (godson)]]>

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