Sonnets 27 and 28
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Title
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Sonnets 27 and 28
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Description
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The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in January 2024.
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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Subject
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Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism
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Is Part Of
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Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.1. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
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Date Created
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1968
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Language
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Primarily English; some Latin
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Format
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PDF
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Identifier
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CCA 10.2011.01_Sonnets_27_28
