The contents of the manuscript are as follows:

(i) Sonnets and short poems, some relating to Andrew Melville, written in 1610 and 1611 (folio 1).

(ii) Copy of Hugh Broughton`s pamphlet `A Petition to the Lords to examine the religion and cariage of R. Ban[croft] Archbishop. Anno.1608` (folio 12).

(iii) `A Preservative from Apostasie or the Song of Moses ... translated out of Hebrew and put in metre first shortly neere the text and than more at large paraphrasticallie` which is dedicated to `the Church of Scotland in generall, the people of the paroch of Kilrennie in special` (folio 16).

(iv) Long poem entitled `The wandring sheepe or David`s tragique fall` which concludes with a paraphrase of Psalm 51 (folio 42).

(v) `The reliefe of the longing soule: the song of songs, which is Solomons exponed by a large paraphrase in metree, for memorie and eften meditationn` to which is prefixed a dedication `to his loving sister ... M. Nicolas Murray`, dated London, November 5, 1606 (folio 60).

(vi) `A Meditation of the Love of Christ and effects thereof for true thankfulnes` (folio 97).

Sections (iii)-(vi) are apparently unpublished.