The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681, except that the contents list of Title 9 (followed by a blank leaf) has been written into the text of Title 7, doubtless due to a miscalculation by the copyist; the contents list of Title 30 has been written in on the leaf following the end of the work, and Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order; also, the text is rather shorter, and the titles, most of which are divided into fewer paragraphs, are illustrated by references to earlier decisions than those quoted in the printed work.

A faulty pagination which has been ignored has been added throughout, presumably in the hand of the copyist. In the top margin of folio 1 is the inscription "Manuscript H" written in an 18th century hand.