The author, who was writing between 1612 and 1625, made use of the histories by John Major, Boece and Holinshed. The later entries, from the 15th century onwards, become progressively lengthier until the text breaks off in November 1585.

The text is followed by an index of the kings of Scotland, and a general index. Both contain page references to the manuscript (indicated by the letter u or by numbers above 72) and to Monipennie`s published text. The author`s own copy of the latter (National Library of Scotland, H.34.c.43a) contains numerous marginal notes and references to pages in this manuscript.

The final page of the manuscript contains a note on a dispute between Robert Chapman and Andrew Quhyt, and examples of letters of the alphabet.