An abbreviat of these things incident within the realme of Scotlande in the time of his ma[ies]ties minoritie and goverment necessary to be remembred : contemporary manuscript, 1614 or later.

Chronicle history of Scotland during the reign of King James VI, from 1577 to 1603, when, "Vpon the 25th of July his Ma[ies]tie was Crowned King of England, Scotland, france and Ireland" (p.146). Preceded by a dedication to James by the author, "now at the point of death," who "was an eye witnesse to many of the Incidents falling out in your Ma[ies]ties minority and tender yeares". Followed by "A Discourse of the unnaturall and strange consipiracie attempted by John Carle of Gowery and his brother Against his ma[is]ties person at St. Johnstone on the fift day of August, Ann[o] Do[mini] 1600," and (in a later hand) "Gowries Conspiracy in Aulicus Conquinaria, in Answere to the Court and Character of Kinge James."