Seventeenth-century music book first used for airs for guitar. A later, somewhat experimental hand copied seventeen English songs, some of which are by Purcell, and one Italian song, working from both ends. A different hand wrote on fols. 37-35v rev. In some cases words and melody only are given.

Mostly anonymous but includes H. Purcell's 'Come all ye songsters', from The Fairy Queen [Z. 629/7b] (fols. 22v-25), 'In vain 'gaist love in vain I strove', from Henry the Second, King of England [Z. 580/1] (fols. 25v-27v), and 'True Englishmen drink a good health to the mitre' [Z. 284] (fols. 31v-32).

Includes inscription: 'In wartens court the forst house at the ryt hand just wittin holborn bars mr Lax for Mr beddingfield at the engl[ish] [?]'