Note on flyleaf in another secretary hand, dated 1690: I sent this Book to Mr. Brown but he shamefully abused it & tore out severall presedents in the middle of it.
Signature inside book in same hand as text: Samuel Hemingway Booke: Script apud Ebore 25th Julii 1683.
Signatures on flyleaf: Samuel Hemingavius and Chr. B. Shall.
Pasted on flyleaf: 673.
Pen trials, short hand, and names written on back flyleaves.
Flyleaves have been pasted over colored patterned paper.
Binding: medieval parchment waste. Faded Latin is written on the front and back covers; inside the covers is written a hymn in Latin, accompanied by medieval musical notation.
In English.