ff. 2r-42br contains notes for meditations or sermons on Christ’s passion, loosely based on Luke 18:31-33, although many other Scriptural verses are also cited. The notes are divided up into discrete observations on specific themes, but they are not numbered in a logical sequence. The notes begin: ‘obser. 1a . Tis unreasonable that the Lord should die, and his seruants not know of it'. ff. 45r-83r is a series of twelve consecutive observations also on the Passion of Christ, complete with a contents page on f. 45r. These are based on Biblical exegesis and passages are also cited from ancient and contemporary authorities, notably Lancelot Andrewes’s Passion Sermons.
The handwriting of this manuscript is distinctive, with peculiar D, d, g, T, and t. The entire volume is really 87 leaves because 1 and 42 are double.
Lucy Busfield and Jeanne Shami
These appear to be notes or observations made by a preacher, but they could also be the observations or meditations of a pious lay person. Their sequential nature supports their attribution to a cleric, however.
Notes for Sermons or Meditations on Christ's Passion -- ff. 2r-42br
His Examination -- f. 46r-v
His Sentence -- f. 47r-v
His Passage to Execution -- ff. 48r-49r
The Company that Followed Him -- ff. 50r-51r
His sufferings on the crosse -- ff. 52r-62v
His fellow sufferers on the crosse -- ff. 63r-67v
His thirst upon the crosse -- ff. 70r-71v
His consummation upon the crosse -- ff. 72r-73r
His crie upon the crosse -- ff. 74r-75r
His bowing the head, and giuing up the ghost -- f. 76r-v
His buriall -- ff. 82r-83r