Certain observations that are not worthy of the title of history that hapned too England since the year 1558 and before, circa 1640

Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of historical observations and political analysis of developments in Anglo-Dutch relations from the reign of Queen Mary Tudor into the reign of Charles I. Written from a pro-Catholic and pro-Spanish point of view, the work laments the spread of Protestantism and religious discord in both countries and takes a highly negative view of the revolt of William, Prince of Orange. In particular, Monson charges the Dutch with ingratitude toward the English, with whom the Dutch compete in the fisheries and in trade despite England's lavish support of Orange and his allies. The last section of the manuscript returns to the subject of Queen Elizabeth's long reign and vividly describes "the difference of tymes" between the beginning of her reign and its sorrowful end