[HN Gopher] The Basilikon Doron of King James VI and I
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       The Basilikon Doron of King James VI and I
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-01-30 05:21 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | ggm wrote:
       | I love seeing James the VI and I because so many Englishmen
       | fixate on James I and forget he was sixth of that ilk in
       | Scotland. My school in Edinburgh was founded by his wife's
       | jeweller Jinglin' Geordie, he held the royal (gambling and other)
       | debts.
       | 
       | Less fortunately for Scotland perhaps, the Scots crown diminished
       | from this point on. Money moved south with the king, the Darien
       | Scheme destroyed the scots economy and "the parcel of rogues"
       | agreed to sell the debt to England in the Union. Long after James
       | VI & I of course.
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       | Charles I fixation with divine right of kings must stem from this
       | work. So the English revolution and Cromwell also lies in the
       | bones of his book. Maybe he should have stuck to poetry. Lovely
       | to have his manuscript writing.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | That's one James, not two Jameses, in case anyone besides me
       | didn't know:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I
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       | And yes, it's the King James of the Bible version:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version
        
         | pvg wrote:
         | And of Shakespeare patronage
        
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