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At A Gallop - Dawn of Stuart England to 1605

The History of England

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Basilic and Doran

In 1599 James had written a book for his son and heir, Henry. It's sort of a manual for kinging in super, super summary. Kings were appointed by God and that was that. Don't listen to people like George, just listen to your conscience,. because that's God speaking. Now fair dews, kings had a responsibility to rule well but if it turned out they were hideous many tyrants with a passion for milk and alcohol, then as a subject all you could do is lower your head, grin, bear it - and hope it would all be over soon.

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