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Updated: May 13, 2025
In 1598-1599 a privately printed book by James, the 'Basilicon Doron, came to the knowledge of the clergy: it revealed his opinions on the right of kings to rule the Church, and on the tendency of the preachers to introduce a democracy "with themselves as Tribunes of the People," a very fair definition of their policy.
James I. offers the singular spectacle of a father who was at once a preceptor and a monarch: it was in this spirit the king composed his "Basilicon Doron; or, His Majesty's Instructions to his dearest Son Henry the Prince," a work of which something more than the intention is great; and he directed the studies of the unfortunate Charles.
The last portion of the "Basilicon Doron" is devoted to domestic regulations for the prince, respecting his manners and habits; which the king calls "the indifferent actions of a man."
With this we may contrast the closing sentence of the work: And lest there should be left any thing imperfect in this pastorall accident, Doron smudged himselfe up, and jumped a marriage with his old friend Carmela.
"To Sir Robert Heath, Solicitor-General, congratulating them on their several promotions." "To King James, with thanks for a present of his Doron Basilicon." "To the same, with thanks for the preservation of the river." "To Sir Francis Bacon, on the same subject." "To Dr. Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, against the London Printers monopolizing foreign books."
By this time the country had learned, by the publication of the King's two books The True Law of Free Monarchy and the Basilicon Doron that James's practice in the government of the nation and in his policy towards the Church was in accordance with his theory of kingship.
A mournful muse from Albion swains produce, Sad as the song a gloomy genius chuse, In artful numbers let his wit be shewn, And as he sings of Doron's speak his own; Such be the bard, for only such is fit, To trace pale Doron thro' the fields of wit. Towards the latter end of our author's life, we are informed by Mr.
For he doubts whether these two pieces, "The Prince's Cabala" and "The Duty of a King in his Royal Office," were genuine productions of James I. The truth is, they are both nothing more than extracts printed with those separate titles, drawn from the King's "Basilicon Doron." He had probably neither read the extracts nor the original.
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