The Basilikon Doron is a treatise on government written by King James VI of Scotland (who would later also become James I of England), in 1599.

Background

Basilikon Doron (????????? ?????) means "royal gift" in Ancient Greek and was written in the form of a private letter to James's eldest son, Henry, Duke of Rothesay (1594-1612). After Henry's death, James gave it to his second son, Charles,

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