Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands ...

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Among the courtiers whom James I met in 1603 was Lord Philip Herbert, who was handsome as Adonis and as stupid as a tree stump. Philip minded neither and acknowledged both. He cheerfully admitted that ...

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