The Annals of America
The Annals of America
1.7 Britain's Claim to a New World Empire Justified
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1.7 Britain's Claim to a New World Empire Justified

1609, William Symonds
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British Colonial Expansion, Imperial Endeavor, Illuminated Territories, Global Ambitions, Formative, Influential.

“God gives not kings the style of gods in vain,
  For on His Throne His sceptre do they sway;
  And as their subjects ought them to obey,
So kings should fear and serve their God again.
If then ye would enjoy a happy reign,
  Observe the statutes of your Heavenly King,
  And from His Law make all your laws to spring,
Since His lieutenant here ye should remain:
Reward the just; be steadfast, true, and plain;
  Repress the proud, maintaining aye the right;
  Walk always so as ever in His sight,
Who guards the godly, plaguing the profane,
  And so ye shall in princely virtues shine,
  Resembling right your mighty king divine.”

~ James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James Stuart); His Majesty’s Instructions to His Dearest Son, Henry the Prince (1603)

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The Annals of America
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Synopsis of "The Annals of America"; first Published in 1968 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, & edited by Charles Van Doren & Mortimer J. Adler.