Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . had resigned her kingdom when she was aprisoner at Lochleven Castle. He was now thirty-sevenyears of age, and from his looks and manner no one wouldhave guessed that he was the son of Queen Mary. Awkwardand clumsy in person, he was a most undignified figure fora king. Though he was confident of his own judgmentand impatient of advice, he was easily led by favourites, on whom he lavished money withoutstint. His mind was naturallyacute, and he was vain
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . had resigned her kingdom when she was aprisoner at Lochleven Castle. He was now thirty-sevenyears of age, and from his looks and manner no one wouldhave guessed that he was the son of Queen Mary. Awkwardand clumsy in person, he was a most undignified figure fora king. Though he was confident of his own judgmentand impatient of advice, he was easily led by favourites, on whom he lavished money withoutstint. His mind was naturallyacute, and he was vain of hislearning which was really verygreat; but he never won thesympathy of the people whomhe had come to govern. 153. James and the church.—The first question in the mindsof Jamess new subjects was,which church he would Roman Catholics hoped thatout of regard for his mothersbelief, he would make life inEngland easier for them, and thePuritans hoped that he wouldKave a feeling of fellowship with them, because he hadbeen brought up among the Scottish Presbyterians. Onethousand Puritan ministers at once presented him with » 154. James I 1605] THE HOUSE OP STUART 155 petition asking that they might be allowed to preachwithout a surplice, to have more and better preaching,and a stricter obseivance of the Sabbath. James summoned representatives of the Puritan minis-ters to meet, at Hampton Court, an assembly of bishopsto discuss the question in his presence. When he sawthat some of the Puritans wished to have no bishops,he showed determined opposition. No bishop, no king,said he, and not an inch would he move from thatposition, for he believed that if they thought a churchmight be governed without bishops, they would next thinka kingdom might be governed without a king. He finallylost and declared that the Puritans should con-form to the church of England, or he would harry themout of the land, or else do worse. The one benefit thatcame from this conference wa
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