James (VI.) of Scotland, born, iv. 231; crowned, 259; relations with Lennox and the Guises, 346; alliance with Elizabeth, 350; relations with Essex and Robert Cecil, v. 63; king of England, 122; his early life, 122-124; character and purpose, 124, 125; struggle with the nobles, 128; with the Kirk, 133, 134, 139-143; his _Basilikon Dôron_, 143; enters London, 146; person and character, 146-148; policy, 144, 149, 150; gives relief to the Catholics, 150; refuses Puritan demands, 152, 153; proposes union with Scotland, 154; takes title of King of Great Britain, 155; his impositions, 160, 161; struggle with the Assembly and the Kirk, 164-166; with English law, 168; his _True Law of Free Monarchy_, 169; his theory of monarchy, _ib._, 170; financial straits, 172; struggle with Parliament, 179-182; his own minister, 185, 186; sets aside the council, 187; his favourites, 188, 189; backs the divorce of Lady Essex, 190, 191, 193; immorality of his court, 193, 194; summons Parliament, 195; dissolves it, 196; revives benevolences, 197, 198, 229; checks the growth of London, 198, 199; increases the peerage, 200; relations with the judges, 201, 202; dismisses Coke, 202; policy towards Spain, 211, 212; towards Germany and Bohemia, 218, 219; revives monopolies, 222; quarrel with Parliament, 228, 229; tears its Protestation, 229; overborne by Buckingham, 235; death, 239; letters of, iv. 4; authorities for his reign, v. 71