Basilicon Doron (Gr., 'the royal gift') is the name of a work written in 1599 by James I. of England (then James VI. of Scotland) for his eldest son, Prince Henry. It expounds James's views as to the divine right of kings.
Basilicon Doron
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 774
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