I've been writing extra material for a book
based on the conversation that Jack McElroy and I had,
that we put on YouTube. I was working on the chapter
"Was King James a Homosexual?" and I came across some
extra information that I'm adding to the book.
I tried it with people here at Chick. They loved it!
Then I asked some of you guys on Facebook
if you'd like a little ammunition to deal with the
"King James is gay" people. Would you like to hear
what I found?
Hi, I'm David Daniels from Chick Publications.
Every ruler has his enemies. And King James was
certainly no exception. And he was Scottish,
not English. A lot of people were upset
about a Scot taking over England.
He was James I of England, but James VI of Scotland!
Add to that the fact that his mother was Mary Stuart,
who was beheaded for treason against Queen Elizabeth,
and you have a pot full of seething anger
for some people.
King James VI and I had seven main detractors
that anti-King James people love to trot out:
Francis Osborne, Sir Edward Peyton,
Sir Simonds D'Ewes, John Hacket,
David Moysie, Sir John Oglander and
Sir Anthony Weldon.
They had a number of things in common.
They all were political and religious opponents,
all were racists (or at least anti-Scot),
and all spread rumors and gossip.
In short, these guys all had a beef against James.
They wanted James to give them something
or do something for them (as most people do,
who hang around kings), and he said No.
And they were upset about it.
They had something else in common.
They never witnessed the dirty deeds
they accused the King of. And of the worst charge,
they never at any time witnessed
any sodomy between James and anyone else.
As Stephen Coston put it, "All the accounts,
every single one to the last man
all rely upon gossip, innuendo, speculation,
conjecture, theory, fear or hypothesis."
That's from another one of his books,
called "King James and the Hearsay of Homosexuality."
What's the point? It's hard to convict
anyone of anything when you have
no actual evidence.
That's damaging enough to the "James was gay" crowd.
But there were two more facts that Stephen Coston found,
that amazed me:
This is Catherine Drinker Bowen
right here.
1. After King James died, Weldon seems to have had
a change of heart. According to this biographer,
Catherine Drinker Bowen, "Yet Sir Anthony Weldon,
as scurrilous a chronicler as ever set pen to paper,
hater of all Stuarts..., at James' death
suddenly relented, finding softer words
than many who were to write in later centuries:
'He was (take him altogether
and not in pieces) such a king,
I wish this kingdom have never any worse ...
For he lived in peace, died in peace and
left all his kingdoms in a peaceable condition,
with his own motto: Beati Pacifici
[Blessed are the peacemakers].'"
She wrote this back in 1956,
p. 465 of that book that you saw.
2. People knew that Weldon's accusations
against James (Here's a picture of him
from the actual book right there.) People knew that
Weldon's accusations against James
didn't start until well after the king's death.
(If you look over here, it says 1650).
But I was astounded to learn that
Weldon didn't publish the book that bears his name.
This book, "The Court and Character
of King James" (it's copyrighted right there),
wasn't published until 1650, about a year
after Weldon's death! There is the very
real possibility that Weldon's words
--if they were Weldon's--
were changed by somebody else.
And these facts are even admitted
by anti-King James writer Michael B. Young.
So Sir Anthony Weldon died (this guy) in 1649.
This book against King James with his name on it
came out in 1650. --That's "a" book.
And the same year, out came another book.
I found this yesterday. Take a look!
See that? "Aulicus Coquinariae" -
"Kitchen Courtier" - a person in the king's court
who works in the kitchen, is kind of the way
it comes out. "Aulicus Coquinariae: or
a Vindication in Answer to
a Pamphlet Entitled The Court and Character
of King James. Pretended to be penned
by Sir Anthony Weldon and published since his death, 1650."
Now this leaves open the distinct possibility
that someone used Weldon's name,
since he couldn't have published it,
having been dead for about a year.
And that's the book that so many quote
against James to this day.
And look at the date on here.
This was written the same year: 1650!
So let's sum up.
1. There were a number of English
who resented a Scottish King, especially one
whose mom tried to take over the kingdom
a few years earlier. 2. All the
stories about James are based on rumors
and gossip. 3. Let me make this clear:
There was no eyewitness evidence
of their foul accusations. In other words,
there is NO EVIDENCE. 4. The main 7 guys
against King James were anti-Scot
(James was a Scot) and had a
personal grief against James. 5. The most famous,
Sir Anthony Weldon, actually wrote NICE things
after James died, about James.
6. The book accusing King James
of being a sodomite wasn't published until
after Weldon died --it wasn't even published
by Weldon, and at the very least was
edited by someone else. 7. Not only that, but
there is another book published that same year,
1650, that refutes that book
"pretended to be penned by Sir Anthony Weldon."
I have so much more information
I could tell you, but this is enough ammo
for now.
God bless you, and have a wonderful day.