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I'm John Mattatchel with Jonathan Healy, an associate professor of social history at Oxford

University. His new book is comprehensively an explanation of where America comes from, my reading,

because we're about to witness through all these regents and their

parliaments the arguments that the founders will use to stand up to a king in the late

18th century. Standing to a king in the early 17th century was that much more difficult.

James I is mostly a successful leader and king. He suffers

from arthritis. He also has doubts about his ability to manage his household. We now need to

introduce Charles, his son, the heir apparent, and a man named Buckingham. His name

George F Villers.

There are rumors about the King and Buckingham having a relationship, but this is the kind

of rumors that circulate around courts.

So I want to go to an incident that's much more revelatory of the future for me.

In 1622, I believe, my notes are in exact here. In 1622,

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