Leveled Readings / True Law of Free Monarchies (1598)
Leveled reading · key passage
True Law of Free Monarchies (1598)
King James VI and I, True Law of Free Monarchies (1598)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…the Kings were the authors and makers of the laws and not the laws of the Kings.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Kings made the laws. Laws did not make the kings.
Adapted · about grade 7
Kings were the authors and makers of laws, not the other way around.
Adapted · about grade 10
The kings were the authors and makers of the laws, and not the laws of the kings.