Did you Know and Quotable: King James of Scotland

King James I of England

King James ascended to the throne after Queen Elizabeth I died without an heir. He was a weird, quirky type of guy. One mustn't be surprised by this, character is flexible. Considering his character, did you know that he never washed at all in his life? He used to just wet the ends of his fingers with a damp cloth, I guess that was all the cleaning he needed.

He had some sense, too: take a look on his take on tobacco, which was extensively used as a medical remedy for multiple diseases. Of course, it didn't heal anything. Well...except in the case of lice. If one had head lice, tobacco was applies The tobacco juice did kill the lice therefore exorcising them but the tobacco would cause the patient's hair to fall out. Using tobacco as a health remedy will only make the problem worse.

James I of England's take on tobacco:

 A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian [relating to the Styx river in the underworld of Greek Mythology] smoke of the pit that is bottomless [hell].