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In Late Elizabethan-early Jacobean times. It is believed to have been started under the Reign of Elizabeth I. There are deep traces of William Shakespeare in the generalized writing style- many think he served as a sort of ( English Advisor) like Schools have on yearbooks, etc. though this a much vaster task. of re-editing great Books there is no end, right, William?

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The reason for the King James Version Bible is stated in its "Preface":

"...none is more forcible to declare it to others than the vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publishing of this work, which now, with all humility, we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your Highness had once out of deep judgment apprehended how convenient it was, that, out of the Original Sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our own and other foreign languages, of many worthy men who went before us, THERE SHOULD BE ONE MORE EXACT TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES INTO THE ENGLISH TONGUE...". (excerpt from the King James Bible; PREFACE)

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