, ▁in ▁his ▁capacity ▁as ▁King ▁of ▁Sc ots ) ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁English ▁king ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Cal vin ' s ▁birth — mean ing ▁that ▁Robert ▁Cal vin , ▁in ▁the ▁jud g ement ▁of ▁the ▁court , ▁was ▁just ▁as ▁much ▁a ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁England ▁as ▁if ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁born ▁in ▁England ▁instead ▁of ▁Scotland . ▁The ▁jud ges ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁c ited ▁existing ▁stat utes — including ▁particularly ▁a ▁ 1 3 5 1 ▁stat ute , ▁De ▁N atis ▁Ult ra ▁Mare , ▁which ▁granted ▁the ▁benefits ▁of ▁subject ▁status ▁to ▁foreign - born ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁king ' s ▁subjects — as ▁supporting ▁the ▁concept ▁that ▁alleg iance ▁was ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁person ▁of ▁the ▁king , ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁the ▁kingdom ▁itself ▁or ▁to ▁its ▁laws . ▁ ▁Cal vin ' s ▁Case ▁did ▁not ▁extend ▁English ▁subject ▁status ▁to ▁the ▁anten ati ▁( Sc ots ▁born ▁prior ▁to ▁ 1 6 0 3 ). ▁They ▁remained ▁al iens ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁England , ▁on ▁the ▁theory ▁that ▁King ▁James ▁had ▁not ▁yet ▁become ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁England ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁their ▁birth . ▁Att empt s ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁Parliament , ▁prior ▁to ▁Cal vin ' s ▁Case , ▁to ▁natural ise ▁all ▁of ▁James ' s ▁Scottish ▁subjects — both ▁those ▁born ▁after ▁his ▁English ▁acc ession ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 3 ▁( the ▁post n ati ), ▁and ▁also ▁those ▁born ▁before