6 2 7 ). ▁By ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 5 9 0 s ▁the ▁king ' s ▁champion ing ▁of ▁his ▁native ▁Scottish ▁tradition ▁was ▁to ▁some ▁extent ▁diff used ▁by ▁the ▁prospect ▁of ▁inher iting ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁throne . ▁ ▁In ▁drama ▁Ly nd say ▁produced ▁an ▁inter l ude ▁at ▁Lin l ith gow ▁Palace ▁for ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁queen ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁his ▁play ▁The ▁Th rie ▁Est ait is ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 0 , ▁which ▁sat ir ised ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁church ▁and ▁state , ▁and ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁complete ▁play ▁to ▁surv ive ▁from ▁before ▁the ▁Re formation . ▁The ▁anonymous ▁The ▁Man er ▁of ▁the ▁C yr ing ▁of ▁an e ▁Play ▁( before ▁ 1 5 6 8 ) ▁and ▁Phil ot us ▁( pub lished ▁in ▁London ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 3 ), ▁are ▁isolated ▁examples ▁of ▁surv iving ▁plays . ▁The ▁latter ▁is ▁a ▁vern ac ular ▁Sc ots ▁comedy ▁of ▁errors , ▁probably ▁designed ▁for ▁court ▁performance ▁for ▁Mary , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁or ▁James ▁VI . ▁ ▁Dec line ▁ ▁Having ▁ext ol led ▁the ▁virt ues ▁of ▁Sc ots ▁" po es ie ", ▁after ▁his ▁acc ession ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁throne , ▁James ▁VI ▁increasing ly ▁fav oured ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁southern ▁England . ▁In ▁ 1 6 1 1 ▁the ▁Kirk ▁adopted ▁the ▁English ▁Author ised ▁King ▁James ▁Version ▁of ▁the ▁Bible . ▁In ▁ 1 6 1 7