The Souldiers Pocket Bible of the 1643 edition of "The Souldiers Pocket Bible". The London copy was presented by George III to the British Museum. The only other 1643 copy known is found in the United States and was once owned by the prominent 19th-century book collector George Livermore. The work was reissued in 1693 under the title "The Christian Soldier's Penny Bible." The British Museum has the only 1693 copy known to exist. This version is similar to "The Souldiers Pocket Bible" except for changes to some of the "Headers" and minor alterations in the text. The latter reflect the King James Version
King James Version popular English Bible of the age – in part because the full Bible was only printed in lectern editions of prodigious size and at a cost of several pounds. Accordingly, Elizabethan lay people overwhelmingly read the Bible in the Geneva Version – small editions were available at a relatively low cost. At the same time, there was a substantial clandestine importation of the rival "Douay – Rheims" New Testament of 1582, undertaken by exiled Roman Catholics. This translation, though still derived from Tyndale, claimed to represent the text of the Latin Vulgate. In May 1601, King James VI of Scotland