The article studies the use of the term "Candie-souldier" within the poem "Basilicon Doron," by English King James VI. The author discusses the predilection of King James VI with pedantry, explores the differences between the Harleian and the Tullibardine versions of the poem, and examines the genealogy of the term "Candie" as an allusion to the Venetian word for Crete, "Candia."