The Geneva Bible, 1560 (English exiles at Geneva, 1560). Made by Protestants who had fled Mary's England, and built for study rather than for reading aloud: verse numbers, roman type, maps, and marginal notes throughout. It was the Bible of Shakespeare, of the Puritans and of the Mayflower — and its notes, which called some kings tyrants, are the reason James I wanted a new translation without them.