Complex sentence: Plays about the deposing and killing of kings met with much interest in the 1590s; but the chronicle play always came under close scrutiny by the Elizabethan and Jacobean authorities and so ultimately endorsed the principles of'Degree', order, and legitimate royal prerogative.
Split into simpler sentences: Plays about the deposing and killing of kings met with much interest in the 1590s; but the chronicle play always came under close scrutiny by the Elizabethan and Jacobean authorities. The chronicle play, as a result, tended ultimately to endorse the principles of'Degree', order, and legitimate royal prerogative.