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# Analysis This is a page of running prose poetry from **Albions England, Chapter XX** (page 93). The text describes the Brutons' departure and the reign of Kings Edel and Adelbright in Doria. When Adelbright faces death, he entreats Edel to care for his daughter Argentile and eventually restore the throne to her—a promise Edel later breaks. The passage appears to be from a historical/legendary narrative poem rather than a Victorian penny dreadful; it reads as early modern verse (likely 17th century) about Anglo-Saxon succession and betrayal, presented here in a later republication.
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