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# Albions England, Book 4, Chapter 20 (Page 97) This is a page of running verse poetry from what appears to be *Albions England*, an early modern (not Victorian) narrative poem. The text describes a beautiful noblewoman in elaborate detail—her physical attributes, graceful bearing, and virtuous character—through the voice of a shepherd who laments his love for her. The passage includes dialogue in which the shepherd reveals his name is Curan, from Kirkland, and confesses he loved a lady who rejected him, now dying of heartbreak. The archaic spelling and typeface indicate this is an early printed edition, likely from the 16th or 17th century, not a Victorian penny dreadful as initially suggested.
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