Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 133 of 400
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This is a page of running prose poetry from *Albions England*, a historical narrative poem (not a Victorian penny dreadful, but an early modern work). The text presents a speech by Duke William exhorting Norman soldiers to fight for England, invoking their ancestors (Harold, Rollo, and others) and promising victory and honor. The passage emphasizes duty to country, the nobility of dying for freedom, and the shame of betrayal, culminating in a rallying cry that England must be conquered "no more."
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