Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 182 of 400
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# Content Description This is a page of running prose poetry from Chapter 32 of *Albions England*, a historical verse narrative. The text discusses English royal succession, beginning with dialogue between a Queen and "Tuder" regarding divine will and fate, then transitioning to Chapter XXXII, which recounts the fifth Henry's son inheriting his father's throne as a child. The passage goes on to describe conflicts between his peers and parasites, and mentions Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who sought to reclaim rights for the house of York against King Henry's queen, with the text breaking off mid-sentence at page's end.
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