Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 187 of 400
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# This page contains running prose in verse form from a historical narrative work. This is a page of poetic text from *Albions England* (Book 6, Chapter 33), discussing the conclusion of England's Wars of the Roses. The verse describes how Richmond defeated Richard (the "Tyrant"), after which Henry and Elizabeth united their titles through marriage. The passage enumerates the succession of kings from Richard II through Henry VII, noting the civil conflict between the houses of Lancaster and York, and concludes by suggesting the author has exhausted their historical material and lacks further matter worthy of narration.
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