Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 188 of 400
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This page is running prose—specifically verse narrative from "The Seventh Booke of Albions England," Chapter 34. The text recounts the dynastic struggles between York and Lancaster, focusing on Richard the Third and Henry the Seventh, their fates, and how divine providence arranged the union of these houses through Owen Tudor and Henry's queen. The verse emphasizes that unexpected deaths and God's design brought about the unification, comparing the obstacles overcome to classical horrors (Charon, Styx, Venus).
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