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# This Page from "Albions England" This is a page of **running prose poetry** (not a title page or illustration), displaying Chapter 35 of what appears to be Samuel Daniel's historical poem "Albions England." The visible text narrates events surrounding the Wars of the Roses and King Henry VII, focusing on Perkin Warbeck's attempt to claim the English throne with French and Scottish support, and his subsequent defeat. The passage then shifts to describing a Scottish noblewoman (the Earl of Huntly's daughter) who marries Warbeck and, after his death, remains steadfastly devoted to his memory despite her elevated position at the English court.
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