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# Page Description This is a page of running verse from what appears to be an early modern allegorical or fabulist narrative (not a Victorian penny dreadful, despite the prompt's framing). The text, titled "Albions England," describes the sentencing of various birds by the goddess Pallas following tragic events. The Bat receives permission for twilight flight, the Swallow is condemned to winter migration, the Buzzard is punished for reckless love, the Cuckoo for parasitic behavior, and the Owl for ugliness and ill fortune. The passage concludes by transitioning to a narrative about Perkens and his wife, mentioning Henry and a military campaign. The language and typography suggest an Elizabethan or Jacobean publication, not Victorian.
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hak vey tig “ALBIONS- “ENGLAND. ” For fhe deceiues them both,and had befidesthem other game: The Gentle Buszard dying foone for forrowofthefame. = a The Cuckooe wifely fawe it and did fay but little to it, ; As nooting (he was fet on it, and knowing fhe would do it. aa But what the Swallow warned him of Harlots proued trew, ¢ i For,as was gefled,alfo him by trecherie fhe flew. a / vv , - oF , | bi baal § 4 Le ¥ phe , ” ' * ge * ® The Goddefle Pallas,to giue end vnto thefe tragicke deedes, ot | Defcended,and(the dead reuiu'’d)to Sentence thus proceedes. _ = The Bat, becaufe begild of D#,Shee pittieth partly, and - “Permits sas Twy- light flight: to giuc thereby to vnderttand? ES | Thatto afpire is lawhull. if betwixta Meaneie ftand. | The Swallow,for thar bnew vastrew ana {layne f for faying well, |. Shee doomb’daioyfull Sommers Bird,in Winter time to dwel Euen with Winernas fecret ftore,as learned Clarkes do tell, a The Buszard,for he doted more and dared lefle than reafon, | Bers oe: | Through blinde bace Loue induring wrong reucn geableinfeafon, ¢ | Sheeie-blur’d,and adiudged Praies the daftard’ ft and leaft geafon. Aa Vnto the Cuckooe,ouerkinde to brooke Coriuals, the a Adiudg’da Spring times changelesnote, & whilft his yong onesber “ON | By others hatcht,to name and {hame himfelfe in every Tree, | Burliue,quoth fhe voto the Owle afhamed of the ight, | Be wondred atof Bi tds by« day, fl e,filch,and howle all night, ; i: | Haue lazie wings, beeuer leane,in failen comers rucke, a : WVhen thou art feene be thought of folkea figne of euilllucke : a | Nor fhall thine odious forme,vile Witch,be longer onmy Shield: | Whenceracing foorth her Figure,fo the Goddetie leftthefield,. © = a | : . 4 ee Vit Guerdons for Ambition, for poore Soules oppreft for well, e E For daftard Dotards ,Witeolte,and Harlots nice you tell, roa Said Perkens Wife : But thus now of her husbands pride befell. § Aclaft when fund:y Armes had end, Henry viGtorious fill, ; And Perkens paflage was fore-{tald he yeelds,of his owne will, a Himfelfe CONMIGOOOKS com : Si 9 tah Os