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# Page Content Analysis This is a **running prose page** from what appears to be an early modern (not Victorian) historical or religious narrative work titled "Albions England," Book 7, Chapter 38-39. The visible text discusses young Edward the Sixth, comparing him to classical figures of beauty and wisdom (Ascamius, Hyacinth, Apollo, Jupiter's Ganymede, Solomon). It then shifts to lamenting Rome's fall in England, arguing that true religion and proper church practices have declined, as people now embrace "Novelties and curious Doubts" rather than following the established "Church-Rites" of earlier times. The passage criticizes contemporary religious and social departures from traditional practices.
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