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# A Page from "Albions England" This is a page of running verse poetry, not a penny dreadful as the prompt suggests. The text is from *Albions England* (Chapter 44, Book 9), a historical narrative poem in early modern English. The visible verse celebrates Queen Elizabeth I, praising her as divinely chosen to plant Protestant religion in England. It credits God with protecting her from threats by Catholic powers—specifically King Philip of Spain and the Pope—and references her miraculous survival despite plots against her, including the failed Spanish Armada. The verse also mentions the death of Mary Queen of Scots and warns of future Catholic threats to England's throne and Protestant faith.
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wa Foe ~ oo REBIONS ENGLAND, But he that of a Prifnor thee fo great a Prince did frame, | Thy louing,and beloued God,to thee !s ftill the fame. agg King P/hillsps-felfe (fo doting on his Pope-created Crewe, That,he it fuffring his owne Sonne and heire thofe Locutts flewe, Becaufe they feared he would proue vnto the Gofpell trewe,) i Euen P/illip,once that raked hell for rafcall brybed Skomes . “ie To ridde thee hence (indignities that badly fuch becomes) Once had thee,then not hauing power to doe thee any harme: 4 - Teisthe worke of God(let Rome vncurfle,let Spaine vn-arme) a That thou art Queene,to plant his word,when we could hope itleaft, When Ours & all the Kings had caft their Crownes before the beaft, - When egreedely the Priefts of Baal did for thy ruine gape, a _ Thou didft,vnharmde,the Lyons denne and firie Ouen efcape: a _ Euen then when Tryumphs were in hand,bels ronge,& bonfires made, - | Becaufe Queene (Mary of a fonne deliuered was faid, mc Euen then,! fay,God mortifide that womb,to bring to pafle on That vnto thee,his Queene-elect,no Iflue letting was : ye _ Thatfoone Religion and our Realme might welcome wifhed peace: Maieftthon,the Caufe thereof, furuiue long after my deceafe, Co - But if ie be his wil] to whom are all Events fore-knowne, That Papiftrie thall in our Land againe erect her Throne, 2a Let Spaniards or what Tyrants els,be Maftersherefothay 8 Take alfo with our Land our Liues,and rid vs out the way. (ie | Fornotthey onely die,butdie in lingring Torments,who ie | Fauleto their Inquifition,or their falfed Rytes mutt doe : Then better Bodies perith than thould foules mifcarrie too. ig | OF neither which hath Rowe or Spaine remorfe,butthrufting Sway, D> Regard not whoin,by whom,or how,they treacheroufly betray : ra | How oft haue they,the reft ore-patt,fuborn’d our Queenesdecay: D> | By wars,wiles ,witchcrafts,daggers,dags,Pope,poyfon,& whatnot? J. | To her haue they attenypted death, for liewe the Traytors lot: Vouchfate,O God,thofe loves of thine be neuermore forgot, WVas neuer any thryued yet that threatned her amis: T t a : ae Ae 3 ’ ge . ¢ he “at : : 4 ?. ‘ Ry 4 : my “eds fe ~ “| 2 1 ba © . * » ~ a L A ae ‘ Eomichooks -_- 4 ’ > ; % : >, | of ‘ é . , - ‘ Aa, © : a ‘ $ 4 rad f $ . : h % : ‘ i Pa * > lal ‘ ae a ; ‘ Al