Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 237 of 400
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# This Page This is running prose text—specifically narrative verse—from what appears to be a historical chronicle presented in poetic form. The page is numbered 213 and titled "ALBIONS ENGLAND," discussing English nobility and royal succession through several reigns. The text catalogs the fates of various dukes and nobles across periods involving Richard II, Henry, and Edward, detailing their executions, exiles, and political intrigues. The verse employs a heavily archaic printing style (long s's, contracted words) typical of early modern English publications, though the "penny dreadful" dating may be incorrect—this appears to be from an earlier historical source material, possibly a 16th or 17th-century work that Victorian publishers may have reprinted.
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