Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 387 of 400
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This is a page of running prose from a historical text (page 365 of what appears to be a *Histoire of England*). The visible text discusses the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy—the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—acknowledging disagreement among historical sources on these matters. It then transitions to describing King Alfred's division of England into shires (numbered at 32 around 1016), and mentions subsequent territorial incorporations following the expulsion of the Scots from regions now known as Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Cumberland. The typography and layout suggest this is from an early modern historical work rather than a Victorian penny dreadful.
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