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# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a historical chronicle or epitome (page 380). The text discusses William, Duke of Normandy, being crowned King of England in 1067 following the Norman Conquest, and explains the various political obstacles and factions that hindered resistance to his rule. It concludes by cataloguing this as the "fifth absolute alteration" of England's rule—listing five successive foreign conquests: Romans, Armoricans/French Britons, Saxons, Danes, and finally Normans. The typography and language suggest an early modern or late Renaissance work rather than Victorian penny dreadful fiction.
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