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# This Page: Running Prose from *Albion's England* This is a page of running verse poetry (not a title page or illustration) from what appears to be William Warner's *Albion's England*, an early modern English historical poem—not a Victorian penny dreadful as the prompt suggests. The text narrates Hercules' combat with mythological creatures and his subsequent adventures, including his encounter with the tyrant Busiris of Egypt, who sacrifices strangers to his gods. The passage describes Hercules' superhuman strength, his defeat of a lion, and the cruel custom of human sacrifice that Busiris practices, establishing the setup for Hercules' intervention.
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