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# This Page Analysis This is running prose text from Chapter 14 of *The Third Booke of Albions England*, presented in early modern verse form (not a Victorian penny dreadful, despite the prompt's framing). The ornate decorative border frames the chapter heading. The visible text recounts how Brute, a Trojan leader, establishes a settlement called Troy-nouant (London) in southern England along the River Thames, choosing this location for its fertile land, temperate climate, and the river's strategic defense against enemies. The passage names several English counties—Essex, Kent, Surrey, Gloucestershire, and Hartfordshire—as participating in this settlement's founding.
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