Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 88 of 400
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# Page Description This is a page of running prose poetry from *Albions England*, a historical narrative poem. The text recounts legendary British history, specifically the division of Britain among the sons of Brute, and a dramatic revenge tragedy involving King Locrine, his wife Guendoleyne, and his lover Estrild. The passage describes how Guendoleyne, enraged by her husband's infidelity, raises an army, defeats Locrine in battle, and drowns both Estrild and their illegitimate child in a river (now called the Severn, though the text calls it "Estrild's water"). The narrative is written in early modern English verse with considerable archaic spelling and punctuation.
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