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# This Page: Running Prose This is a page of running verse narrative from "Albions England," presenting the story of King Lear and his three daughters. The text describes how the king, ruling for thirty-five years, tests his daughters' love; the two elder daughters flatter him and receive kingdoms as dowry, while the youngest (Cordelia) refuses flattery and receives nothing. The passage then recounts how, after the elder daughters marry—one to the Prince of Albany, one to the Cornish Prince—they gradually diminish the aging king's authority and allowance, forcing him to abandon them. The verse uses early modern English spelling and style characteristic of historical chronicle literature.
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