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Mirror for Magistrates, Volume 1

Note 219 — How King Albanact the Yongest Son of Brutus,[113] and First King of Albany (now called Scotland) was slayne by king Humber, the yeere before Christ, 1085.

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As custome wild wee funerals preparde, And all with mourning cloathes, and chere did come, To laye this king on beere we had regarde, In royall sort, as did his corps become, His Herce prepard, we brought him to his tombe, At Troynouant he built, where he did dye, Was he entombde, his royall corps doth lye.

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