Assertion:
Although the EMBED element's primary usage now is to include Netscape plug-ins (support for which began in its 2.0 version), it also has another use that dates back to version 1.1. It can be used to embed other documents in an HTML document, like text files, word processor documents or sound files (sort of like IE's IFRAME element, but without the dynamic interaction capabilities that IFRAME allows.)

Simple EMBED of an HTML document:
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EMBED of an HTML document, CSS border: thin solid black; overflow: scroll:
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Simple EMBED of a text document:
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