Penny Dreadful Cover — page 112: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

OF whom vinktnepetids Seenifedi in perfons heredid fight, ould hardly foyle,were fronted now,euen of a barbarous Foe, And at the point(a wondrous change) their Co untrey to forgo,» Such fruit hath eafe,fuch palicie did ferue the Romaines turne, | Nho,waining Martiall minds ,themfelues the quietlier bere foiorne, The Brutons thus difpoyl'd of Armes,and courage ineffea, | Of Prince,of scat and aduife,their bufines to direct: ) Difpatch the Legate to the Land Diminutive in name To Brutaine : where the Legate thus his Amsbaffie did frame: ‘Theback-flide of our helpleffe friends,the down-fall of our ftate, -Ourlacke of Prince,of people,and our wealth,not now aslate, The fauage dealing of our Foes ,confuming ours and vs, “Ascaufe (tight mightie King)that we approch thy prefence thus. Not for we are in blood alliedjor that whil’{t Fortune fmil’d, Your Anceftors had rule from vs,not for the Dames defil’d “At Cullin,who withftanding luft for it did loofe their liues, That els to Conon and his Knights had liued noble wiues, Weare emboldned in our fuit,though all of thefe might mooue: ‘But for our former wants,O King,and for thine owne behooue, Great Brutaine doth fubmit it felfe thy Subiect(if thou pleafe:) . Or els difpofe it at thy will.Prouided we haueeafe ‘Againtt fuch Foes,as would not faue our liues to haue our Land: (Whom to conclude(except thou heipe)we neuer may withftand. ~ The King’ A/droen pittying much the caufe of his Allies, ‘Armm’d thence his brother Conftantine,a Captaine {tout and wife. He chafing hence the Scofs and Pichres,with glory wore the Crowne, | d through his vertue ftayed vp akingdome finking nici ey -t Wie awhile did Vorteger the Duke of Cornewale raigne, When Con/tans Sonne of Conffantine he traitroufly k had flaine. The Scors didruffle then anew,nor did the King attye , In Brutones for they hated him,and reafon had they why: ere