Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 116 of 400
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This is a page of running prose poetry from what appears to be an early modern text (not Victorian—the typography and language suggest 16th or 17th century). The page contains verse addressed to "Britaine," discussing the mutability of fortune and nations. The speaker references Rome's fall, England's glory, and the Saxons, concluding with an account of how "the Isle was rid of Brvtons quight" after a remnant survived. The text uses archaic spelling and is printed in blackletter type characteristic of early English publications, not penny dreadful literature.
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