Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 119 of 400
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# Analysis This is a page of **running verse text** from what appears to be an early modern pastoral narrative poem (not a Victorian penny dreadful, as the header "Albions England" and typography suggest this is actually 16th-century literature, likely by William Warner). The visible text describes a shepherd's courtship of a country woman. He has abandoned city life to live rurally, fallen in love with a neatherd's maid who tends sheep, and now attempts to woo her by offering gifts of cheese and bread while complaining that she considers him beneath her station. The shepherd questions whether his modest flock makes him unworthy, notes he is mocked by others, and argues that other working men (plowmen, craftsmen) are equally unsuited to love due to their labor.
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