Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 12 of 400
Penny Dreadful Cover — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a dedicatory epistle (prefatory letter) from an early printed book, not a Victorian penny dreadful as the prompt suggests. The page shows formal prose addressed to "your Honours Clemencié," written by W. Warner, who presents this work as a humble offering. Warner compares himself to Phaëton approaching Phoebus's palace, referencing a prior dedication of a book connected to the addressee's birth. The letter emphasizes Warner's duty, deference, and modest hopes that the work will please, ending with his signature as "Your Lordships most humble and dutiful Servant." The typography and language suggest an early modern publication, likely 16th or 17th century.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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