Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 161 of 400
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# Page Content Analysis This is a page of running verse text from what appears to be a narrative poem about English history. The visible content consists of two sections: first, concluding lines of verse describing civil turmoil—mentioning blood-thirsty men, plague, famine, exile, and a deposed king controlled by treacheries of Mortimer while young Edward holds the throne; second, Chapter 28 beginning, which narrates the story of "his third of that same Name" (apparently Edward III), describing how Queen mother and Mortimer exercised improper power, and how the Earl of March (Lord of Wigmore) wielded excessive influence despite his youth. The text appears to be early modern poetry (likely from the 16th-17th century, not Victorian as initially suggested), printed in period typography with decorative initial letter.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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