Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 173 of 400
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# This Page: Running Prose from *Albions England* This is a page of continuous verse narrative (not a penny dreadful, but rather early modern poetry). The text presents mythological drama in rhyming couplets, featuring Venus, Phoebus, Daphne, Cupid, and Vulcan. A female speaker—apparently Vulcan's wife—defends Venus against accusations of wantonness, arguing that the goddess's behavior mirrors that of other deities, and justifies Cupid's actions toward a boy who courted a maiden. The passage concerns divine conflict, love, rejection, and transformation, with classical allusions throughout. The OCR text is heavily corrupted, but the printed page itself shows clearer Early Modern English orthography.
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