Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 201 of 400
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This page from *Albions England* contains running verse prose, not a penny dreadful as described in the prompt's premise. The upper portion concludes a dialogue between a Gentleman and a lady regarding a character named Perkin, with the speaker renouncing his romantic suit and proposing instead to tell a moral tale. Chapter XXXVIII begins below, introducing a fable: "Suppose...that Birdes and Beastes did speake," which describes a quarrel between a Cuckoo and an Owl that escalated, with the Swallow and Bat also becoming involved, though the full account of what happened remains to be told.
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