Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 241 of 400
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This page is running prose from "Albions England," a satirical verse work. The text is a moral critique in rhyming couplets attacking various social vices: the corruption of the gentry, citizens falsely climbing social ranks through bribes, worldly excess and greed, incompetent preachers, fashionable folly, and flattery. The passage references specific types (the Brownist, the Barrowist) and concludes that flattery and echo particularly mislead women. The archaic typography and spelling ("Cittizens," "vfe," "preache") indicate this is an early modern work, likely from the 1590s, not actually Victorian penny dreadful material.
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. in . ri al Bois a ie LB" 7 0) NI I. C ih ish 4 [ NGL fi ND, OS | —— Comlents to fi fi nne,deceiues the Tud pe,wrongs sweat Iuftice foe. 4 Hence flattred Gentrie proudly doth degenerat atlaft: baer. And fome would be beleeued {uch,that ofno Gentrie tafte. i. Hence Cittizens with Courtiours fo do vaine-it for the time, a That with their paper Ladders they even Hately Cattels clyme: a Then proudly pricke the mounted Sers,the Harrolds (all to blame) © Will they nyll they, vrging fees to gentellize their name. fame, 74 Hence countrie Loutes land Jurch their Lords,& Courtiers prize the d. Hence worldlings fo much ftudie wealth that they forgetthevfe, And, drudges-like,prefle out the Grapes,not drinking “of the iufe. Hence arrant Preachers humming outa common-place or two, With bad, ill naught Pope,pots,play,mack skceping a fowle adoe, — Hence is the fafhion-Founder of new lockes,lookes,baf-le-maine, _ And Joba Deuifor in Attire one Foole in perfons twaine. ¥ And thus of this wo Goflips olde,together met debate, a, Cogsing ded cog o'd-with ofa forte oflazie knaues 2nd queanes, That they be Doltsand preach to Dolts will heare it by no meanes.. With thofe do thefe (who could they fteale the Goofe would fticke the ‘The Browmist & the Barrowift goc hand in hand together. (ether) \ Ban . “ue Hence more than with our felues our felues doe Flatterers preuaile, They make vs proude of Virtues,knowne of vsin vs to fayle: But lefle Man-flaughter hurts than when Men-foothers fay al- -hayle, i Though Eccho and Nayet ifs haunt,and hurt,each Sex and State, (Our States Superlatiue excepr,ftill one for right and rate) o> hil Yeat cheefely they with women-kinde preuailed haue of late: AY <> ‘ine +“ < jt wo " a F c > x a a. ee i at aia Se ky hited ¥ . A’. . Cee S EN CHAI bs, Se ES Ne ow a * . A . =. j . La >» - 7 a < , . = ied ~) f ae Po” < ‘- MOOM<Saeelan