Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 263 of 400
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This is a page of running prose poetry from what appears to be *Albions England*, a historical work (not a Victorian penny dreadful, but an early modern English poem). The visible text is a moral and political verse criticizing various social vices—infidelity, irreverence, self-interest, and licentiousness—while warning against threats to England from Rome and Spain. The passage attacks hypocrites and Puritans, defends established church laws, and praises the Queen's protection of Europe from Spanish spoils. The language and typography are distinctly early modern rather than Victorian.
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“~~ ALBIONS ENGLAND. Infociable,Maleparte,foxing their private good, hi. -_Exiling hence wel-neere al Troth,meete Sports,& Neighbourhood,¢ - Learnings Foes,contemptuoutly by them be Lawes with{tood, i - Selfe-pleafers,Skorners, Harlots, Drones, againtft the Haire in alls ire Of their extreame,whence Atheifme breeds,be warning Hackers fall. _ I feuer Exg/and will in ought prevent her owne Mithap, ti. . Againft thefe Skommes(no terme too grofle)let Exg/and (hut the gap, Their giddie heds gaue colour firft that Spaine gaintt Flanders arayd, | And thé theit Cotttries Foes they helpt, & moft their Cotiuy harm’d. — If Hypocrites why Puritaines we terme be ask’t,in breefe, a T’isburan Jronized Tearme,good-Fellow fo {pels Theefe. Well-working fingle-hearted Men in filence ({uch be fome) Will notapply,but faintifh not in Deede,but by the Dromme, To Vnion that our ftabli(ht Lawes for publike Prayer ties Notall,is wondred,and offends obedient EaresandEyes: { - The rather,for knowne Humorifts,Sots,noted Mal-Contents,, q Here innouate,and each one toadiuers Se& conuents, ~ Too much irreu’rent,in,and tothe Church.and Sacraments. n But leauing thefe,retier we to ill-drifting Rome and Spaine, a Whom doth out Queene,next vnder God, fro Ewrops Spoiledetayne. + we ee aa P ~ in = ee _—— a | on eed » a Be | ! GomUicbooks.cc