Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 311 of 400
Penny Dreadful Cover — page 311: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a page of running prose poetry from "Albions England" (Chapter 68, page 289), appearing to be an early modern historical poem rather than a Victorian penny dreadful. The visible text describes achievements accomplished by English people in various climates since a maiden's crowning, and mentions lifting "Staffords Comforts" to Eleanor. The passage is written in archaic English verse with period spelling conventions. The lower portion of the page is largely blank, suggesting either a section break or the end of a chapter.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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