Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 315 of 400
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What you’re looking at
# Page Description This is a page of running verse poetry from what appears to be an early modern historical narrative (marked "12. Boke" and "Chap. 70"), not a Victorian penny dreadful. The text is printed in early modern English typography and discusses northern regions and voyages. The verse celebrates great personages and poets, then shifts to narrate a specific historical episode: a man named Edward (apparently Third Edward) who traveled to Mandevil, where his lover died in Madera. Edward built a chapel there, and this lover's body was later discovered in a hollow tree and transported to Africa/Castle, leading to important maritime discoveries. The page is densely printed verse with decorative initial capital letter.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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