Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 316 of 400
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# Page Description This is a page of running verse poetry, not a title page or illustration. The text celebrates England's maritime expansion and colonial trade during what appears to be Elizabeth I's reign ("Highnes Raigne"). It praises explorers and privateers—Drake, Hawkins, Gilbert, and others—crediting them with establishing English commerce in Guinea, Brazil, Africa, the Levant, and other regions. The verse also calls for worthy writers to memorialize these men's deeds in literature, comparing such an undertaking to Homer's *Iliads* and *Aeneids*. The language and typography are early modern, suggesting this page predates Victorian penny dreadfuls; the actual date and provenance remain unclear from the image alone.
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“ ALBIONS "EN GL AND. Ther jams did Madera and Canaries Ifles fubdew. lence (els had Macham paft our Penne ) did time effe& our Trade For Guinie,in ber Highnes Raigne acquir'd and patent made, - Fotnotin Ataries raigne thofe Partes,as now,weare fully found, Yeat till to eratefall ares may thofe Negotiators found, To wit (although an Alien good Pi#teado,abus’d By moodie Windam,Gwinie firlt,and Benyathele perus'd: “Next Gainfhthen Towr/on diners times and theare my Father. dide - Since rife that Voya gc, Bra/ile,and to Cape-verd Ifles befide. - Gold,ciuet,muske,graines,pepper,woad,& iuory thence he brought, » In Rarbaric (old AMfauritaine)like Trace this raigne hath wrought: Of Affrickand dmerica by Oursno part vnfought. In Tewrie,Sir1a,AE SIpt Greece,the Turks whole Empier now — Obr Queenc is gratious,our Cominerce,and Agentsthey allow. - b dj 7 a! t . ' ‘} i - . as ‘ ay - ‘ o f ‘3 pst Or World admired Drake(for of his Worth what argues more, _ Tha fame enuide? Some, for was his fo rich thought theirs too poore,) ~ Andhis brane Breeder Hawkens tyeatbe honord every Pen, | - Thar, howfoeuer,honor them as high refoluedMen) «| Ay i In Figtionor i in My fterie to reade would lefledelight, | ~ Than would f ignific antly fome their glorious Lornies wright: _ Thepaines of fach inuited Pens furch fubie& would requite, _ Adde Gilbert,Greenuill Frobifier of Knights to make vp fiue, i, All in their berter Parts with God; with Mentheir Fames aliue "5 | Adde Chilton, Oxmam,Fe: nonsWard Danixan other Drake, Hee i a aiuers here nor catolog djand for a Cheefeft take All-atious Candi{i,and of thefe eternall Pen-worke niga : 2 Atad,fora Arie forwarding their vertues,and did line But to his God,Prince, Countrie,lawdes to! Valfir x¢ baw GO glue, The Iliads,and A Eneados tor Text,and Truth might yeeld © Vato that learned Mufe that fhould manure thar plentious Field, A ‘as neuer Prince imployed Peace,with praife,to profic more, A Or Reale could,i in the Raigne of one,boaft worthy Men like ee y yp | : ur on “SS booksacom|