Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 32 of 400
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This is a page of running prose poetry from what appears to be *Albions England*, a narrative poem about British legendary history. The text recounts mythological events: Saturn's conflict with Titan, Jupiter's intervention in Crete, and Apollo's exile to serve King Admetus. It then describes how Apollo's son (apparently Asclepius, though the text is unclear) gains fame by using magical herbs to revive the dead, eventually reviving a man killed by a basilisk's gaze. The densely printed page uses Early Modern English spelling and typography typical of period publications.
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