Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 338 of 400
Penny Dreadful Cover — page 338: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is running prose from *Albions England*, a didactic poem (not a Victorian penny dreadful, but early modern verse—the OCR attribution appears incorrect). The visible text is philosophical and theological verse addressing an infidel, arguing that God's existence is evident in the elements, the heavens, the earth, and especially in mankind's reason, senses, and soul. The speaker contends that humans, possessing life, sense, reason, and the ability to communicate, bear God's image and should recognize the divine through contemplation of creation and of themselves.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Uwe ! ‘ i e ’ , fe / ali 5 - ALBIONS ENGLAND, — _ Andart thou yet an Infidel ? Without thee,and within, _ What argewes not a Deitie,and vnbeleefe’a finne? _ Contider of the Elements,and of what wondrous power _ Itcomes to paffe that all things are compacted of thofe fower, _ How Fier and Water,moifte and drie in one fame thing agree, _ And in compofing kindly match, though Contraries they be. _ Behold the ever mouing heauens vninterrupted rounde, ' _ Each Plannett of it proper corfe not to exceed the bounde: The Primer Mouers violence not hindring it.Butnone | a The Vniforme Diuerfitie of Heauens in-fees but One: _ Their Bodies infinite knowes God,and Matrfhalls them alone. — Whobinds,buthe,the Seas, that threat the Earth within their bounds ? ~ Which worke and workings thear of Man the deepeft witt confounds. _ The maffie Barth that,fetled though,hangs in the fubtile Aier, _ Yeilds Man tocontemplate a God enough,and much to {paier, The Senfetiues,as beafts,wormes,birds,and fifhes on and in _ The Earth,Aier,Sea fufficient proofe might to our purpofe winne. ~ Norleffe the only Vigitiues,as trees,fruits,herbes,and fuch : _ Dead-Beings too,as Mynerales,and like inferr as much, — What wondrous Obferuations in their divers kindes of all? ~ Ech workes for other, all for vs: which fhewes no Stickler {mall. The Earthe for herbe,the herbe for beaft,the beaft and allfor man :_- Mans Being,Life,Senfe,Reafon hence a Godhead ought to skanne, Man, haift thou being, life,and fenfe,and reafon,yeat fo blind _ Asnotin thefe to fee a God ? him in thy felfe then find. Thy Bodies faier Proportion, whence all Arcesdoe borrow Arte, _ Where Meinber ferueth Member,all vntothe whole imparte : ~~ Thy Senfes fiue that ate thy life; thy Speache,whereby to many Thou doeft communicate thy felfe,faue God difclameth any. Butthat,without it felfe,there is a Creator of it _ Thy foule,indew’d with Reafon,nor gainefaies norcan forgit. This Image of the Godhead,that even very Sparkes retaynes. i GOMmiicvdoo se & ve,