Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 344 of 400
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This is a page of running prose poetry from what appears to be an early modern (not Victorian) theological work titled "Albions England." The text debates whether a single God can be responsible for both good and evil things in creation, arguing against the heretical doctrine of two opposing divine powers. The passage uses natural examples—heat and cold, light and darkness, poison and medicine—to argue that all things serve God's purposes and that evil represents corruption or accident rather than independent creation. The dense, archaic language and italicized philosophical terms suggest this is serious religious philosophy rather than sensational penny dreadful fiction.
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