Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 351 of 400
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# This Page This is a **title page and prefatory address** for an addition to a larger work. It announces "An Addition in Proem to the second Booke of ALBIONS ENGLAND," which contains a brief account of the true history of Aeneas. The text is addressed to the reader ("Ceepthim, friendly Reader"), apologizing for departures from proper order and sequence, asking patience for the author's borrowing from "Decorum" rather than strict precedent. The page ends with the heading "AEneidos," indicating the classical Aeneid is the source material. There is a decorative initial letter at the top but no illustration or advertising visible.
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ai 7, Ceepthim ( friendly Reader ) where a | fpeaketh , notas he fhou! a Mifap- ES na” | howfoeuer the penning or mifple- and your Patience, than that a Patriarke of our Bra- tons {hould be abruptly eftranged : Of. AEneas there- fore itthus followeth : ~ -AEneidos. 3 An Addition i in. Procke to the econd Booke «of ALBIONS ENGLAND: 2 | _contayning a Breuiate of the true 3 | Hittorie of AEneas. t he isnot where he ought, and as he 3 I lied he isnot for matter precedent, cing easy ie or miflike for the Englifh or Order, Rather hath my Remifnes borrowed of Decorum GomiIrchboo!