Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 352 of 400
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# Victorian Penny Dreadful Page Analysis This is a prose page from what appears to be a serialized narrative adaptation of the Aeneid. The ornate header and decorative initial letter indicate the opening of a new section titled "AEneidos." The text describes Aeneas escaping the burning city of Troy, carrying his aged father Anchises on his shoulders while leading his young son Ascanius and his wife Creusa, along with other Trojans fleeing through the flames. The passage continues through their sea voyage to Thrace (specifically Cresa, near Mydonia), where Aeneas arrives with his followers and treasure, seeking respite from his difficult journey. The language and typography are characteristic of early modern English printing, though this Victorian edition presents classical material in sensationalized, accessible format typical of penny dreadful serialization.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
AEneidos. © S) Hen the reuengefull Flames of Troy \ (i /£8) 7S (properly called ston, then the princi- 6) pall Cite of all 4/2 ) had perfe&ted ~ themore than Tenne yeares Sieve of ) the Gracians expugning of the fame, , then 4Exeas ( howfoeuer by fome au- / thorities noted of difloyaltie towards Lag ihty Priam , inthis not vnwoorthily furna- med vertuous ) burthening his armed fhoulders with his fee- bleand moftaged Father Canechifes, that laboured alfo vn- der his loade of the Trotan Gods and facred Reliques, AExeas (as I fay) with {uch his Burthen , leading by the hand — his Sonne A/canins of the age of twelue yerees, followed not onely ofthe beautifull Crew/a his wife, the Daughter of King Priam, but alfo of a many Tvotans participating that com- monealamitie , brake through the wafttull Flames, mauger the wrathfull Foes, into the fields of Phyzgia: Theare the Aire emptied of down-burnt Turrets , and filled with fmoake of fired Buildings, aflured from their harts more tearesto their cies, then the benefit of their prefent Efcape could promife them comfort, Trey therefore not tobe refcued , or Creufa (in this bufineffe loft and perifhing) to be recouered AEnezs and his Followers imbarking themfelues in Simozs, after long and wearie Sea-faring atriued in a part of Thrace called Cre(/a,bounding on Myedonia, Heere AEneas , purpofing an cad of his tedious Saylings,and not meanly furnifhed of Treafure COMmiIcbOoOks:com | =