Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 358 of 400
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# Page Analysis This is a running prose page from what appears to be a dramatic or narrative work. The text is printed in early modern typeface (likely 16th or 17th century, though presented as a Victorian reprint). The page depicts a scene in which a character (apparently the Queen of Carthage) confronts Aeneas after observing his fleet being repaired. She accuses him of inhuman treachery, contrasting her earlier belief that he was divine with her present view that he is "less than a man and worse than a Devil." The text contains dialogue and narrative description of Aeneas preparing his ships to depart, apparently at someone's urging that he leave Carthage and make Italy his destination. The Queen expresses both love and bitter reproach at his abandonment.
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