Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 36 of 400
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This is a page of running prose from *Albions England*, an early modern chronicle-poem (not a Victorian penny dreadful as the prompt assumes). The text recounts the legend of Hercules in archaic verse, describing his youthful athletic prowess, his task to obtain the golden fleece from the Hesperides, his battle with the giant Philoetes guarding the islands, and his eventual befriending of the giant after victory. The language and typography are Early Modern English, not Victorian.
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