Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 362 of 400
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# Page Description This is a page of running prose text from what appears to be a classical or early modern narrative (not a Victorian penny dreadful as indicated in the prompt). The page is numbered 340 and titled "An Addition to the second Booke." The text consists of a dramatic monologue addressed to Aeneas, condemning him for abandoning Elisa (Dido) in Carthage. The speaker curses Aeneas with stormy seas and shipwreck, then reveals the passage concludes with Elisa/Dido taking Aeneas's sword and piercing her own breast—performing a tragedy she sought and meeting an unforeseen terror. The language is early modern English with archaic spelling and typography.
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