Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 368 of 400
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# Description This is a page of running prose text from what appears to be a classical narrative work, not a Victorian penny dreadful. The text recounts events from the Trojan Wars, describing how King Latinus was persuaded to support Turnus and Aeneas in conflict, and later presents a dialogue between Aeneas and Turnus regarding truces and combat. The language and content suggest this is an early modern English prose adaptation of classical material (likely based on Virgil's *Aeneid*), not the sensational crime or horror fiction typical of Victorian penny dreadfuls. The page is numbered 346 and marked "An Addition to the second Booke."
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