Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 371 of 400
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This is a concluding page of prose text from what appears to be a historical narrative about Britain's origins. The visible text describes giant-like inhabitants of monstrous making and uncivil manners (said to be begotten of Dituels) who conquered the country and named it "Brutaine" after their leader Brutus, establishing him as an original ancestor to the Britons. The page ends with "FINIS," marking the conclusion of "this abridged Historie of his Grandfather Aeneas." The rest of the page is largely blank or contains faded/illegible text, typical of end matter in early printed books.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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