Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 375 of 400
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This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a historical work on England (page 353), not a penny dreadful. The text discusses how Roman discoverers found ancient Britain divided into numerous regions and peoples with distinct names, listing them systematically—from the Danmoines in Cornwall and Devon through to the Ottadimes in Northumberland. It then describes how the Romans later reorganized these territories into a "Pentarchia, or fivefold Divident" called Britannia prima. The typography and Latin references suggest this is scholarly historical writing, likely from an earlier period than Victorian penny dreadfuls.
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