Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 43 of 400
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This is a page of running prose poetry from what appears to be an early modern narrative poem titled *Albions England* (not a Victorian penny dreadful as suggested in the prompt). The visible text describes Hercules arming himself to rescue a kidnapped bride, engaging in battle against Ixion's Seed where he kills numerous Centaurs with arrows and his club. The passage concludes with twelve knights surviving by flight, and one prisoner (Lycus) yielding to Hercules, while another (Nessus) escapes to cause future trouble. Chapter VI begins below, describing how Hercules and his crew come ashore to prey upon the people of Sicily while feigning religious devotion.
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