Penny Dreadfuls, 1602 · page 61 of 400
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# Analysis of This Page This is a page of running verse narrative prose from what appears to be a longer poem, *Albions England*. The page contains two distinct sections: the conclusion of Chapter 8 (describing how a man named Picus traveled to Calabrie and settled with King Picus, whose three daughters told tales to pass the time), followed by Chapter 9, which begins a new narrative about King Aganippus's death and his daughter Daphles's inheritance of the empire. The text then describes how a noble man challenged Daphles's rule, leading to civil conflict that the "Argine Maiden Queene" eventually subdued. The page is marked as page 37 from Book 2 and uses decorative chapter heading ornaments typical of early modern printing.
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~ ALBIONS ENGLAND, bs |And yeat defpaire not, Pécws liues,indebted much to me ret For great good turnes , to hin I willere here fetledbe. B. Thus droue he foorththe difmall night,and vp by peepeof day, ‘He {ped him vnto Calabrie,for there King Prens lay. oe His daughters three of long before, and {till did loue him well: / ae And whether with the kings confent,or not,it{o befell ¢ (He took them all to Asenrim, and theare with him they dwell, 2 | About his boifterousnecke full oft theare daintie armesthey caft, With often kiffes plying him,no {port was ouer-paft a That Cacus would,& they might worke:andmore,theircuftomewas By pleafanttalesin order told the wearie times to pafle:: . And once efpecially it wasconcluded on a row } That each of them fhould tell her tale,the firft beginning fo. % Ya, ad ba ae _—<—- a eB " Ing Aganippus ere his death had with his Lords ed’ decreed th rioelin aT NOOR. >> His onely daughter Daphles fhould in Empire AS Qe hit Rated fit him fucceed. Bet. e228 A fairer Ladie lind not then, and now her like by PAA NSS). dothlack, “CARRE eae ae TaN Ree And nature, thinkeI, never willa fecond She — a compact. . The King intombed, Daphi/es of his Scepter was poflett : | And one there was,a Noble man, thatcould it notdifgeft. Who (for he was of fame and force ) did bid her battaile,and In doubtfull end of vitorie their ciuill quarrels ftand. Atlength the Argine Maiden Queene {he 5 ok fubdued: , Fa tush ‘ee. > i, Se oN >. ; : a age > Peas ik 3) ae ; a : _— aa a ba Hy : a ee -: me Ve ; YY Mi) | A 4 => () o\oXe) a4 ae