“Our own tung should be written cleane and pure, vnmixt and vnmangled with borrowing of other tunges.”

— John Cheke

Translation: Our own tongue should be written clean and pure, unmixed and unmangled with [the] borrowing of other tongues. Internet Shakespeare, University of Victoria http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/literature/cheke.html

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