Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Libelle Of Englyshe Polycye Comments

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Here beginneth the Prologe of the processe of the Libelle of Englyshe polycye, exhortynge alle Englande to kepe the see
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Andrew Fitzherbert 02 February 2020

This poem is well worth reading, every verse or two comes some detail of life and trade that's not mentioned anywhere else in the literature of that time. If anyone does try to turn this into 'modern English" , they must take care to leave much of it untouched, with minimal replacement by newer words. Like Chaucer, only " light editing" is needed.

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