Ascham, in the Epistle prefixed to his "Toxophilus," 1571, observes that

"Manye Englishe writers usinge straunge wordes as Lattine, Frenche, and

Italian, do make al thinges darke and harde. Ones," says he, "I communed

with a man which reasoned the Englishe tongue to be enriched and

encreased thereby, sayinge, Who will not prayse that feast, where a man

shall drincke at a dinner both wyne, ale, and beere? Truly (quoth I)

they be al good every one taken by itself alone; but if you put malmesye

and sack, redde wyne and white, ale and beere, and al in one pot, you

shall make a drinke neither easye to be knowen, nor holsom for the

bodye."

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