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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6098 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 1 of 1 18 November 2007 at 2:10pm | IP Logged |
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Ben Jonson commented that he had "small Latin and less Greek", but there is a fair amount of Latin in his plays.
In Henry V he has a scene in French, and I believe he lodged with French Protestant refugees for a time and may have picked up some of their language that way. He liked Italian settings for his plays, and Italian names, but does not show much sign of knowing Italian. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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