I thinke it not amisse to forewarne you that you thrust as … - George Gascoigne

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I thinke it not amisse to forewarne you that you thrust as few wordes of many sillables into your verse as may be: and hereunto I might alledge many reasons: first the most auncient English wordes are of one sillable, so that the more monasyllables that you use, the truer Englishman you shall seeme, and the lesse you shall smell of the Inkehorne.

George Gascoigne

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George Gascoigne (c. 1535 – October 7, 1577) was an English poet, playwright, translator and prose writer. He has been credited as the first English writer of comedy in vernacular prose, of original fiction in vernacular prose, of poetry criticism, and of war reporting.

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