5. Early Modern English

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57	A selection of William Caxton manuscripts, including Recuyell.
57	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from the History of Troy.
57	Original page containing Caxton's 'egg' story, from the British Library.
57	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from the Prologue to Eneydos.
58	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from the Second Shepherd's Play.
58	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from the Morte Darthur.
59	Further information about William Tyndale from the Tyndale Society.
59	Title-page of William Tyndale's Newe Testament (1534)
61	Extracts from the Elementarie by Richard Mulcaster.
61	The full text of Richard Mulcaster's Elementarie.
62	The website of Shakespeare's Globe, London.
63	Six 'false friends' illustrated in greater detail.
65	A complete classified list of entries in the OED where Shakespeare is the first recorded user.
65	The distribution of FRUs across plays and poems.
65	Changes in OED methodology affecting FRUs.
66	The 257 idioms derived from the King James Bible, as listed in Begat: the King James Bible and the English Language.
69	List of recommended spellings under letter G, from Richard Mulcaster's Elementarie.
71	Early Modern English contrasts with RP.
71	Early Modern English stress contrasts with RP.
73	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from Macbeth.
73	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from Troilus and Cressida.
73	Original pronunciation recording of an extract from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
75	Ten further examples of 'thou/you' switching in Shakespeare's plays.
76	A double-page spread showing part of letters D and E from Richard Cawdrey's dictionary.
77	The full text of Jonathan Swift's proposal for an English Academy.
77	The full text of Daniel Defoe's proposal for an English Academy.
78	The preface to Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.
79	The full text of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language.