I was not aloud to study Shakespeare at school. we did letter writing work out well for know but at the time we could not join in with other students reading Shakespeare talking in a very odd way ( old English) It put me on a very journey doing my own studying buying very old book and buying books to understand the test. this is a quote from a dairy entry 1711-1744 Vol 4 Spectator writing about Oxford street " Lots of colour people walking along Oxford street" When I read this I thought we did not people from overseas so was left scotching my head but I got a book that tell you what the old English meaning are into Modern English Colour people mean people were bright cloths.
Their is a lovely letter written by school boy dated 1711 it would even be published today he is asking the Spectator for some money for his Latin books as his parent do not have the money for his text books that he needs. It was a joy to read and I will post the letter on here when I get time do not worry if you do not understand it your get the general jest of the text.
