“Wo is the coutrey, where the ruler is wanton” Sir Thomas Elyot, The Bankette of Sapience Sir Thomas Elyot (1490?-1546) is remembered as an eminent English humanist, and pioneer in the use of English instead of Latin for literary purposes. He was a copious and earnest scholar who strove mightily to “augment our Englyshe tongue”[i]… Continue reading →