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It was claimed that King Philip vowed to "destruire & anientier tote la Nation & la Lange Engleys" [destroy and eliminate the entire English nation and language].^[1] However some scholars believe the letter to have been forged.^[2]

^ Kibbee, Douglas (1991). For to Speke Frenche Trewely: The French Language in England, 1000-1600: Its Status, Description and Instruction. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 9789027245472.
^ Deanne Williams, The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 18.

[1] Kibbee, Douglas (1991). For to Speke Frenche Trewely: The French Language in England, 1000-1600: Its Status, Description and Instruction. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 9789027245472.

[2] Deanne Williams, The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 18.

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