Shakespeare Sonnet 1 in Original Pronunciation "From fairest creatures we desire increase"

Shakespeare's Sonnet in Original Pronunciation, read by Luke Amadeus Ranieri, based off of the research by David Crystal and Ben Crystal (see links below). The text picture is a facsimile of the 1609 Quarto, the first publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets.

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NativLang's video on Shakespearean pronunciation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeW1eV7Oc5A

Wikipedia article on the Great Vowel Shift:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

David and Ben Crystal explain Original Pronunciation (OP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s&t=322s

Ben Crystal recites Hamlet's "To be or not to be" in OP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M

Paul Meier's Original Pronunciation Tutorial PDF:
http://paulmeier.com/OP.pdf

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The book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon:
http://amzn.to/2nVUfqd

Music: "Bassanio Opens the Casket" by Jocelyn Pook from the film The Merchant of Venice (2004)

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