A 17th Century badling rant against the use of singular "you".

I just recently retranslated this because the old one is so off.

Hwæt sǣdest þū efne ymb mē, þū litel bicce? Iċ forlǣte þē witan, þæt ic fōr ēhst on mīnre mæġðe on þām Sǣferdes Seohlum, ond ic nam dǣl on maniġum diernefeohtum wið Æl-Cæġdan, and ic acwealde ofer CCC weras. Iċ cann gorillacampdōm ond iċ eom se besta fyrdrinc on þæra GRA fird. Þū eart mē nān þing, būtan ōðre targe. Iċ fucking ofslēa þē mid þisse ēorðan unġecūðum cræfte, þis fucking swere iċ. Þū belīfest, þæt þū mē mæġst secgan þā scite on weoruldwidum webe? Edþenċe, þū fuckere. Amang þæm þe wit spreċað, iċ spreċe mid mīnum diernesæterum and þīn IP wierð nū huntod, þus scoldest þū þē gegearwian for þǣm storme, þū maða. Se storm þe ofslīhð þæt lytel þing þe þū þīn līf nemnest. Þū fucking eart dead, ċild. Iċ mæġ wesan on ǣniġre stōwe on ǣniġre tīde, ond iċ mæġ þē seofonhundtēontiġ þēawa ofslēan, ond þæt is ǣnliċe mīnum barum hondum. Iċ ne cann ǣnliċe wel orlege, iċ geāgnie ēac hāl GRA fird on mīnum folmum and iċ brūce hit fylle for þīnne brōclīċ ears of lande tō ofsleanne, þū lytel scite. Ġif þū ānfalde cūðest witan, hwelċe unhāliġe ageldung þē cwōme of þīnum lytlum “geapum” bēote, hit mæġ wesan þæt þū hine ne sæġde. Ac þū sæġdest hine, and nū þū agildest, þū Godaniðerod unwita. Iċ ġescitie graman on þē and þū besencest on him. Þū eart fucking dead, ċildoc.

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