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====Basel Epigram==== The so-called Basel Epigram is the oldest written Prussian sentence (1369).{{r|Klussis|pages=33{{Hyphen}}35}}<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.schaeken.nl/lu/research/online/editions/baselepigram/| title = The Old Prussian Basel Epigram|first=Jos|last=Schaeken |year=2003}}</ref> It reads: {{Verse translation |lang=prg | Kayle rekyse thoneaw labonache thewelyse Eg koyte poyte nykoyte pênega doyte | Cheers, Sir! You are no longer a good little comrade if you want to drink (but) do not want to give a penny! }} This jocular inscription was most probably made by a Prussian student studying in [[Prague]] ([[Charles University in Prague|Charles University]]); found by Stephen McCluskey (1974) in manuscript MS F.V.2 (book of physics ''{{lang|la|Questiones super Meteororum}}'' by [[Nicholas Oresme]]), fol. 63r, stored in the [[Basel University]] library.
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