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Could you pls tell me what is the meaning of "SUCH AS HAVE BEEN DRAWN OUT BRIEFTLY INTO ENGLISH"?

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wherefore,SUCH AS HAVE LATE BEEN DRAWN OUT BRIEFLY INTO ENGLISH I have after the simple conning that God hath sent to me,under the favour and correction of all noble loards and gentlemen ,enprised to imprint a book of the noble histories of the said King arthur,and of certain of his knights,after a copy unto me delivered,which copy Sir Thomas Malorye did take out of certain books of French,and reduced it into English.

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  1. He's referring to works that were translated into English.


  2. It means “such books as haven been recently adapted and abridged into English".

    “Late” could be rendered in modern English as “lately”, meaning “recently”.

    “Drawn out” is vague by itself. It suggests some sort of copying. “Into English” makes it plain. The books have been translated into English.

    “Briefly” indicates that the books have been abridged.

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