In my undergrad days at Loyola, we had a Prof, Frank Voci, who specialized in Medieval Literature and spoke Middle English as though he was alive then. I took my Chaucer course from him, as well as several other courses in Medieval English Lit., one of which featured an extended analysis of Sir Gawaine and the Greene Knighte, and another that concerned pre Shakespearean Drama - wonderful stuff!
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)