u/jakopappi

I can understand Shakespeare rather well, even with semantic shift over time. But it's a chore, and I have to think on it for a second occasionally. But I am not sure how that would be with my own speech, even if I tried to converse using the period's semantics. But I suppose with total immersion it might be a week or so befote i get the hang of it. And assuming I had, say, a few ounces in gold, I might very well have a good chance of lasting some time there. But how much further back could I feasibly go, and have the same luck?