Whom did novelist Henry Fielding summon to court for the murder of the English language?

Henry Fielding summoned poet laureate Colley Cibber to court in 1740 for the murder of the English language.

Fielding issued the summons under the pseudonym “Captain Hercules Vinegar.”

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