<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
     xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<defs>
    <svg id="svg" overflow="visible">
        <foreignObject x="10" y="10" width="580" height="380" transform="scale(4) skewY(5) skewX(5)">
        <xhtml:div>You should only see this string ONCE</xhtml:div>
        </foreignObject>
    </svg>
</defs>

<foreignObject x="10" y="10" width="580" height="380" transform="scale(5) skewY(5) skewX(5)">
<xhtml:div>You should only see this string ONCE</xhtml:div>
</foreignObject>

<use id="test" x="25" y="25" xlink:href="#svg"/>
<use x="10" y="10" xlink:href="#test"/>

</svg>