<?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">

<foreignObject id="foreign" 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" xlink:href="#foreign" x="10" y="10" width="200" height="200" transform="translate(250 -50) rotate(45)"/>
<use xlink:href="#test" x="10" y="10" width="200" height="200" transform="translate(250 -50) rotate(45)"/>

</svg>