Speke
Speke (pronounced Speak) is an area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, close to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. It is 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south east of the city centre and to the west of the town of Widnes.
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Famous quotes containing the word speke:
“Ye wise wives, that conne understonde,
Thus sholde ye speke and bere him wrong on honde—
For half so boldely can ther no man
Swere and lie as a woman can.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Experience, though noon auctoritee
Were in this world, were right ynogh to me
To speke of wo that is in mariage.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)
“She was a worthy womman al hir lyve:
Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde fyve,
Withouten oother compaignye in youthe,
But thereof nedeth nat to speke as nowthe.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)