Speke

Famous quotes containing the word speke:

“With us ther was a doctour of phisik;
In al this world ne was ther noon hym lik,
To speke of phisik and of a surgerye,
For he was grounded in astronomye.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“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)