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)

“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)

“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)