bespake
Americanverb
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Then bespake him Sir Marramile, And these were the words said hee: "Riding of this steed, brother Bredbeddle, 240 The mastery belongs to me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Then up bespake a little bird, That sat upon a tree: "Gae hame, gae hame, ye fause lady,35 And pay your maids their fee."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Than bespake Lytell Johnn All untoo Robyn Hode: ‘Maister, and ye wolde dyne betyme It wolde doo you moche gode.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
Then bespake good Gilbert, And thus he 'gan say, "Master," he said, "your tackle is lost, Stand forth and take your pay!"
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
The maid for very fear Of love I durst not tell: The rose could never hear, Though I bespake her well: So in my song I bind them For all to find them.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
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