Thereupon that knight in red bespake Sir Percival very proudly, saying: "Sir Knight, whither ride you, and upon what mission?
Then bespake him Cornewall King, These were the words he said there: "Did you ever know a comely King, 80 His name was King Arthur?
Then bespake him the Greene Knight, [Half a page is wanting.
And then bespake Sir Gawaine the gay, And these were the words said hee: "Nay, seeing you have made such a hearty vow, 145 Here another vow make will I.
Then bespake Cornwall King againe, These were the words said he.
Then bespake him Sir Marramile, And these were the words said hee: "Riding of this steed, brother Bredbeddle, The mastery belongs to me.
Then bespakenoble King Arthur, 45 These were the words says hee: "Come hither, thou proud porter, I pray thee come hither to me.
And then bespake Sir Bredbeddle, And these were the words said he: "Why, I will wrestle with yon lodly feend, God!
Then bespake him the King againe, And these were the words said hee: 215 "If we stand not stifly in this battell strong, Wee are worthy to be hanged all on a tree.
So one voice Bespake me; whence my master said: "Reply; And ask, if upward hence the passage lead.
In reply He thus bespake me: "What from thee I hear Is grav'd so deeply on my mind, the waves Of Lethe shall not wash it off, nor make A whit less lively.
When thus my solace, turning him around, Bespakeme kindly: "Why distrustest thou?
Then bespakegood Queene Margaret, The teares fell from her eye: "Leave off these warres, most noble King, Keepe your fidelitie.
With that bespake Lord Thomas Howard, The Queenes chamberlaine that day: "If that you put Queene Margaret to death, Scotland shall rue it alway.
With that bespake the seven brethren, Making most piteous mone, "You may go kiss your jolly brown bride, And let our sister alone.
Then he bespake her, "Peace be on thee, my little maid!
Sultan, so delay thou not, for that without all these requisites whereof I bespakethee I may not visit him.
The Wazir descrying naught in the Caliph's aspect that concerned him personally, strengthened his purpose and bespake him on this wise, "O Commander of the Faithful, wilt thine Highness deign suffer me to ask whence cometh this sadness?
But she returned no reply whatever and looked at him with the eye of anger and, although he repeated his words again and again, she held her peace norbespake him with a single syllable.
After salutations and much rejoicing on either part Ali Khwajah bespake the merchant on business and begged that he might take back his jar of Asafiri-olives which he had placed in charge of his familiar.
Replied the other, "Allah Almighty is my witness that the marvels of the ointment be none other save these whereof I bespake thee; O dear my friend, have faith in me, for naught hath been told thee save what is sober sooth.
Long as this spirit mov'd the bones and pulp My mother gave me, less my deeds bespake The nature of the lion than the fox.
Then bespake him king Arthure, And sware there by this daye; For a little foule sighte and mislikinge, Yee shall not say her naye.
And then bespakehim gentle gawaine, said, Lady thats but a skill; And because thou art my owne lady, thou shalt haue all thy will.
Then bespake him sir Gawaine, That was ever a gentle knighte: That lothly ladye I will wed; Therefore be merrye and lighte.
And then bespake the kinges daughter; And these wordes thus shee sayd.
With that bespake the seven brethren, Making most piteous mone: You may go kiss your jolly brown bride, 55 And let our sister alone.
Their staring eyes sparckling with feruent fire, And vgly shapes did nigh the man dismay, 8 That were it not for shame, he would retire, Till that him thus bespake their soueraigne Lord and sire.
Him yet againe, and yet againe bespake The gentle knight; who nought to him replide, 8 But trembling euery ioynt did inly quake, And foltring tongue at last these words seemd forth to shake.
Then bespake him kyng Estmere, And answered him hastilee: I know not that ladye in any land That's able to marrye with mee.
And then bespake Childe Waters sister, These were the wordes said shee: You have the prettyest foot-page, brother, That ever I saw with mine ee.
Then bespake her father deare: My daughter, I saye naye; Remember well the kyng of Spayne, What he sayd yesterday.
Then up and bespake the lord Mangerton: "What news, what news, sister Downie, to me?
Then bespake oure cumly kynge, In an angur hye, "Litulle Johne hase begyled the schereff, In faith so hase he me.
Then bespakegode Litulle Johne, To Robyn Hode can he say, "I haue done the a gode turne for an euylle, Quyte me whan thou may.
And then bespake the heire of Lynne To John o' the Scales wife thus sayd hee, Sayd "Dame, wilt thou not trust me one shott That I may sit downe in this company?
But then bespake the heire of Lynne, These were the words and thus spake hee, "Christ's curse light upon my crowne If ere my land stand in any jeopardye!
Then up bespake her eldest brother-- "Oh, see na ye what I see?
But whiles they were in this joy, the father of the fair lady went to seek Sir Robin and bespake him thus: "Sir Robin, fair sweet son, tidings can I say thee exceeding joyous us between.
And then bespake the stringes all three, With, &c.
With that bespake the seven brethren, Making most piteous mone, "You may go kiss your jolly brown bride, 55 And let our sister alone.
To the cell of Hagan eagerly she went; Thus the knight bespake she, ah!
She thus bespake her husband, "Give up that chace of thine.
Then when Sir Gareth and the damsel were come pretty nigh, Sir Perard bespake Sir Gareth, saying: "Sir Knight, I pray you of your courtesy for to tell me who you are and whither you go?
Then as they approached one another Sir Sagramore bespake that knight, saying: "Sir, what mean you, coming so boldly thus against us?
For certes there was ever that in his bearing that bespake better things than these.
Thus of those piteous spirits one bespake me; And Beatrice next: "Say on; and trust As unto gods!
CIV Which heard, Raymondo thus bespake this crew, "The town is won, my friends, and doth it yet Resist?
The herald turned when he had ended scant, And hasted back the way he came whileare, Nor stayed he aught, nor once forslowed his pace, Till he bespake Argantes face to face.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bespake" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
