speche

And with this speche the Cook wax wrooth and wraw,

The Canterbury Tales 2006

Thanne spak oure Hoost, with rude speche and boold,

The Canterbury Tales 2006

If you're wondering, the title is from Chaucer, specifically a remarkable passage in Book 2 of Troilus and Criseyde that could serve as an epigraph for any book on historical linguistics: Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge

languagehat.com: IN FORME OF SPECHE. 2005

And therfore alle the Jewes, that dwellen in alle londes, lernen alle weys to speken Ebrew, in hope that whan the other Jewes schulle gon out, that thei may undirstonden hire speche, and to leden hem in to Cristendom, for to destroye the Cristene peple.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

But thei seyn wel, that God hathe speche, and elle where he dowmb; and

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And whan thei ben thus apparaylled, thei gon 2 and 2 togedre, fulle ordynatly before the emperour, withouten speche of ony woord, saf only enclynynge to him.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And sum men seyn, that thei ben sepultures of grete lordes, that weren somtyme; but that is not trewe: for alle the comoun rymour and speche is of alle the peple there, bothe and nere, that thei ben the garneres of

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And whan thei ben thus apparaylled, thei gon 2 and 2 togedre, fulle ordynatly before the emperour, withouten speche of ony woord, saf only enclynynge to him.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

And sum men seyn, that thei ben sepultures of grete lordes, that weren somtyme; but that is not trewe: for alle the comoun rymour and speche is of alle the peple there, bothe and nere, that thei ben the garneres of Joseph.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

And therfore alle the Jewes, that dwellen in alle londes, lernen alle weys to speken Ebrew, in hope that whan the other Jewes schulle gon out, that thei may undirstonden hire speche, and to leden hem in to Cristendom, for to destroye the Cristene peple.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003