Why dost thou not speak, thou art both as drunk and as mute as a fish?
Congreve.—The Way of the World, Act II. Scene 9.
You can speak well; if your tongue deliver the message of your heart.
Ford.—The Sun’s Darling, Act V. Scene 1.
In one scene no more than three should speak.
Roscommon.—Horace’s Art of Poetry.
I say you are wrong; we should speak all together, each for himself, and all at once, that we may be heard the better.
Sheridan.—St. Patrick’s Day, Act I. Scene 1. 1. Hear me but speak. 2. No, not in a cause against the king.
D’Avenant.—The Wits, Act V. Scene 1.
All tongues speak of him.
Shakespeare.—Coriolanus, Act II. Scene 1. (Brutus to the Tribunes.)